I'm guest editing a special issue of the Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy on gender & religion-based disparities in South Asia w/ Shankha Chakraborty & Joydeep Bhattacharya. Looking forward to the submissions! Deadline: Jan 15 More details here: tinyurl.com/3388997k

Soon we won't be able to use nightlights as a proxy for economic growth. Why? It's due to limitations of its spectral bands. Here's the breakdown in simple terms:

📢 New seminar on Monday the 27th Ridhi Kashyap from Sociology at Oxford will present her research on “The Digital Revolution, Sustainable Development, and Gender Inequality: Perspectives from Digital Demography” 🕘12.45 pm 💻📱 dondena.unibocconi.eu/news-events/do…

On my way to Boulder CO for the week! Tomorrow, I'll give a talk at CUPC (& online!). Info in the link below. Looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces! See y'all soon, CU Population Center Department of Sociology CU Boulder 😊 ibs.colorado.edu/event/ibs-spea…

Delighted to see this piece of research featured by Ideas for India . Joint work with Sarthak Agarwal and oindrila . We document evidence of increased contraception and decline in fertility rates as a consequence of the #MissionParivarVikas using multiple rounds of #NFHS data.

Proud to be part of this groundbreaking research. Thanks to my amazing coauthors Aoxing Liu , Eva Akimova 🇺🇦 , Andrea ganna and Melinda Mills , and the support from Oxford Population Health (OxPop), University of Oxford, and The Leverhulme Trust. Don't miss it! ➡️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Back from the 4th Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (Asian Workshop on Econometrics & Health Economics) at Asian Development Bank, Manila. Presented our paper 'Family Planning in Mission Mode: Evidence from India's Mission Parivar Vikas Program' (joint work with Somdeep Chatterjee and oindrila). #EconTwitter

A multi-faceted at-scale girls empowerment program [SABLA] in 🇮🇳 reduced IPV --> Higher literacy, better labor market outcomes among others, possible mechanisms Out in EDCC by Somdeep Chatterjee & Prashant Poddar journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

The puzzle of US mortality is worth examining through multiple lenses- thanks to Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science 🌟@PolizzAn for leading this work & productive conversation! PAA Population Europe European Research Council (ERC) #demography #mortality #lifeexpectancy

How do you assess the real-world impact of social sciences & humanities? Sander Wagner explains how a novel mixed-method approach was used to analyse the impact of 4,000 #REF2021 case studies youtu.be/BRwUqqEsEIc The British Academy Academy of Social Sciences The Leverhulme Trust University of Oxford

Proud advisor moment !! Keep going Prashant Poddar !! Happy to see him and his work on the program among some great papers on women in the economy. Prashant and I have been working on gender for quite some now and he continues to do amazing work at Sociology at Oxford on related issues!!

📚 New research on a women's empowerment programme in India reveals promising outcomes. The study, co-written by Prashant Poddar, shows that women exposed to the programme reported facing less intimate partner violence. Read more ➡️ sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/women-…

Hi! Our team is currently looking to hire for a short term research assistant position for a field based project in India. I request the interested candidates to kindly go through the attached job advert. Ridhi Kashyap @sb_vogt #EconTwitter

Fresh off the press from the Digital Gender Gaps team: Social capital mediates knowledge gaps in informing sexual and reprodu... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… We use Facebook friend connections w/ DHS to study how social capital shapes diffusion of sexual and reproductive health

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

This year’s laureates in the economic sciences have helped us understand differences in prosperity between nations. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity. Societies with a poor rule

Passionate about development research? I am hiring a pre-doc to work on social norms, media and inter-group dynamics. Apply by Nov 24. Details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1vr71Ih…

We have another faculty opening Sociology at Oxford - this time in demography! Associate Professor in Social Demography, open to any area/topic. and open to different career stages, incl. junior scholars. W/ tutorial fellowship at St John’s College. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

There’s a new format to AEAs cont-ed program: “Recent Development” sessions in different areas of Economics. I’m talking on the economics of gender-based violence & harassment on Sunday. I hope it inspires new work & makes it easier to incorporate into teaching! See you there!

💡 We're looking for an RA to join a project led by Prashant Poddar, exploring how religious beliefs under Hinduism affect development & broader social dynamics in India! 🇮🇳 Find out more ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…