Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇

Deadline tomorrow for the “New Economic History of Brazil” conference in September. Come join us in the historical district of Belém in Lisboa! Details: nofuturepast.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/c...

Os tribunais são essenciais para eleições livres, mas candidatos podem usar ações judiciais para difamar oponentes ou desacreditar a eleição. Em novo artigo com @glambais.bsky.social & Moya Chin, apresentamos um estudo sistemático sobre ações eleitorais nas eleições municipais do Brasil.

Courts ensure fair elections, but electoral lawsuits can also be used to attack opponents or discredit the process. For instance, none of the 400+ lawsuits filed before the 2020 U.S. election succeeded in court, and the most recent election saw a similar number of cases.

Yes! I made the same exact comment to my wife yesterday while watching

I see there is the leastcostpath package that is more updated, but I think I tried and still preferred gdistance

Things have got much better in recent years with sf and terra (and retirement of rgdal rgeos and maptools). gdistance for least costs paths etc still use sp and raster instead of sf and terra though which is not ideal. Some stuff in tmieno2.github.io/R-as-GIS-for...

Next Monday we kick off the new Lisbon Economic History and Development Seminars. If you are in Lisbon come join us! 2024-2025 schedule 👇 To get regular updates, subscribe to our mailing list: gbrlambais.github.io/lehds