Why is trust in US institutions—esp colleges—collapsing? Here’s a theory. The 21st c has became the age of the unfocused institution—the age of mission inflation, goal ambiguity, and complex orgs losing any clear sense of priority, or identity. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Thrilled to finalize this exciting program for our Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study symposium on The Spatial Segregation of Neighborhood Organizations and Entrepreneurs, June 17th-19th in Amsterdam. Deadline for registration (online or in person): June 3rd. nias.knaw.nl/events/connect…

Check out Ambar La Forgia on our work on chains acquiring IVF clinics in a new Tradeoffs podcast 🎧 tradeoffs.org/episodes/ IVF clinics are increasingly acquired and organized in chains, not only in the US—but globally🌍! But what are the effects on IVF clinic outcomes? 1/2

After more than four months, three board meetings and six document iterations, the internal Ethics Review Board has approved our research application Alessandro Piazza (@alessandropiazza.bsky.social).😑

The Future Of Cities: Urban Recovery Needs Small Business via @forbes forbes.com/sites/jasonwin…

Does the aspirational goal of a 15-minute city really work everywhere? The GSD's Rachel Meltzer argues that, in a world with shrinking demand for retail space and less localized employment markets, the 15-minute city isn't economically realistic. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A lot of anticipation for this public event! We have the honor of hearing from two experts who know a lot about the Dutch built environment. Our discussion will turn to how these insights may affect local communities and economic markets. Please join us!

We're back for round✌ ! Thanks to the generous sponsoring of Tilburg University, and local hosts Kurian George and JorisBerns! Please mark your calendars, we're excited. Mohammad Nasir Nasiri Valentina Fani Christopher A. Sabel @cleosilvestri

Our latest paper, in PNAS, makes a case for studying what makes people travel to neighborhoods racially different from their own. Maybe some places help counter residential segregation. We found some surprises 1/ pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

Our Starbucks paper made it to the Economist. Evidence of the effect of "third places" on entrepreneurship. economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Savons de Marseille - 80% of market coming from outside of France! Professional bodies cannot agree on authenticity specifications to be granted a protected geographic designation (l'indication géographique).

The most important geospatial concept? Spatial Autocorrelation. It can make the difference between spurious and accurate results. Here’s what you need to know about it:

If you're coming to AOM (and are willing to wake up early on the last day 😄), you are cordially invited to join our symposium! Co-organized with @Manav_Raj_. The discussant is Abhishek Nagaraj 🗺️ . Four unique papers by Laura Dupin , Audra Wormald,Hatim Rahman, and Melody Chang !

Over the past three years, the population of #NewYork city has declined by almost 500,000. The vast majority of movers do so within the #NYC metro area. For every New Yorker moving to #LA, 12 of them move within the NY aggomeration. doi.org/10.1177/004209… ft.com/content/6c4903…

🚨New working paper alert!🚨 Does 'canceling' an artist on social media affect their music consumption? Daniel Winkler, nilswloemert, and I explore this in our new paper. Spoiler: The answer is more complicated than you think.

We are excited to announce that applications for the second edition of the JASEIN Summit (Junior Academics in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation in the Netherlands) are now open! 📅 Dates: Jan 23rd & 24th, 2025 🔗 Apply via: shorturl.at/sVVTJ

At last night's Ig Nobel prize ceremony, teams from the UvA took home not one, but TWO prizes 🎉. Read below how drunken worms 🪱🍸and more coin tosses 💰than seems strictly necessary brought the prizes back to the Netherlands. go.uva.nl/3XGCpbB

I could listen to Cormac McCarthy talking about creativity and the unconscious mind for weeks

The US has now closed more retail stores than opened in 7 out of last 10 years (pics 1, 2) Retail's share of employment has steadily declined this century—to its lowest level since the 1960s (pic 3) But Americans still buy a ton of stuff. A sector devoured by Internet. (pic 4)