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Professor & Director @unatcolumbia.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social's School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) || migration, refugees, diaspora, development, UN studies || program chair migration @asn-org.bsky.social || #UWR player

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · Apr 24

Fresh off the press in 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗮: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸
It conceptualizes my 20 years of research on migration&development and public policies.
Thanks for reading, sharing & engaging!
online.ucpress.edu/gp/article-a...

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 1d

Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2026

Deadline: October 31, 2025

12-month appointments starting in fall 2026, with possible extension of up to 12 additional months

More information: www.climate.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...

Postdoctoral Research Program | Columbia Climate School

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone interested in Trump’s autocratic overreach to silence universities must read this great explainer of the new “deal” Trump offered to 9 universities.
It’s nothing but unlawful extortion. It’s scary—but it’s vital we are all aware of what is happening.
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

This week, the Trump Administration attempted to make universities an offer we can’t refuse. With great fanfare, the administration announce...

balkin.blogspot.com

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 2d

A highly recommended list of important prompts for academics !
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profserious @profserious.bsky.social · 3d

Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...

10 AI Prompts for Academics

making those hard jobs a little easier ...

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 2d

The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

This week, the Trump Administration attempted to make universities an offer we can’t refuse. With great fanfare, the administration announce...

balkin.blogspot.com

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting event: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹) 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 9d

Please join us if you are in Paris and are able. October 2 at 1800, registration below.

ICRICT @icrict.bsky.social · 9d

Intl' taxation is caught in great power struggles, as Donald Trump attempts to dismantle digital services & global minimum taxes.
Join @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
@manonaubryfr.bsky.social & Valerie Hayer, on Oct 2!
📍@pse.bsky.social
⏰6 PM
Register: shorturl.at/I6Kvp

Panel 1: Who Shapes the Rules? Trade Wars, Tax Battles and the Future of Global
Governance (50 min) - 2 rounds of questions (40 min.) and (10 min.) of Q&A.
International taxation is no longer a technocratic issue—it is caught in the crossfire of
global power struggles. With the return of Trump, the U.S. is once again using tariffs and
trade threats to dismantle Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) abroad, as well as the minimum
tax on multinational corporations, defending its tech giants while undermining
multilateral negotiations. This panel will examine how the weaponization of trade policy
intersects with ongoing processes on international tax reform—from the OECD/G20 to
the United Nations—raising fundamental questions about sovereignty, fairness, and
the balance of power in global governance.
Speakers will reflect on what is at stake: whether unilateralism and trade wars will derail
efforts to build a fairer international tax system and what pathways exist toward an
inclusive and equitable framework that can withstand great-power politics.
Moderator: Victor Goury-Laffont (POLITICO).
Joseph Stiglitz, ICRICT Co-Chair .
Manon Aubry, Co-chair of the Left Group in the European Parliament
Member of the ECON and FISC committees.
Valérie Hayer, Présidente de Renew Europe au Parlement européen.
Break and change of panel.
Shaping the Future of International Tax Cooperation
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7:05-7:50 PM
7:50-8:00 PM
Panel 2: Negotiating the details:
Key elements of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax
Cooperation (45 min).
Building on the political discussion, this panel will take a closer look at the concrete
elements under negotiation in the UN Framework Convention on International Tax
Cooperation and its early protocols on taxation of cross-border services and dispute
prevention and resolution. Experts will examine proposals on the table, alternative
measures advanced by different countries and regions, and the contrasting realities
betwee…

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

He is the antithesis of imposter syndrome. In a room full of heads of states from around the world, he rambled for 1 hour like you might imagine him talking casually at a high school reunion.

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

Good point. But this is world politics and there was not much to be gained by walking out. Sadly, the US has too much power to be poked … the tariffs just show this again

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

One might hope … though his base may actually like what they see. It should be embarrassing—unless you’re brainwashed…

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

This is no doubt the most conceited man in the world.

Today, President Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly.

A thread 🧵

🇺🇸 United States of America - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session

YouTube video by United Nations

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

Every time this gentleman opens his mouth, I am surprised how this man could be elected to lead and represent the US. But here we are.

If you dare, watch for yourself here: youtu.be/wwy1DYCg-Rs?...

🇺🇸 United States of America - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session

YouTube video by United Nations

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

You're destroying your country, you're being destroyed. Europe is in serious trouble. They have been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody's ever seen before. ...

Your countries are going to hell. In America we've taken bold action to shut down uncontrolled migration."

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

"The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders... think of that, the UN is supporting people that are coming illegally into the United States. ... The UN is supposed to stop invasions, not create them and not finance them"

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

"At our Southern border, we have successfully repelled a colossal invasion"

"Immigration is destroying your country and you have to do something about it."

🇺🇸 United States of America - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session

YouTube video by United Nations

youtu.be

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

I’m leaving the plainly wrong statements out here but as I was just teaching a class on the securitization of migration in the morning, here are a couple of excellent examples of securitization moves:

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

There was nothing in the very least stateman-like in a single sentence he uttered. Every single sentence was a pants-on-fire lie, a stupidity, some bragging about how great he and the US are, and he spend about a fifth of his speech on his pet topic immigration.

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

He rambled about the UN construction and how he would have done a much better job, had he won the bid for renovation (as he had made a bid). There should be marble floors, not terrazzo.

He boasted how the US has the best military and the best weapons, no one has anything remotely like the US.

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

And of course he repeated his senseless claim about how many “unendable and unglorious” wars he singlehandedly ended (that he should get a Nobel Peace Prize for every one of them).

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

He told all other countries that the US was now the “hottest” country (no, he wasn't referring to climate change, which he later described as the biggest con job.)

For some 8 minutes, he told everyone how well he has done personally at the helm of the US.

🇺🇸 United States of America - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session

YouTube video by United Nations

youtu.be

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

Most of his factual statements were incredibly incorrect. But he (& his speechwriters) had no shame of stating these claims in front of this audience.

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

He is the antithesis of imposter syndrome. In a room full of heads of states from around the world, he rambled for 1 hour like you might imagine him talking casually at a high school reunion.

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

It’s truly remarkable how he claims that during previous administrations, the US was a laughingstock, while everyone just shakes their head in disbelief about him.

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 14d

This is no doubt the most conceited man in the world.

Today, President Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly.

A thread 🧵

🇺🇸 United States of America - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session

YouTube video by United Nations

youtu.be

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 15d

He also points to some of the important gaps with regard to international monetary cooperation, debt, and tax cooperation.

Read the full think-piece here: multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/sevilla...

The Sevilla Commitment on Financing for Development holds promise for Global Cooperation and Solidarity | International Organization and United Nations Studies Specialization (IOUNS)

multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · 15d

Its main limitation is the reluctance of the United States to endorse what is otherwise a consensus document. Ocampo highlights the Commitment’s significant advances in development finance, governance of the World Bank and the IMF

The Sevilla Commitment on Financing for Development holds promise for Global Cooperation and Solidarity | International Organization and United Nations Studies Specialization (IOUNS)

multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu