🆕 How communities benefit from rural electrification in Africa Today on VoxDev, Maika Schmidt (University of Sussex) & Alexander Moradi (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) discuss how community services benefit from rural electrification in Burkina Faso: https://ow.ly/pXko50X8lv0

How communities benefit from rural electrification in Africa

Electrification is often seen as the spark for development. But in much of Africa, the biggest benefits may come not from households plugging in, but from the community services that light up around them.

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Forthcoming in *JDE*! We study Burkina Faso’s 2008–17 grid rollout to compare community vs. private electrification effects. Despite low household uptake, electrification boosted public goods—schools, water, lighting—and benefited even unconnected homes. ⚡📊 Now online: doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...

Congrats to Steve Stillman & @mhalla.bsky.social on winning FWF grant PIN6952224: *"Economic Consequences of the Option Agreement in South Tyrol,"* featuring deep archival work. Excited to co-lead Paper 3 — Reviewer 1 loved it! 😁 Can’t wait to launch our survey on culture, identity & politics. 📝📈

Back in Oxford to present at the Economic and Social History Seminar. Grateful to revisit the place that shaped me during my postdoc years (2005–08). Warm memories and familiar faces.

🎓 PhD in Economics and Finance – 41st Cycle 📍 Trento & Bolzano (+exchanges abroad) 📅 Deadline: May 21, 2025 – 16:00 (Rome) 🌐 Apply: webapps.unitn.it/Apply/en/Web... 💸 EUR 18,345/year + travel grant 🗓️ 3-year program 📚 English language 🧠 Research areas include: • Quantitative Economic History • ...

🌍 COLONIAL WORLDS, DIGITAL METHODS 🌍 🗓️ May 13, 2025 📍 Luxembourg 's Centre for Contemporary and Digital History 🔗 Join online or in person: www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... Deadline: Apr 18 Engage, Explore & Apply innovative digital methods that shed new light on colonial histories.

Colonial Histories, Digital Methods - Call for participants

The Colonial Digital History Network invites you to join its inaugural workshop on 13 May 2025. This half-day event is designed for scholars interested in exploring various aspects of colonial histori...

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We - U of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy look for a new colleague (Tenured Associate Professor)! Economic Policy or Applied Economics Required: PhD in Econ, excellent pub record, teaching experience at BSc, MSc, and PhD level. Teaching load: 120 hours/year Lang: English + German or Italian at native lvl

📢 PhD Opportunity Alert! 📢 Sought: A PhD candidate for the ERC project Women at Work, studying the history of women's labour in Kenya. 📅 Deadline: 30 April 2025 🎓 Start: 1 November 2025 🔗 Apply here: In French: recrutement.ehess.fr/682_offre-em... In English: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/314857

Wrapping up the 3rd Bolzano Workshop! 🎉 Highlights: @essobecker.bsky.social keynote on: 1. Tackling spatial autocorrelation: a post-Conley practitioner's guide & 'spur' Stata package (based on Müller & Watson's work). Can't wait to use it! 2. The Past, Present & Future of Religion.

🥊 Ready for the 3rd Bolzano Workshop on Historical Economics! From the majestic South Tyrolean Alps, where economics meets history in a knockout bout of ideas. Electrifying debates and brilliant scholars await. The final program is now available—explore the highlights! @essobecker.bsky.social