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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hi everyone! We're finally on bluesky! We heard this is now where all the cool people hang out, and even though we are just an economics department, we still would like to be cool.

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Andrea Cattaneo @andrcatt.bsky.social · Jun 11

1/ 🚀Big Update❗❗
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Jun 2

We have a superb lineup of 18 speakers representing 10 universities from across four countries. Really excited about this one!

Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · Jun 2

The day is here! Looking forward to the 2nd edition of SCoPE at the University of Sydney today 🤩

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Program sydneyscope.org

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today at sydneyscope.org (organised by @davidubilava.bsky.social and @ashani.bsky.social). With @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · May 16

In that order? That's bad editorship :)

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · Apr 7

Does conflict intensify during harvest in crop-producing regions?

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

7/ Our study builds on and contributes to the literatures on the agricultural roots of conflict, specifically in Southeast Asia, and the seasonality of conflict. These findings highlight the need to account for seasonal dynamics in conflict research and policy.

David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

6/ The most robust result is an increase of up to ten percent in violence against civilians in rice-producing regions during harvest season. We also show that this effect is driven by rural areas with rainfed agriculture.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

5/ Generally, we find that political violence by organized groups increases, while social unrest by unorganized groups decreases during the harvest season. These findings align with the rapacity and opportunity cost mechanisms, respectively.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

4/ We analyze 86,000+ violent incidents across 8 Southeast Asian countries over the 2010–2023 period.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

3/ Since agricultural employment and income are seasonal, conflict stemming from them may also be seasonal. Seasonality of agrarian conflict is the key focus of this research.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

2/ Small changes to household income can trigger conflict in low- and middle-income countries. This can happen in urban and rural contexts. In the rural context, agriculture is often the key mechanism linking climate shocks to conflict.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 20

1/ Does conflict intensify at harvest time in agricultural regions? Our new study explores this question in the context of Southeast Asia. Read the paper for the full story, or read this thread for tl;dr.

David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 19

Great to see this one out in the wilderness. I will do a thread in due course. Until then, enjoy the free access to the full text.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Agricultural roots of social conflict in Southeast Asia - Justin V Hastings, David Ubilava, 2025

We examine whether harvest-time transitory shifts in employment and income lead to changes in political violence and social unrest in rice-producing croplands o...

journals.sagepub.com

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 19

Great to see this one out in the wilderness. I will do a thread in due course. Until then, enjoy the free access to the full text.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Agricultural roots of social conflict in Southeast Asia - Justin V Hastings, David Ubilava, 2025

We examine whether harvest-time transitory shifts in employment and income lead to changes in political violence and social unrest in rice-producing croplands o...

journals.sagepub.com

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 11

There is also a chance, that we have the case of (AI induced) plagiarism. In any case, what you can do is to alert the editor of your observation, and point them to the editor of the other journal. They will sort it out between each other then.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 11

I haven't (neither as editor nor as a reviewer), but yeah, that too sounds plausible (though not optimal imo).

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 11

Might not be a parallel, but that the authors saw the (positive) reports, and decided that they can "do better" (in terms of a journal). Assuming they notified the original editor, this might be a okay (?), but in any case, personally I think this is a bad etiquette...

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 8

"Dear passengers, we apologise for a slight delay. We will soon take off, once we sort out a minor technical issue."

Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Mar 8

How you know your public transit system works well: pilots take it on their way to the airport.
#Zürich #ZVV

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Mar 5

Yup, any time mate.

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Jan 30

If you're the kind of person who waits until the last minute, the wait is over. Submit your paper or extended abstract for the 2nd SCoPE workshop to be held in Sydney on 3-4 June by the end of the day.

Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · Jan 16

Don’t forget to submit your papers to the 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) workshop at the University of Sydney School of Economics!

Deadline: 31 January

More info: sydneyscope.org

Join our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Nov 11

📢Workshop Announcement

The 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) Workshop will take place at the University of Sydney on June 3-4, 2025. Please submit your papers by email to [email protected] by 31 January 2025.

dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...

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Ashani Amarasinghe @ashani.bsky.social · Jan 16

Don’t forget to submit your papers to the 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) workshop at the University of Sydney School of Economics!

Deadline: 31 January

More info: sydneyscope.org

Join our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Nov 11

📢Workshop Announcement

The 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) Workshop will take place at the University of Sydney on June 3-4, 2025. Please submit your papers by email to [email protected] by 31 January 2025.

dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Jan 1

I didn't either, until I read Marc's article in AJARE (and the related posts on his blog).
doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Agricultural value chains: towards a marriage of development economics and industrial organisation?*

In the last half-century, development economics has gone from being a fringe field of economics to being at the very centre of the discipline, and the field’s foremost proponents have been elevated t...

doi.org

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Jan 1

What has development economics become? Marc Bellemare presents his view in his recent blog post (one of many in 2025, by the sounds of it—in and of itself, great news for applied economists).
marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/14...

W(h)ither Development Economics?

(Over the last one or two years, I have explained to a number of colleagues and graduate students that I was not interested in doing development anymore. I am writing this post to avoid having the …

marcfbellemare.com

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Agnes Quisumbing @agnesq.bsky.social · Dec 13

Introducing my wonderful workplace where I've been for almost (gasp!) 30 years! Follow us for research on #foodpolicy, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · Dec 5

🦋IFPRI is excited to join @bsky.app! Colleagues, partners, friends @cgiar.org and beyond - who's there? 👋 Welcome to our cloud!

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Dec 13

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