On June 5, 2026 at 16:30, @humboldtuni.bsky.social hosts “Micro- and Macro-perspectives on Populism.” 👥 With contributions from Chi Hyun Kim, Johanna Krenz, @felixkersting.bsky.social, Ben Schumann & Sulin Sardoschau. We warmly invite you to attend. 🔗 www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/de/Events/mi...

If you work on the causes/consequences of social conflict in econ history, please share and apply. Looking forward to seeing many of you at Humboldt. Details below 👇

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On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a #FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE) Local organizer: Felix Kersting More details in the below 👇

📣 Call for Papers Join us for the 2nd Berlin PhD Conference in Economics on July 6-8, 2026. 🗓 July 6-8, 2026 ⏰ Application deadline: 25 January 2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: berlinschoolofeconomics.de/event-detail... @wzb.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social #phdconference

💬 Can a welfare reform meant to weaken a political rival actually make it stronger? A new study by @felixkersting.bsky.social on Bismarck’s famous health insurance reform offers historical answers 🔗 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #socialpolicy #politicalecon

19 Nov @17:00 CET International Macro History Online Seminar #IMHOS ep. 102 🗣️ @mreiske.bsky.social presents 'The Political Costs of Debt Deflation: Agricultural Crises and the Rise of the Nazi Party' Chair: Emilie Sartre (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) ✍️ cepr.org/events/inter... #EconSky

@felixkersting.bsky.social is our next presenter of the day, talking about “Controlling Labour Conflict: On the Emergence of the German Model of Industrial Relations”, discussed by @mlubczyk.bsky.social.

Finally out in print: Testing Marx, with @charlottebartels.bsky.social and Niko Wolf! History of thought with numbers. Have a look: direct.mit.edu/rest/article... (open access)

We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...

Thank you so much for the prize and the great conference! Congratulations also to all other prize winners! @resmedia.bsky.social

Royal Economic Society@resmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Kicking off Day 3 of #RES2025 — our final day! 🎉 Thanks to all who joined the Gala Dinner last night, and congrats to our prize winners! #RESConference #EconConference #RESPrizes #GalaDinner #EconSky

🌍 How does labor mobility help cushion trade shocks? Our new INSIGHTS piece looks at 19th-century Prussia. When cheap grain flooded in from America, many people moved from rural areas to growing cities — mobility was key, not political unrest. 👇 berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/labo...

⏰ Deadline Approaching – Gino Luzzatto Dissertation Award ⏰ The European Historical Economics Society invites submissions for the Gino Luzzatto Dissertation Award for outstanding doctoral work in economic history. 🗓 Deadline: 30 June 2025

very happy to have a blog post at the great Broadstreet @broadstreetblog.bsky.social Historical Political Economy blog! it's with @felixkersting.bsky.social and it's about our CPS paper about the political economy of agrarian inequality in Sweden and Germany: www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-social...

The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison

by Erik Bengtsson and Felix Kersting

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📢 new paper klaxon 📢 @felixkersting.bsky.social and I reconsider agrarian inequality in German and Swedish history and the role played (or not played) by landlordism in the road to fascism in Germany and democracy in Sweden. I’m very happy about this one! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊 I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.

We are looking to hire post-doc interested in working on migration, citizenship, and diaspora. Come join us in Münster! Generous contract + no teaching for 2 years. Many details and link to job add here: sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe... Please PM me incase you have questions!

Delighted that my paper with @felixkersting.bsky.social on agrarian inequality, authoritarianism and democracy in Prussia and Sweden has been accepted for publication in Comparative Political Studies! Find the previous version here: osf.io/preprints/os...

📯 We are excited to welcome three outstanding new Research Associates: 🔹Dr. Max Deter, Potsdam University 🔹@lisahanzl.bsky.social , @unipotsdam.bsky.social 🔹Dr. Alexander Matusche, @tuberlin.bsky.social We look forward to their contributions to economic research and exchange! #welcome #RAP

Great to co-host the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social Political Economy workshop at @diw.de today. We have a great program — attached! @mlubczyk.bsky.social @felixkersting.bsky.social Max Deter

Thanks a lot to the @resmedia.bsky.social and all people who supported us write this article. We feel honored and grateful for this prize. Article available here: bit.ly/42jVotD (open access)

Trade Shocks, Labour Markets and Migration in the First Globalisation

Abstract. This paper studies the economic and political effects of a large trade shock in agriculture—the grain invasion from the Americas—in Prussia durin

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Royal Economic Society@resmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

🏅Congratulations to Richard Bräuer and @felixkersting.bsky.social for winning the 2024 The Economic Journal #AustinRobinsonMemorial #Prize for 'Trade Shocks, Labour Markets and Migration in the First Globalisation'. Read👉 bit.ly/3FVQw6A #EconSky #RESPrizes

*Best Paper Award Economic and Social History* Bis zum 09. März kann man sich noch mit Vorträgen, die für den kommenden 6. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte angenommen wurden, für den Best Paper Award Economic and Social History bewerben. Alle weiteren Informationen hier: udue.de/0ifec

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy" By @lukasmergele.bsky.social, Moritz Hennecke, & @mlubczyk.bsky.social

📢 #CallForPapers @bseberlin.bsky.social Political Economy Workshop aimed at connecting researchers working on related topics in the Berlin area 🗓️ April 11 📍 @diw.de Submit by Feb 15 For any questions, reach out to Max Deter, @felixkersting.bsky.social, @mlubczyk.bsky.social, or me 👋

Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28

Is your research in Historical Political Economy and are you based in Europe? @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and I seek to map the current state as well as the future potential of the field in Europe. Help us to do so by taking our 15-minute survey: forms.gle/kXXsGQZUVtrH...

Historical Political Economy - Insights from Europe

Thank you for your interest in our survey. We are a team of researchers based at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, University of Bonn and University of Geneva. The goal of this survey is to map the ...

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📢We are hiring 📢 We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History! 5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“ jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025 Please spread widely! @econtribute.bsky.social #EconSky

If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb): www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...

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While the current debate focuses on the role of inflation in elections, history reminds us of the dire political costs of deflation. In new research with @thiloalbers.bsky.social and @mreiske.bsky.social, we show the political costs of deflation studying the rise of the NSDAP. tinyurl.com/2y4y2z4s

New preprint with @felixkersting.bsky.social : “The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison” osf.io/preprints/os...