By the way, a week ago, I defended my dissertation - credit is due to the best committee who have inspired and supported me throughout these crazy years (@saumjha.bsky.social, @Steve, and @Vicky, in a purely alphabetical order). Next stop: TBA once a visa gets approved (nothing new under the sun).

YOU & Mara Squicciarini & @saumjha.bsky.social & Joel Mokyr 🎉 in Venezia 🇮🇹 If you submit by 30 April 🚀 👇

Sascha O. Becker@essobecker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ASREC Europe Venice 🇮🇹 Fri/Sat 25/26 Sep 2026 co-organized with @valerueda.bsky.social 3 keynotes: Mara Squicciarini 🎉 @saumjha.bsky.social 🎉 Joel Mokyr 🎉 Submit here by 30 April 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Really looking forward to this and hope you’ll join us in La Serenissima this September!

Sascha O. Becker@essobecker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ASREC Europe Venice 🇮🇹 Fri/Sat 25/26 Sep 2026 co-organized with @valerueda.bsky.social 3 keynotes: Mara Squicciarini 🎉 @saumjha.bsky.social 🎉 Joel Mokyr 🎉 Submit here by 30 April 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Can financial literacy shift climate beliefs across party lines? Saumitra Jha presented new evidence showing that personal financial exposure can influence support for climate policy. https://ow.ly/z1tb50XEqO4

The Effects of Financial Exposures on Support for Climate Action

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I am hiring a 2-year post-doc, starting Sep 1 2026 econjobmarket.org/positions/12... If you are interested in culture, gender and masculinity, please apply and join me in Sydney!

Many thanks to @ashartnett.bsky.social Jeff Jenkins and USC for the wonderful opportunity to keynote at the annual Historical Political Economy conference. It was great to catch up with and learn from such an amazing set of people. I had a blast!

Allison Hartnett@ashartnett.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Capping a great day of research and discussion at our second annual HPE Conference with @saumjha.bsky.social 's keynote @usc.edu @usccis.bsky.social

The @cepr.org Reducing Conflict & Improving Performance in the Economy (ReCIPE) Initiative has a big grant competition (deadline: Monday.) If you are doing research related to Ethnic Diversity and Nation-Building, I'd like to particularly encourage you to apply! recipe.cepr.org/funding/big-...

Ethnic divisions and political or economic challenges can make it harder to build peace and foster development but history demonstrates that these barriers have been overcome before, and they can be again. Read about Faculty Affiliate @saumjha.bsky.social's research via @voxdev.bsky.social.

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Many poor, ethnically divided societies are caught in an ‘ethnic growth trap’, where conflict, low public investment, and political economy dynamics reinforce each other, hindering development. Read today's article w/ @saumjha.bsky.social to learn more:

🆕 Promoting development in ethnically divided societies: Historical lessons on peace and prosperity Today on VoxDev, @saumjha.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) discusses conflict and development in ethnically divided societies: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Promoting development in ethnically divided societies: Historical lessons on peace and prosperity

Many poor, ethnically divided societies are caught in an ‘ethnic growth trap’, where conflict, low public investment, and political economy dynamics reinforce each other, hindering development. Histor...

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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social, @saumjha.bsky.social, @mvlass.bsky.social, and @yveszenou.bsky.social study when and how exposure to new political ideas can realign beliefs by leveraging the exogenous assignment of French soldiers to line infantry regiments in WWI.

Political Breakthroughs in the Trenches

ROCKWOOL Foundation

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Thrilled to share the program for the III Yale-UB HPE Workshop — a joint initiative bringing together HPE researchers across continents and disciplines. Huge thanks to our sponsors, presenters, and discussants. Can’t wait for a great conference! cc @cescamat.bsky.social (UB co-host)

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 2 exciting PreDoc positions in my team at the University of Bern, starting late summer/early fall! Collaborate on cutting-edge research in Political Economy, Development &Behavioral Economics, using experimental and quasi-experimental methods.

It’s been a really tough day for anyone with family and friends in South Asia as the lights go out and people appear to be preparing for war. Our dog Kaylo seems to have sensed this and established a new kennel spot under my desk. The chances for miscalculation are just too high.

Just a little over one week to submit your abstract for the 2nd Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at @usc.edu, co-sponsored by @usccis.bsky.social and the USC PIPE Collaborative. Keynote Address by @saumjha.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #econsky #polisky

Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference: Call for Papers

Co-organized by Allison Hartnett, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Jeffery A. Jenkins, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law University of Southern California Oc...

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Looking for a brief break from the news? Please join us in sunny Los Angeles to talk Historical Political Economy! With a lot of history to work with, and great HPE folks, it’s going to be a lot of fun and likely more cheerful than the contemporary version.

Allison Hartnett@ashartnett.bsky.social · last yr.

Just a little over one week to submit your abstract for the 2nd Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at @usc.edu, co-sponsored by @usccis.bsky.social and the USC PIPE Collaborative. Keynote Address by @saumjha.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #econsky #polisky

If you’re interested in our pathfinding research on how to foster economic development in ethnically divided societies, please join @oyebolaoo.bsky.social and me at the next @cepr.org #ReCIPE virtual course meeting Thursday at 3PM BST (7am in CA)! Register at: recipe.cepr.org/event/1651

Thanks to @chagaiweiss.bsky.social for sharing his recent RCT with us, which showed that receiving investment portfolios in energy markets—especially green energy—can increase belief in climate change, support for climate action, and pro-environmental behavior. Exciting and encouraging results!

My new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post on "Religion and Development", building off a recent handbook chapter with @essobecker.bsky.social, @ammapanin.bsky.social, & Steve Pfaff www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...

Religion and Development

It is almost self-evident that religion affects economic growth and development.

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🚨 The proposal deadline for the Yale-UB HPE workshop is fast approaching! 🚨 We'll count with amazing Saumitra Jha (@saumjha.bsky.social) & Steven Wilkinson. Info of previous editions at www.didacqueralt.com/yale-ub-hpew CC @cescamat.bsky.social (UB convener) Help us spread the word!

In the second installment of our "Meet Our Researchers" series, @saumjha.bsky.social discusses his research on how economic incentives can foster trust, reduce conflict, and strengthen political stability. Read the Q&A now:

Meet Our Researchers: Dr. Saumitra Jha

Exploring the unifying potential of economics against intolerance, polarization, and violence with Associate Professor of Political Economy Saumitra Jha.

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Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Financial market exposure increases generalized trust" By @saumjha.bsky.social, Moses Shayo, & @chagaiweiss.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky

Thanks a lot to the Stanford GSB team for making this little video with some of the key takeaways from my MBA class on Managing Politically Conflictual Environments, that draw on my book project with Steven Wilkinson on Leaders in Conflict. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoyS...

Class Takeaways — Managing Politically Complex Environments

YouTube video by Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Really looking forward to the #Yale-#UB conference on #historicalpoliticaleconomy #HPE this summer in Barcelona, organized by the amazing duo of @cescamat.bsky.social and @didacqueralt.bsky.social. Hope to see you there!

Francesc Amat@cescamat.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Workshop Call 📢 3d Edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Keynote: "Revolutionary Contagion" by Saumitra Jha and Steven Wilkinson At University of Barcelona @ub.edu on June 30 and July 1, 2025 Send us your papers by Febr 28: shorturl.at/w96jk @didacqueralt.bsky.social

Reupping this trade model run on 25% MEX, 25% CAN, and 10% PRC cross sector import tariffs. Because…they’re back!!!

Kyle Meng@kylemeng.com · 2y ago

Lots of takes on new Trump tariffs. Here's a quick general equilibrium analysis. Grabbed an off-the-self quantitative trade model (multisector armington) calibrated to '22 global trade flows. Fed in 25% MEX, 25% CAN, and 10% PRC tariffs across sectors. What happens to U.S. consumer prices? 1/3

How can societies increase generalized trust? Trust is crucial for prosperity but varies dramatically & persistently around the world. Yet in an article just out in the JPubEcon, @chagaiweiss.bsky.social Moses Shayo & I show that experimentally varying exposure to financial markets increases trust

I’m excited to share DIME v4.0 is live! This release covers through the 2024 cycle and contains records for 850M+ itemized political contributions and ideological scores for millions of candidates, PACs, and donors. stanford.io/3DJDCYm

Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME): Public version 4.0

Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME): Public version 4.0

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See you in our Political Economy of Global Religions session today at 2:30PM with @nathannunn.bsky.social @saumjha.bsky.social @jaredcrubin.com at #ASSA2025 www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Is it already January? Yes! The Jan 2025 issue of The Economic Journal is out @resmedia.bsky.social with a fascinating mix of topics. Check it out! academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...

Volume 135 Issue 665 | The Economic Journal | Oxford Academic

The Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ...

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We’re hiring a predoctoral fellow for our Stanford Conflict and Polarization lab! We do field experiments, lab experiments and also love to go hunting in the archives for novel data to help shed new light on solving these important problems. Please apply if interested & share with any who might be!

Are you a PhD student working on conflict and economic development? We are looking for papers for the PhD poster session at the ReCIPE inception conference in PSE (13-14 February): recipe.cepr.org/event/4553. The deadline is 15 December. @cepr.org @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social