I wrote this new piece for The Conversation because I haven’t stopped thinking about Nolan Wells since news of his disappearance, and then his death, broke. I hope you’ll read it and share it widely. theconversation.com/white-parent...

White parents who tell their kids that race doesn’t matter are ignoring the long shadow of racism

18-year old Nolan Wells’ death in Mississippi has raised again the importance of ‘the talk’ that Black parents have with their children. But what do white parents tell their kids about race?

theconversation.com

I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Exciting to see my work with @olgastoddard.bsky.social @kbuzard7.bsky.social featured outside the hallowed halls of academia 😴😴😴 Thanks so much to @theconversation.com for highlighting the downsides of being the “default parent” as many return to school this month theconversation.com/better-call-...

LSE are advertising a tenure track position on IPE with a specialism in global environmental politics - rare to see these positions come up, particularly those in GEP link to application form below

My Gen Z employees have taught me that putting the !! sticker on a text means you agree with what the person is saying and not “omfg are you kidding me?!?” (as I had been using it frequently) and now I’m spiraling.

The PAA Call for Papers is out! I’m organizing (w Kristen Harknett) a Session on Families, Health, & Well-being. Send us your papers! #PAA2027 higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/POPULATIONAS...

I'm organizing a session on Reproductive Injustice for PAA this year. Send along all your depressing papers. I'll read them for science! ✊✊✊ higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/POPULATIONAS...

My book copies have arrived!

And with more enviro options than ever! Submit env-mig to #1110 👇

Karen Benjamin Guzzo@karenguzzo.bsky.social · yesterday

It's here! The @popassocamerica.bsky.social Call for Papers for its 2027 annual meeting is officially live! Lots of great topics. Start thinking about your submissions!!! paa_acgi.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

Demographers —The PAA call for papers is now open! There are TWO qualitative sessions this year, including one that I’m organizing. If you do any qualitative demography or demography-adjacent work, please submit an extended abstract! paa_acgi.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

Yale Political Science invites applications for two tenure-track positions: - IPE: apply.interfolio.com/188185 - CP / PE / IR (with possible joint appointment with the Jackson School): apply.interfolio.com/188203 Deadline: Sep 10, 2026. Share with colleagues and students who may be interested.

Minnesota primaries are one week from today. Here are the DFL-endorsed candidates who will be on my ballot—don’t forget to make a plan and go vote!!!

Coming up with a post-hoc theory section when your results are weird:

I'm hiring an Associate Director for the Center for Qualitative & Multi-Method Inquiry: www.sujobopps.com/postings/114... Run IQMR, work on QDR, help run events around methods @maxwellsu.bsky.social - great for recent MA or PhD interested in alt-ac 1/2

Associate Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry (CQMI)

Work collaboratively with the Director of the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry (CQMI). Lead the planning and logistics for the annual Institute for Qualitative and Multi-method Research...

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Absolutely stone cold dedication to a work of popular history

🇺🇦 FM warns of a 🇷🇺 campaign using #Ceuta pictures to sow destabilisation. Are 🇮🇹🇫🇮🇩🇰 governments talking of suspending Schengen—not mentioning that (a) 🇪🇸 quickly got the Ceuta situation under control & (b) there are border controls between Ceuta and EU mainland anyway—aware whose game they are playing?

Spain received as many asylum seekers in ONE DAY as the Netherlands receives in TWO YEARS! Absolutely shameless for the Dutch government to criticize the Spanish government of their handling of this ACTUAL crisis, given that Dutch governments have been CREATING FAUX crises for decades.

I just saw someone on social media declare that if they see a social media post written by AI, they automatically unfollow. Some sundry thoughts. 1/

Pedro Sánchez has sent a letter to the EU institutions complaining about the political reaction of some member states to the migratory crisis in Ceuta. “In the current international context, the European Union cannot afford this kind of selfish, polarising and unlawful reaction.” 🧵

I consider myself an interdisciplinary scientist. A post on LinkedIn challenged the idea that we should mentor our students to be more interdisciplinary. Here are my thoughts on what that means in my new APS Presidential column. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Is Interdisciplinary Science Worth It?

"You don't want scholars answering to two or more disciplines. You want them to enrich and integrate their own discipline with ideas drawn from others."

psychologicalscience.org

In an introductory geography course I used to teach, I included map quizzes. I was often told these were silly, wrote memory, and a waste of time. 25 years later, I am vindictated. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

theguardian.com

One of my empirical-work econ takes is that I think academia should be *more* open to publishing work based on best-we-can-do weak data, as long as there's really no other way to address the question and that work is very clear about what it can and can't actually say.

🚨 New today in Nature 🦟 After decades of debate, we show that climate change has probably made malaria worse in sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 1 extra case per 1,000 children. But: malaria eradication efforts have pulled the other direction 200 times harder. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Awesome job alert: The Center on Poverty and Social Policy is hiring for a (PhD-holding) research director to manage a national, state, and NYC policy portfolio and supervise their analysts. Apply here: povertycenter.columbia.edu/lead-our-res... #econsky

Is everyone still friends on here in the aftermath of the great Odyssey debates of 2026? If so we have done two amazing things. Had an elevated debate about the ongoing role of both critique and classical texts AND decided to agree to disagree about a movie on the internet. An angel gets its wings.

“Two teams can find nearly the same fact. The paper with the higher general-interest ceiling may not have a dramatically more credible estimate. It may instead ask the estimate to do more.”

Jason Fletcher@jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · last wk.

How to Write a Top 5 Paper: A Case Study open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...

One last thing...I was meant to present our paper at the AEA meetings in SF. I had an accident and got stitches in the ER the night/morning of my presentation. He was planning to attend. I let him know I wasn't coming and he volunteered to do the presentation hours before with his own slides.😍

Valerie Mueller@valmuellerasu.bsky.social · last wk.

I didn't attend the AAEA meetings, but apparently John's speech moved a lot of my friends. John is a superb researcher and a great role model for new development economists entering the field. I'm glad to see those with non-traditional career tracks in academia being recognized in the profession!

I didn't attend the AAEA meetings, but apparently John's speech moved a lot of my friends. John is a superb researcher and a great role model for new development economists entering the field. I'm glad to see those with non-traditional career tracks in academia being recognized in the profession!

International Food Policy Research Institute@ifpri.org · last wk.

IFPRI Nonresident Fellow John Hoddinott has been named a 2026 @aaea-economics.bsky.social Fellow. Congrats on this well-deserved honor, John, & thank you for your enduring contributions to IFPRI and the global development community! 👏 #AAEA #FoodSystems #Nutrition #SocialProtection @cgiar.org

Really interesting read. Writing similar papers does not necessarily doom authors particularly when the intended audiences differ.

Jason Fletcher@jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · last wk.

How to Write a Top 5 Paper: A Case Study open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...

My paper "Exodus and vote: Mass emigration and voter turnout in Honduras" is out in Electoral Studies doi.org/10.1016/j.el...