New in #IREE : Jana Sadeh and co-authors explore economics students' academic mindsets across 8 countries and show the benefits of active learning. Supported by the #EENE. 🔗 tinyurl.com/9xssd22z #econtwitter #EENE #IREE #EconomicsEducation #ActiveLearning

🎉 New Publication Alert T. Gall, E Lotti, and P. Giannarakis have published "Academic Performance, Background and Pre-existing Quantitative Skills of Economics Starters: Mind the Gap!" in #IREE. Read more: tinyurl.com/z38dmvr3 #econtwitter #EconomicsEducation #Research

🎓 “What advice would you give your younger self?” Jana Sadeh put this question to our graduating students on #graduation day. Their answers capture some of the key lessons from their time at university. Congratulations to our graduates! #ClassOf2026 Video : tinyurl.com/3spyp78a

📱 Same behaviour. Different context. Different judgment? New #WP by aforesta.bsky.social , V. Tonei and M Vecchi finds that #SexualHarassment is perceived as less serious #online than #inperson, even when the behaviour is identical. 📄 tinyurl.com/5fpt2ynf #econtwitter #econsky

We're delighted to share our latest #NSS results for Economics #Uos. Students highlighted the strength of our teaching, academic support and learning environment. Thank you to everyone who took part and helped us improve the student experience. 🔗 tinyurl.com/pb4a4dv7 #econtwitter #econsky

Great work from our colleague Tobias Werner! Delighted to see this research on #LLM pollution in online behavioural experiments published in Nature Communications. A timely contribution to understanding #AI's impact on research. Article: tinyurl.com/435xyj4k #econtwitter #econsky

Recognising and mitigating LLM Pollution in online behavioural research - Nature Communications

Online behavioural research faces a growing methodological and epistemic threat as participants increasingly rely on large language models: LLM Pollution. Amid accumulating empirical evidence of contamination, we introduce a conceptual framework that distinguishes three variants — Partial LLM Mediation, Full LLM Delegation, and LLM Spillover. Their interaction distorts samples, biases inferences, and fuels an escalating methodological arms race. We outline mitigation strategies spanning researcher practices, platform accountability, and community adaptation.

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New blog: Derrick Xu at @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonecon.bsky.social used our data to look at the highly local effects of extreme weather on people’s pro-environmental behaviour

Only in my backyard - Understanding Society

People two percentage points more likely to donate to environmental charities after flood in their postcode The very local effects of flooding on environmental behaviour

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🎉Our PhD candidate Rupali Vashisht has received the University of Southampton Doctoral College Director’s Award for Public Engagement & Outreach and Knowledge Exchange (FSS). A well-deserved recognition of her impactful work beyond academia. 👏 #ResearchImpact #econsky #econtwitter

Great #Seminar this week! @aggraziano.bsky.social (Nottigham) presented “Trade Policy Meets Digital Technologies: How #Digitalisation of #Trade Procedures Affects Firms’ Exports.”Evidence from #CostaRica highlights strong gains in exports, notably for small & rural firms. #econtwitter #econsky

Great discussion at our internal #seminar this week! Derrick presented “Do Crises Increase #Parochial Behaviour?”, showing that #COVIDー19 led to a shift toward local giving, especially in highly affected areas, highlighting how crises strengthen in-group preferences. #econtwitter #econsky

📢 Reminder: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship – Expressions of Interest open 2-year funded #postdoc in Economics @UniofSouthampton Fields: #micro #macro #development #IO #applied #econometrics (not limited) 🗓 Apply by 15 June 2026 📄 tinyurl.com/fyxscrxu #MSCA #econtwitter

📢 New @voxdev.bsky.social article on conflict & food supply chains Based on forthcoming #AER research (“Spatial Spillovers of #Conflict in #Somalia”), co-authored by Marco Alfano. Conflict shocks travel beyond war zones via supply chains, raising prices in distant markets. #econsky #FoodSecurity

How conflict shocks travel along food supply chains

Conflict disrupting transport routes in Somalia raises food prices and worsens household welfare in distant, peaceful markets, showing that the economic costs of violence travel far beyond the front l...

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📢 Call for Expressions of Interest – #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2-year funded #postdoc. Topics include #micro, #macro, #development, #IO, ##applied and econometrics (not limited to these). 📷 Apply by 15 June 2026 through this form: tinyurl.com/fyxscrxu #econtwitter #econsky

Yesterday, we hosted @gspyros.bsky.social ( @durham.ac.uk ) on "Information Aggregation with AI Agents". Can #AI learn from markets like humans do? Fascinating insights on limits and potential. #econtwitter #seminar #economics #econsky

Today we hosted David Gill ( #Purdue ) for a talk on "Dynamic Investment in Teamwork Skill: Theory and Experimental Evidence", joint with Prowse & Reddinger. Insightful take on how incentives and team design shape #collaboration. #econtwitter #BehavioralEconomics #Teamwork

The 5th edition of ASPEC — the Annual Southern PhD Economics Conference — was a huge success! 🎓 PhD students from across the region gathered in Southampton for a day of brilliant research, lively debate, and genuine intellectual energy. 🧵 Programme here: tinyurl.com/yc2xhycu

Today we hosted Prof. Paula Onuchic (LSE) on "Separating the Wheat from the Chaff" (w/ Hörner, TSE). How do we tell experts from quacks when both compete for our trust? Theory can have surprising results! #Economics #GameTheory #InformationEconomics

Today we hosted @florianederer.bsky.social (Boston University) for a #seminar on "Disclosure and the Pace of Drug Development", joint with Cunningham, Hodgson & Wang. More transparency, faster innovation? Think again: policy design can have surprising results! #econtwitter #Pharmaceuticals

Today we welcomed @johannarickne.bsky.social (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social) on Stories about Sexual Harassment: Information Rejection and Recall - why people fail to recognise it as wrongful and implications for prevention. Thanks to @gain-centre.bsky.social for supporting this event. #GenderEconomics

Should employers ban smartphones at work? Adrian Chadi’s research (with Mechtel & Mertins) has been featured in the @financialtimes.com , #MSN & #CanadianHRReporter . A simple, non‑enforced request to put phones away can boost effort by ~10%—with no loss of trust. #econtwitter #econsky Thread 👇

🚨 Econ Job Market Spotlight: Amruta Bagwe 📷 PhD ’26 | JMP: From Gaps to Gains: Empowering Indian Youth Workforce with Skill Development #econjobmarket #EconTwitter #JobMarket2026 #Development #Labour #India 📷 Website: tinyurl.com/yu8bwek7

Today, we were pleased to host Herve Moulin ( @uofgsocsci.bsky.social ) for our #Department #Seminar, who presented joint work titled “Compromises in Collective Choice: the Veto Solution”, enhancing the theory of collective choice. #econsky #EconomicTheory #GameTheory #CollectiveChoice

Happy to have our colleagues @mvlass.bsky.social and @corradogiulietti.bsky.social presenting their paper, “Ethnic Enclaves and the Dynamic Returns to Schooling,” in our internal #seminar series today, examining how #ethnicity and #networks shape returns to #education. #econtwitter #Migration

Today, we were delighted to host @paulaaureo.bsky.social ( @ucl.ac.uk ). He presented joint work called “Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data”. The talk presented a new method for estimating production functions with fewer assumptions. #Econometrics #econsky

Today, our #PhD #student, Yan Yin, presented “Parental Leave and Intrahousehold Bargaining”. The talk examined how #parental leave policies—focusing on reforms in #Germany — affect bargaining power within households. #econtwitter #FamilyEconomics #ParentalLeave #PhDResearch

Last week, we hosted a #EconomicTheory #Seminar, organised by @maxkwiek.bsky.social . Alexander Teytelboym ( University of #Oxford ) presented the joint work “Efficiency and Collusion‑Proofness in Dynamic Mechanism Design”. Thank you to the speaker and colleagues who attended. #econtwitter #econsky

Great to host Pamela Giustinelli from Università di Padova for our #DepartmentSeminar. She presented “Getting In and Getting Through: Ex Ante Beliefs and Counterfactual Outcomes in Centralised College Admissions” (with E. Leuven). Thanks to all who joined! #econtwitter #Beliefs #Norway #econsky

How does conflict spill across space and markets? New #AER work by our colleague Marco Alfano and Cornelissen (@universityofessex.bsky.social) shows #violence along transport routes in #Somalia raises food prices far away, harming welfare. Securing routes matters! #ConflictEconomics #econsky

Spatial Spillovers of Conflict in Somalia

(Forthcoming Article) - Conflict along transportation routes during Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgency significantly increases maize prices at distant locations, decreasing food security, health, and edu...

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Can a documentary change interethnic relations? New @qjeharvard.bsky.social evidence from @absidd.bsky.social (Royal Holloway University), @mvlass.bsky.social (@sotonecon.bsky.social), and @yveszenou.bsky.social (@monashuniversity.bsky.social) suggests yes—especially through #socialnetworks.#econsky

Leveraging Virtual Contact and Social Networks to Foster Interethnic Harmony*

Abstract. This article investigates whether virtual contact, initiated through a documentary film, can promote interethnic harmony. We carried out a cluste

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👏 Great seminar this past Wednesday by Paola Manzini ( @bristoluni.bsky.social ) on "Self‑Confirming Opportunity Costs", joint with Mariotti ( @qmul.bsky.social ) and Ülkü (ITAM), offering novel perspectives on choice behaviour beyond standard frameworks. #econtwitter #EconomicTheory #Choice