Valerie Mueller
valmuellerasu.bsky.social
Valerie Mueller
@valmuellerasu.bsky.social

Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies, ASU
Work on climate change impacts, focusing on human mobility
#DevEcon #EnvironEcon #AgEcon #EnvironDemography #PoliticalEcon
Non-resident fellow at IFPRI
Livin’ it up in Spain 2025-6 .. more

Sociology 22%
Political science 22%

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I was in a training last night on a Zoom channel with a 5,000 participant capacity.

Demand exceeded capacity.

People are organizing E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E.

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Our first talk is happening tomorrow 👇

Join us to uncover how extreme heat is deepening global inequalities in antenatal care, drawing on data from 860,000 births in 52 LMICs. #ClimateHealth #GlobalHealth #CLEAN
#econsky et al. I am happy to announce the #call_for_papers for the 2026 Economics of Mental Health Workshop!
The workshop is hosted by @peibich.bsky.social at Paris Dauphine and takes place from June 22-23. They keynotes are @jcmecon.bsky.social & Marco Bertoni. 1/n

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Hello Bluesky! Late adopter but nice to see y’all here. I’m a sociologist of stratification, inequality, and mobility working on projects related to job displacement and mobility, the labor market processes driving intergenerational mobility, and job quality. Looking forward to being in touch!
I've been trying to write something, entirely unsuccessfully, about sense of place and the geography of the city. This is a poor draft at that.

People deserve to live somewhere defined in their mind by places that bring them joy, places anchored by people, connections, and fulfilling experiences.
Amid everything else, a brief note to announce the CFP for the 2026 Summer Workshop in the Economic History and Historical Political Economy of Eurasia.

If you are an economist, historian, or political scientist working on Imperial Russia or the USSR, please consider applying.

July 17–18, Paris.
Scott Gehlbach - 2026 Summer Workshop in the Economic History and
Call for papers We invite submissions to a workshop on the economic history and historical political economy of Eurasia. The workshop will take place at th...
scottgehlbach.net
Just went for breakfast at our favorite Colombian cafe. All of the doors to the building are locked and the waitress had to come let us in.

In the entrance to my work building, we have a pepper spray recovery kit just to be prepared.

This is life in Minneapolis now.
The murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good send a terrifying signal to protesters: if you are against us, we can kill you with impunity. This is a classical authoritarian strategy. Increase the costs of opposing the regime to stop people from protesting.

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After 17 years, I left the EPA yesterday. I'm sad to leave my "unicorn job", but this admin won't let me work on climate change.

I'll be posting at thesaraphreport.substack.com

First up: the Endangerment Finding. I helped write it. I defended it. Now I'm watching them tear it down.
Marcus C Sarofim | Substack
Climate science and policy analysis from Marcus Sarofim: 17 years EPA, MIT PhD, JHU adjunct, key contributor to 2009 GHG Endangerment Finding. Saraph (my name's root) means "fire"—fitting for climate ...
thesaraphreport.substack.com

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UNC-Chapel Hill Sociology is hiring a Teaching Assistant/Associate Professor (teaching track) starting July 2026. 3-3 load focusing on undergrad instruction, particularly Management & Society and Health & Society courses. Apps reviewed starting Feb 16. #AcademicJobs #sociology

unc.peopleadmin.c...
I am a climate scientist and this is correct.

As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.

Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Congrats!!

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Everyone should read this!

🧪 #AcademicSky

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
Higher ed is being unbundled: knowledge is cheap, credentials proliferate, networks are positional, and four years of “time to mature” is now a luxury good. Universities must explain what they uniquely sell-and if they don't-the value proposition collapses.
kylesaunders.substack.com/p/the-collap...

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Fully Funded PhD in Place-Based Economic Development in Europe

The University of Groningen is offering a fully funded PhD position in place-based economic development in Europe. Applications close February 2, 2026.
Fully Funded PhD in Place-Based Economic Development in Europe
The University of Groningen is offering a fully funded PhD position in place-based economic development in Europe. Applications close February 2, 2026.
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I just thought everyone should see this
All countries on the Board of Peace are ruled by men and their median age is 66.

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From Andrew Gelman, how can we improve the research process?

1. Stop citing single studies as definitive. They are not. Check if the ones you are reading or citing have been replicated.

2. If you or someone else finds an error in your published work, publish a correction.
Read every word of this thread.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
I hope our general strike in Minnesota shows the rest of you that big things are possible. Hundreds of local businesses—more & more each hour—are announcing that they’ll be closed on Friday to tell ICE to GTFO of here. Restaurants, cafes, bookstores, shops, theaters, museums, and the list goes on ✊🏼
The world learned today that you absolutely have to bully this dumb old asshole as a collective. Better late than never for them, but we better get used to being aggressively humiliated for the next few years.

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Wow, quite a lineup for this free course
🆕 Free online course on private enterprise, productivity & economic growth by STEG & PEDL (@cepr.org)

Through 14 lectures, you can learn from leading researchers on one of the central questions of economic development, how to increase productivity.

Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New NIH guidance/mechanism for research with international partners is out. Note that you need to click on "related documents" & download the zip file to see the NOFO text with the details.

www.grants.gov/search-resul...

I won't do anything, okay. Please make the stock market go back to normal. I take everything back, but I'll remember.

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Ahistorical gibberish.
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"

Because I had 2 children, does that mean I have to like the colicky baby that lives upstairs?
JOBS

Associate & Assistant Professorships in Public Policy, University of Cambridge

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...
Vacanies - Bennett School of Public Policy
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"

One of the testimonies said they only trust 15% of economics. 😂
What should we do as editors when a reviewer has clearly used AI to write their peer review?

In my opinion, this is academic misconduct. But it's almost impossible to prove. Should we just ignore the review? Should we report it to their employer? Should we have a blacklist of suspect reviewers?
Saw my first AI-generated #Review today, of a paper in Scientific Reports.

It was like a highschool teacher giving constructive feedback on an essay, with statements from a rubric.

If i see this as editor, your 'review' will be ignored.

If i see it as 1st/last author, I'll write to the editor.

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