Giacomo Benati
@giacomobenati.bsky.social
Ramon y Cajal Researcher @economiaempresaub.bsky.social, teaching at @ubmipe.bsky.social, archaeologist | economic historian | social scientist Website: https://sites.google.com/view/giacomobenati/home
#medievalsky @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social has put together a virtual issue featuring Chris Wickham's work for the journal academic.oup.com/past/pages/c...
Virtual Issue: Chris Wickham
In memory of our dear friend and colleague Chris Wickham, former Editor of the journal and Chair of the Past and Present Editorial Board, P&P have collected
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🚨Excited to share our new paper in Science Advances! We reconstruct communication networks across Mesopotamia during the rise of the world's first cities (3900-3000 BCE) and ask how large-scale connectivity emerged before modern states. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The network structure of the urban revolution
Long-distance interaction has deep prehistoric roots, but the networks that emerged during the Urban Revolution were unprecedented in scale and organization. How early cities sustained this extensive ...
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Today's #seminar: 'State Capacity: Concepts, Measures, and Historical Evidence' ⏰9:15 CEST 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/0t6kanq0k5 🗃️Workshop
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE), we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link below if you’d like to join.
¡¡ IMPORTANTE !! Ruego difundáis este artículo de @el_pais sobre el incumplimiento de la estabilización de lxs investigadorxs Ramón y Cajal. En él denuncio mi situación en @UPFBarcelona @LaiadeNadalUPF elpais.com/educacion/20... #rycenlucha
Les sequeres poden afavorir institucions més inclusives i reforçar la cooperació social - Actualitat - Universitat de Barcelona web.ub.edu/ca/web/actua...
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📢 The program for the 4th edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop is out! 📍 Barcelona · 🗓️ June 29–30 Two days of talks ahead — really looking forward to it! Jointly organized with the great @Didacqueralt.bsky.social
There is still time to apply for the Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality, organized in Milan by @dondenacentre.bsky.social and @ucstonecenter.bsky.social! Early-career researchers, join us for this great experience! (deadline May 15) stonecenter.uchicago.edu/events/summe...
Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality with the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy - Stone Center
The Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality seeks to provide the next generation of scholars with the multidisciplinary underpinning necessary for effective research on inequality dy...
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This absolutely fucks www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...
A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...
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UB HPE Graduate Workshop Date: 10th of April 11:00h. Location: Aula 2019, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa at the University of Barcelona (Av. Diagonal 696)
Examining the dramatic growth and evolving role of postdoctoral researchers in the US scientific workforce from 1979 to 2023, showing a fourfold increase in postdoc numbers that outpaced growth in graduate students and faculty, from Ginther and @jlrosenbloom.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w35014
🎓 UB School of Economics + @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Take your academic journey further with the Master in Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) Dual Degree: a unique pathway that connects us with KCL.
📢 Call: Tenure Track Position The MPIfG Political Economy Research Area led by Lucio Baccaro is seeking a Senior Researcher. Open to candidates with at least two years’ postdoc experience. Please share widely! 🗓️ Apply by April 20, 2026 s.gwdg.de/WPMPp1
🚀 New! Pleased to share my new article (with C. Guerriero), “The Origins of (a Culture of) Cooperation,” now out in JLEO. We show how climate shocks and institutions shaped the emergence of cooperative norms in ancient Mesopotamia. Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jleo... #economics #politics #econsky
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Submission deadline approaching - March 31: 19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network (AEHN) The AEHN, and the Unit for Economic History at the University of Gothenburg, warmly welcomes submissions on any aspect of African economic history.
19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network
Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-24 October, 2026
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🌴 Applications are now open for the UB School of Economics Summer School Seeing Through the Algorithms: Machine Learning & AI for Economists, taking place from July 6 to 10, 2026! 📍 Location: @economiaempresaub.bsky.social, @ub.edu
NEW✨ Could climate shocks be the secret architects of cooperation? ⛈️🤝 ✍ My new article (with C. Guerriero) in Economica shows how environmental instability forces societies to innovate and democratize to survive. #EconSky #OpenAccess #Econ Read 👇: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation
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The program for the "New perspectives on Middle Eastern Economic History workshop" on 9th of January is already available! revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Hi.... Registration for the online event is open on the link!
‼️We are thrilled to announce that applications for the MSc in Economics at @ub.edu is officially open! 🌍Join the globally recognized programme in Economics designed for aspiring Researchers, Economists, and Policy Leaders dedicated to understanding and shaping today’s economic challenges.
📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #pleaseRT
Hoy escribo en El Diario sobre los motivos y soluciones a los abusos en la universidad www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
Abusos en la universidad: por qué persiste la impunidad y qué reformas pueden cambiarla
Las universidades españolas arrastran casos de acoso laboral y sexual que rara vez se sancionan, en un ecosistema marcado por la protección reputacional y la endogamia. Romper estas dinámicas con movi...
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🍾 We are proud to announce “Introduction: New Perspectives in Global Economic History” by @alkaraman.bsky.social (@ucl.ac.uk ), author of the piece and editor of the special issue on global economic history in @rhi-ihr.bsky.social . Read it open access 👉 doi.org/10.1344/rhi-...
🚨 Meet our 2025-2026 PhD Job Market Candidates! Learn more about the candidates & their research here👇🏽🧵
Happy to announce the IPERG Seminar Series at @ub.edu for this academic year! A great lineup of seminars and events is coming up — don’t miss it. 📅 Full schedule here: www.ub.edu/iperg/activi... @ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis. ‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Link & info in post #2.
L'Assemblea Feminista vol agrair el vostre compromís amb aquesta causa. El gran nombre d'adhesions a la carta ha dut per fi a la UB a pronunciar-se sobre aquests fets: assfeministaub.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/c...
CARTA OBERTA ADREÇADA A LES AUTORITATS DE LA UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
Barcelona, 3 de juliol de 2025 A l’atenció de: Rectorat de la Universitat de Barcelona Vicerectorat d’Igualtat i Gènere Facultat d’Economia i Empresa Departament de Sociologia Assumpte: Sol·licitud…
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