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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Und im 18. Jahrhundert hatten circa 50% der Jungen den gleichen Vornamen (Johannes)...

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very happy to be joining the Kiel Institute and the University of Hamburg!

Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · Sep 1

Excited to welcome two new professors today, both in cooperation with @uni-hamburg.de!

👉 @cathrinmohr.bsky.social working on geoeconomics & political economy
👉 Kaspar Zimmermann focusing on firms, finance & the macroeconomy

Welcome to the team 👋 can't wait for your contributions & research groups!

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 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.

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Bastian Becker @beckerbastian.bsky.social · May 13

What's the future of historical political economy in Europe? To find out, we (w/ @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @lhaffert.bsky.social) conducted a survey and workshop. Here are our main take-aways. Special thanks to all who participated!

Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 12

New Broadstreet post!

By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker

www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-future...

The Future of Historical Political Economy in Europe

By Bastian Becker (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Lukas Haffert (University of Geneva), Cathrin Mohr (University of Bonn)

www.broadstreet.blog

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · May 12

What is geoeconomics? In the VoxTalks Economics podcast @voxeu.org @cepr.org podcast, ECONtribute member @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social and Christoph Trebesch @kiel.institute talk about tariffs on trade and great power rivalry. Listen to the podcast here: audioboom.com/posts/871200...

What is geoeconomics?

With the major geopolitical powers squaring up to each other, tariffs on trade and political turmoil, is it time for economics to focus more on the consequences for the world economy of great power ri...

audioboom.com

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · May 7

Had a great time joining @talknormal.co.uk at VoxTalks with Christoph Trebesch to talk about geoeconomics: what it is and why it matters today. If you're interested in the intersection of economics and global power, give it a listen!

VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · May 2

Economists @cathrinmohr.bsky.social ky.social (Bonn University) & Christoph Trebesch (@kiel.institute) talk to @talknormal.co.uk al.co.uk about how global power politics are reshaping economics—and what researchers should focus on next.

Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/w...

#Podcast #EconSky

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Apr 3

Was lernt man im VWL-Studium und was genau macht eigentlich eine Volkswirtin? 🔎 Darum ging es heute beim Girls‘ Day an der @unibonn.bsky.social. @econtribute.bsky.social Cluster-Mitglied @cathrinmohr.bsky.social hat Bonner Schülerinnen von ihrem Beruf erzählt. @dfg.de #EconSky

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · Apr 2

Today, we held our #YoungECONtribute Program workshop where our excellent PhD students and postdocs from Bonn-Cologne presented their current research. Thanks to everyone involved! More about YEP 👉: econtribute.de/young-econtr... @wisocologne.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de #EconSky

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Feb 7

Many thanks to @lhaffert.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and @beckerbastian.bsky.social for a very interesting Workshop on Historical Political Economy in Europe with great scholars and inspiring discussions.

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Julia Zimmermann @juliazimmermann.bsky.social · Feb 7

Fantastic Scoping Workshop on the Historical Political Economy in Europe! Who knew PoliSci and EconHist do not wear such different hats?

Huge thanks to @lhaffert.bsky.social @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @beckerbastian.bsky.social for an inspiring deep dive.

Learned a lot!

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28

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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · Jan 22

💰 Money wins wars: A new study from Jonathan Federle, @schularick.bsky.social & @dominic-rohner.bsky.social analyzes 700+ conflicts (1977–2013) and finds financial power is key. A 10% GDP boost in military spending raises the chance of victory by 32% 👇 www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

Empirical Study: Money Wins Wars

Whether a state emerges as a winner or loser from a military conflict is significantly determined by its financial resources. This has been shown for the first time in a new empirical analysis of the ...

www.ifw-kiel.de

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Jan 16

Have you been hearing the term 'Geoeconomics' everywhere lately but aren't quite sure what it really means? Then this paper has you covered and will tell you all about the current state of the literature www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Jan 9

You work in Historical Political Economy and are based in Europe and you have not filled out our survey yet? You can still do so until Sunday and help us to map the field: forms.gle/EtLna72JNXFh...

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Erik Hornung @hornungerik.bsky.social · Dec 13

📢We are hiring 📢

We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!

5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“

jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964

Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!

@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky

Job announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Dec 12

To all researchers in Historical Political Economy based in Europe: Please help @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @lhaffert.bsky.social, and me get a better picture of HPE in Europe and the challenges researchers face by participating in this 15 min survey: forms.gle/EtLna72JNXFh...

Historical Political Economy - Insights from Europe

Thank you for your interest in our survey. We are a team of researchers based at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, University of Bonn and University of Geneva. The goal of this survey is to map the ...

forms.gle

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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · Dec 4

Inflation shocks strengthen extremist and populist parties in elections - new paper by Jonathan Federle, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social & @schularick.bsky.social:

🔹summary for press 👉 ifw-kiel.de/publications...
🔹paper 👉 ifw-kiel.de/publications...

@unibonn.bsky.social 🧵👇

Inflation shocks strengthen extremist and populist parties in elections

Both unexpectedly high inflation and weak economic growth significantly boost the electoral performance of extremist and populist parties, according to a recent study by the Kiel Institute. The main r...

ifw-kiel.de

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Carola Braun @carolabraun.bsky.social · Nov 8

Meet our amazing ECONtribute job market candidates!
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econtribute.de/job-market-c...

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Oct 16

Link zum Working Paper mit Leonie Bielefeld drive.google.com/file/d/1LRmd...

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Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Oct 16

Link zum Artikel: www.wiwo.de/politik/ausl...

Politische Eliten: „Autokratien sind in der Forschung wie eine Blackbox“

Wie bilden sich politische Eliten, wenn es keine Wahlen gibt? Dieser Frage geht eine neue Studie nach. Ein Blick in die deutsche Geschichte offenbart ein asymmetrisches Muster.

www.wiwo.de

Cathrin Mohr @cathrinmohr.bsky.social · Oct 16

Sind persönliche Verbindungen in die Machtelite gut oder schlecht für politische Karrieren? In der
@wiwo
spreche ich über Evidenz aus der DDR und was wir über China und Russland wissen.

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