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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 21d

@felixkersting.bsky.social is our next presenter of the day, talking about “Controlling Labour Conflict: On the Emergence of the German Model of Industrial Relations”, discussed by @mlubczyk.bsky.social.

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Felix Kersting @felixkersting.bsky.social · Jul 22

Finally out in print: Testing Marx, with @charlottebartels.bsky.social and Niko Wolf! History of thought with numbers. Have a look: direct.mit.edu/rest/article... (open access)

Testing Marx: Capital Accumulation, Income Inequality, and Socialism in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany

Abstract. We study the dynamics of capital accumulation, income inequality, capital concentration, and voting up to 1914. Based on new panel data for Prussian regions, we reevaluate the famous revisio...

direct.mit.edu

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Felix Kersting @felixkersting.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thanks a lot, Andy!

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Anja Prummer @anjaprummer.bsky.social · Jul 3

We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...

Call for Applications: EQUALFIN Doctoral Fellowships 2026

www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de

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Felix Kersting @felixkersting.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you so much for the prize and the great conference! Congratulations also to all other prize winners! @resmedia.bsky.social

Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Jul 2

Kicking off Day 3 of #RES2025 — our final day!

🎉 Thanks to all who joined the Gala Dinner last night, and congrats to our prize winners!

#RESConference #EconConference #RESPrizes #GalaDinner #EconSky

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · Jun 27

🌍 How does labor mobility help cushion trade shocks? Our new INSIGHTS piece looks at 19th-century Prussia. When cheap grain flooded in from America, many people moved from rural areas to growing cities — mobility was key, not political unrest.

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berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/labo...

INSIGHTS pieces
Labour Mobility Mitigates Trade Shocks: Lessons from 19th-Century Prussia
by Richard Bräuer & Felix Kersting

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The European Historical Economics Society @theehes.bsky.social · Jun 26

⏰ Deadline Approaching – Gino Luzzatto Dissertation Award ⏰
The European Historical Economics Society invites submissions for the Gino Luzzatto Dissertation Award for outstanding doctoral work in economic history.
🗓 Deadline: 30 June 2025

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · Jun 16

very happy to have a blog post at the great Broadstreet @broadstreetblog.bsky.social Historical Political Economy blog! it's with @felixkersting.bsky.social and it's about our CPS paper about the political economy of agrarian inequality in Sweden and Germany:

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

The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison

by Erik Bengtsson and Felix Kersting

www.broadstreet.blog

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Arianna Ornaghi @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣📣📣 I am looking for a Research Associate (Predoc) to work on exciting projects in the economics of media and political economy. Please share and apply!
For more info: tinyurl.com/hertie-appli....
Deadline: June 31.
#econsky #econra #econ_ra

Research Associate - Applied Microeconomics (gn) part-time (30 hours/week)

tinyurl.com

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢 new paper klaxon 📢

@felixkersting.bsky.social and I reconsider agrarian inequality in German and Swedish history and the role played (or not played) by landlordism in the road to fascism in Germany and democracy in Sweden. I’m very happy about this one!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · Jun 3

After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊

I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.

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Thilo N. H. Albers @thiloalbers.bsky.social · May 17

We are looking to hire post-doc interested in working on migration, citizenship, and diaspora. Come join us in Münster! Generous contract + no teaching for 2 years.

Many details and link to job add here:

sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

Please PM me incase you have questions!

Thilo N. H. Albers - Job ads

2 years postdoc with a thematic focus on Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship

sites.google.com

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · May 11

Delighted that my paper with @felixkersting.bsky.social on agrarian inequality, authoritarianism and democracy in Prussia and Sweden has been accepted for publication in Comparative Political Studies!

Find the previous version here:

osf.io/preprints/os...

OSF

osf.io

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Felix Kersting @felixkersting.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks a lot, Georg!

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · Apr 29

📯 We are excited to welcome three outstanding new Research Associates:

🔹Dr. Max Deter, Potsdam University
🔹@lisahanzl.bsky.social , @unipotsdam.bsky.social
🔹Dr. Alexander Matusche, @tuberlin.bsky.social

We look forward to their contributions to economic research and exchange!

#welcome #RAP

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Thomas Rieger @thorieger.bsky.social · Apr 11

Great to co-host the @bsoeberlin.bsky.social Political Economy workshop at @diw.de today. We have a great program — attached!

@mlubczyk.bsky.social @felixkersting.bsky.social Max Deter

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Felix Kersting @felixkersting.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thanks a lot to the @resmedia.bsky.social and all people who supported us write this article. We feel honored and grateful for this prize.

Article available here: bit.ly/42jVotD (open access)

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Laetitia Lenel @laetitialenel.bsky.social · Mar 5

*Best Paper Award Economic and Social History*

Bis zum 09. März kann man sich noch mit Vorträgen, die für den kommenden 6. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte angenommen wurden, für den Best Paper Award Economic and Social History bewerben. Alle weiteren Informationen hier: udue.de/0ifec

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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Feb 12

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy"

By @lukasmergele.bsky.social, Moritz Hennecke, & @mlubczyk.bsky.social

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Thomas Rieger @thorieger.bsky.social · Feb 7

📢 #CallForPapers

@bseberlin.bsky.social Political Economy Workshop aimed at connecting researchers working on related topics in the Berlin area

🗓️ April 11
📍 @diw.de
Submit by Feb 15

For any questions, reach out to Max Deter, @felixkersting.bsky.social, @mlubczyk.bsky.social, or me 👋

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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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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · Dec 10

Is your research in Historical Political Economy and are you based in Europe? @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @cathrinmohr.bsky.social and I seek to map the current state as well as the future potential of the field in Europe. Help us to do so by taking our 15-minute survey: forms.gle/kXXsGQZUVtrH...

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 ...

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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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Alexander Donges @alexanderdonges.bsky.social · Dec 1

If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 28

🌍 Want to connect with experts in behavioral economics and other fields of economics tackling applied societal questions of high policy relevance?

📚 Follow the “Rationality & Competition” Starter Pack for the latest research and discussions from our CRC members! #EconSky

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Rationality & Competition

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