Check out the call for papers: www.jointdatacenter.org/wp-content/u...

My dept head (Paul Djupe) and I published an article about our unique undergrad program called Data for Political Research, and why more schools should adopt a datacentric poli sci track that emphasizes applied research. I wrote about it in my latest newsletter:

open.substack.com/pub/mileswil...

Have you considered using LLMs to code open-ended survey responses?

This looks like a must read for you!

"An Empirical Investigation into the Utility of Large Language Models in Open-Ended Survey Data Categorization"

osf.io/preprints/so...

New podcast episode where I talk about what's going on with mortality in the US

A wide-ranging discussion of what happened before the pandemic & what's happened since then; racial disparities and how to get our heads around their scope; why things might be going so badly for Millennials & Gen Zers

My number one tip for researchers that do a significant amount of non peer reviewed paper publication/outreach:

Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.

The latest MENAAP Economic Update, "Jobs and Women: Untapped Talent, Unrealized Growth", contributes to the discussions on the World Bank’s jobs agenda with increased participation of women in the labor market as a key driver of growth across the region.

openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...

The econ PhD market will be difficult this year. The exact same thing happened when I went on the market years ago: I sent out 150 applications...and got 1 interview! Then I wrote a paper about it! ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...

Both sides of the market responded. Is this happening now too?

It's been a hot minute since I sent an #MHAWS, but we are back (baby), we're back

Today, we are talking about building a sustainable writing practice through thinking about duration, frequency, and intensity as different ways to measure your time writing.

open.substack.com/pub/miryahol...

⭐WE ARE HIRING! ✨ Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Social Sciences - Ref: 25-35

ℹ️ Learn more: shorturl.at/YrzIh
📧 Work-related questions: Contact Dr. Magdalena GORCZYNSKA-ANGIULLI | [email protected]
📧 Administrative matters: Contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA | [email protected]

PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org

Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries.

📅26 - 28 Mar 2026
📍Oxford, UK

⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct
cepr.org/events/pedl-...

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

📅 Proposals due: Jan 8, 2026

🔗 Learn more, register for information sessions, and apply: www.ma3challenge.org

It’s time to modernize academic advancement systems so they reflect the values institutions champion. Join us! (5/5)

I regularly get folks interested in economics or public policy PhDs who are not able to be in-person full-time; where offers good economics (especially development econ.) and policy PhDs that are remote or part-time or only sporadically in person? #EconSky #PoliSky

Featured in the latest Digest: Universal Occupational Licensing Recognition and Healthcare Access

https://www.nber.org/digest/202510/universal-occupational-licensing-recognition-and-healthcare-access?page=1&perPage=50

✨ We will be featuring the 2025 AERE Scholars & Mentors over the coming weeks! Stay tuned to learn more about the amazing cohort! ✨

🌟 The AERE Scholars Program works to ⬆️ diversity and foster an inclusive culture in environmental & resource economics! 🌍📊
👥 Scholars receive 1:1 & peer mentoring, plus insights into the 🎓 "hidden curriculum" of economics.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/77cAKsh

🌿AERE Scholars Program Mentor Spotlight: Julia Berazneva🌿
Berazneva's research focuses on environmental and resource economics, with particular interest in human-environment interactions and sustainable development, both in low-income countries and USA.
Website: buff.ly/5WKU0Sn
📈📉 #Econsky

"Achieving gender parity in STEM fields is an admirable goal. Yet...there’s been next-to-no effort to close the gender gap in so-called HEED jobs — healthcare, early education, & domestic work — where women are disproportionately represented."

#EconSky

www.salon.com/2021/03/28/w...

Think of the economy as like baking a cake. H‑1B visas supply missing ingredients -- high skill STEM workers. If Trump cuts off access: fewer projects get baked, worse recipes get used, or we import the cake. None of those make Americans better off. #TheProfessorIsIn #TeachEcon

📢#EJME25/26
Chair @david-schindler.de gives IMPORTANT info on initiatives - including Candidate Directory, virtual workshops, mock interviews, job postings/signals & ECON JM Best Paper Award
READ IT HERE: mailchi.mp/eeassoc.org/...
@resmedia.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social @ecqe.bsky.social

📢ReCIPE’s first call for Big Research Grants is opening soon! Deadline: 27 October. We’re looking for research proposals exploring the links between conflict and economic growth within ReCIPE research themes and in ReCIPE focus countries.
recipe.cepr.org/funding/big-...
#EconSky

Spring 2026 Fellowship on Ecuador Refugee Research at @cega-uc.bsky.social UC Berkeley (January-May 2026). Preference will be given to applicants currently based in Ecuador who have the lived experience of forced displacement, see details: #FundSocSci docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 We’re #hiring!

CEGA is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our Data Privacy Lab and support the responsible implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies in low- and middle-income countries.

👉 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/DPLpostdoc

Another call for sources: I'm reporting on pediatric Covid vaccine access. If you've had trouble finding pediatric doses in stock, or if your child was turned away, I'd love to hear from you: [email protected].

Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.