In case you missed our Tuesday hybrid workshop broadcast from Helsinki with Svenn-Erik Mamelund, a recap of our projects is available in the PANSOC Webinar today (16.00 CET): uni.oslomet.no/pansoc/

Next Tuesday, April 21st, we are organizing a workshop at the University of Helsinki with the theme "The impact of epidemics and civil conflict on population health, past and present". See attached (tinyurl.com/4wbyj7ru) & register for Zoom: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/14... Welcome!

Happy to have been the Faculty opponent for yet another excellent economic history / historical demography thesis from Lund, by Liuyan Shi! (Photos by Tommy Bengtsson) www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lup/publicat...

In this thread, a summary by the lead author @ericbschneider.bsky.social of the new paper just out with 43 co-authors, including myself and doctoral researcher Tuuli Hurme of Economic and Social History, @helsinki.fi!

Eric Schneider@ericbschneider.com · 5mo ago

What is child stunting — and how has it changed over the last 200 years? Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life. It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood. 1)

Come work with us in Helsinki! A permanent position for a lecturer in social science history, associated with a joint Master's program with the UCL. DL February 27th! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

University Lecturer in Social Science History

University Lecturer in Social Science History

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Wonderful job opportunities coming up in Berlin!

Ketil Slagstad@slagstadk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Come work with us! Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin. The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions. Deadline 28 Feb 2026 #histmed genderinsight.eu

Glad to share a new paper, “Reproductive responses to revolution and repression in Finland, 1917–1919”, now open access in The History of the Family! doi.org/10.1080/1081... 1/11

Yliopisto-lehti tarttui tutkimukseeni. Hieno juttu. Koko näköislehti täällä: tinyurl.com/5n72hczy

If any Social Science Historians I know in the US feel like this might be the time to come visit the University of Helsinki for at least an academic year and see where it goes from there, there just happens to be a new funding instrument. DL April 14th so mail asap if curious. tinyurl.com/2s3btja9

DL April 10th: Welcome to a thought-provoking workshop on makeshift economies in Europe, spanning from the early modern period to the present! The event will take place in Helsinki in August. CFP open until 10 April, 2025! tinyurl.com/ybfp9wum Take note @socscihistory.bsky.social @esshc.bsky.social!

Call for papers | Workshop on the concept of the makeshift economy | University of Helsinki

MAKING A LIVING IN THE MARGINS – PAST AND PRESENT Workshop on the concept of the makeshift economy Time and place: 28–29 August 2025, University of Helsinki

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I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Doctoral student in Economic History – Inequalities in health and survival

The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l

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Last Call for Proposals! Tomorrow March 15th is the final day to submit a proposal for the 50th SSHA Conference in Chicago, November 20-23, 2025 at the Palmer House Hotel. Please consider submitting a paper or panel. If you have any questions, please contact executivedirector@ssha.org anytime.

Sujuva terveydenhuollon tutkimus on edellytys uusien hoitomenetelmien kehittämiselle ja julkisten varojen viisaalle käytölle. Nykyinen toisiolaki jarruttaa lääketieteellistä tutkimusta ja hidastaa uusien hoitomenetelmien kehittämistä. Kannatamme hallituksen tuoretta esitystä lain korjaamiseksi!

Helsingin yliopisto: ”Toisiolain uudistaminen parantaisi terveydenhuoltoa” | Helsingin yliopisto

Terveydenhuollon on perustuttava ajantasaiseen tutkimustietoon, mutta nykyinen lainsäädäntö vaikeuttaa tutkimuksen tekemistä. Helsingin yliopisto kannattaa parhaillaan lausuntokierroksella olevaa hall...

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Our article "Human capital in Europe, 1830s–1930s: A general survey" is out in an issue at the Journal fo Economic Surveys 39 (2), which is a special issue titled "Metrics and Drivers of Well‐Being in the Long‐Run." 1/2

Don’t forget the deadline for submissions is March 1st. Just two days away! Here is the link to get right into the submission system and find the CFP: ssha2025.ssha.org

"Suomen perustuslaissa on turvattu tieteen ja ylimmän opetuksen vapaus."

University of Helsinki@helsinki.fi · last yr.

USA:n tutkimusrahoituksen ehdoilla ei ole vaikutusta tutkimuksen vapauteen yliopistossamme. Tutkimusrahoituksen hankkiminen on tärkeä väline tieteellisen tutkimuksen toteuttamiseksi. Rahoitusta ei tule hakea hinnalla millä hyvänsä, kuten poistamalla tiettyjä sanoja tutkimussuunnitelmasta.

Reminder: Call for Papers for the 2025 SSHA Conference closes March 1st! Check out the details and submit your proposals here: ssha.org/conference/

🚨🚨🚨Call for Papers! 🚨 Save the Date!🚨🚨🚨 Symposium 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 📅 July 01–02, 2025 🗺️ @MPIDRnews www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... @IUSSP #health #population #migration

Our volunteers are working on a big list of Fellowships for PhD Candidates in History. This is what we have so far: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... if you can think of any others, please do suggest, and if you find it useful, please share! #Skystorians #Academicsky

Big list of Fellowships for History PhDs

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A notable defence at Aalto University tomorrow! www.aalto.fi/en/events/pu...

Public defence in Economics, M.Soc.Sci. Maarit Olkkola | Aalto University

Essays on Health Policy and Human Capital (title of the thesis)

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🚨 Job alert: economic historians look here! Jon us at the University of Gothenburg! 1-3 postdoc positions available within a great research environment and with minimal teaching obligations.

Just reposting this in case anyone missed it last week. Please submit your work! #EconSky #histmed #demography #econhist

Eric Schneider@ericbschneider.com · 2y ago

CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South CFP Deadline 3 February 2025 Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE Organised by myself and Neil Cummins Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group

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@jarielo.bsky.social · 2y ago

Uusi kirjamme koskien Suomen talouskriisejä, kannattaa tutustua! www.gaudeamus.fi/teos/ankarat... #talous #kriisit #suomi

🇬🇧🇪🇺 Published Today in EJPR 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This was funny before, but it is really funny today.

WuTangIsForTheChildren@wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2y ago

Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

We are now live in this place as well. Follow for updates on Economic History research from our group of curious economic historians and posts related to it.

We are looking for outstanding scholars and artists from around the globe who want to pursue courageous projects across disciplines. There is no limit to which disciplines can apply. The application window is open until February 15, 2025. collegium.ethz.ch/fellowships/...

Trying to make a list of History Departments here on BlueSky! Any other we should add? bsky.app/profile/did:...

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 Lucia Ruggera, @elinakilpi.bsky.social & @janierola.net show that for cohorts 1951-1980 educational inequalities have decreased for both men and women in Finland while returns to education only decreased for men, not women. Open access 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0001... #sociology #econsky