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Ina Ganguli

@inaganguli.bsky.social

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Economist at UMass Amherst. Labor, science & innovation, gender, immigration. 🪷🌻 websites.umass.edu/iganguli

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Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Apr 16

Recently talked with @ineteconomics.bsky.social about the mobility of scientists and why it matters for economic progress - and whether the U.S. will continue to be the magnet for scientific talent it has been in the past. 👩🏽‍🔬 🔬 🌎

One pattern we discussed -- Nobel Prize winners:

INET - Institute for New Economic Thinking @ineteconomics.bsky.social · Apr 9

When we block migration, we block innovation.
👉 youtu.be/F-2dKmw1-mM 👀
Ina Ganguli shows how scientific breakthroughs—from vaccines to AI—are built on global talent flows.

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Erica Groshen @ericagroshen.bsky.social · May 22

Falling responses, budgets & staff are biting. #BLS will cut 350 #ProducerPriceIndex #inflation sub-indexes.
It'll be harder to gauge effects of #supplychain disruptions, #tariffs, #monetary, #fiscal & #regulatory #policy and more.

www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/...
#econsky #PPI @aaronsojourner.org

BLS to Discontinue Selected PPIs

www.bls.gov

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · May 22

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · May 7

Weird how "making America great again" consists of dismantling all America's soft power and also future source of hard power

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 7

Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-...

Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities

This is largely preaching to the choir. But it’s absent enough from...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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brendan o’connor (going to COLM) @brenocon.bsky.social · May 17

tfidf cosine is a well precedented method for patent novelty measurement but not unproblematic
conference.nber.org/confer/2022/...
and paper @inaganguli.bsky.social et al 2024 www.nber.org/system/files...

conference.nber.org

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 2

“In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rapid response bridge grant opportunity for impacted scholars”

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · May 2

Truly an idiotic self-own to drive away US-trained talent.

Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · May 2

I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · May 2

Sorry, what now?!
www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/n...

Memoli’s email was sent to leaders of NIH institutes and centers Thursday in response to questions about whether clinical trials with foreign sites would be able to continue under the new policy. “I don’t know how to make this clearer. Subawards to foreign sites can’t continue,” Memoli wrote. “If a study has a foreign site, we need to start closing it down or finding a different way to fund it that can be tracked properly.”

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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · May 2

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science

Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.

www.nature.com

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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · May 2

💯. Why does almost no one in the public know this though?

If you think about it, the government’s creation of the internet is probably one of the greatest policy achievements and worst communication failures of all time.

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · Feb 6

All these bros conveniently forgetting that the U.S. government was instrumental in creating the Internet through NSF grants to universities and research hubs through the 80s and 90s.

Map of U.S. showing a dozen NSF funded interconnected research hubs that formed Internet backbone in 1991

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 30

Just got mine.

Totally expected, but it still sucks.

Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorites.

Effective immediately, the following are terminated:

NSF Award Id

NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled 'Termination and Enforcement,' on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal.

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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · Apr 29

Important thread explaining how proposed changes to federal employment policy threatens the federal statistical infrastructure. Comment period is open for those who rely on these data to convey their views to the Administration….

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Apr 29

The administration is moving the rule. Official public (that's us!!) comment period is open.

Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

Schedule Policy/Career Rule is a Threat to Federal Statistical Agencies. Take Action Today.
The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is very concerned about the potential impact on federal statistics of Schedule Policy/Career Rule, a proposed change to federal employment policy. This change, initially introduced at the end of the first Trump administration (then referred to as “Schedule F”) seeks to reclassify certain senior federal employees, making it easier to remove them from their positions. Doing this requires adoption of regulations (a “rule”) to govern its implementation. On April 23, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) opened a 30-day comment period on a rule to institute Schedule Policy/Career. OMB is accepting comments through May 23, 2025.

We urge all Friends of BLS to utilize the templates below and take action to help preserve the integrity and objectivity of the federal statistical system by:

Writing to your Representatives in Congress.

Submitting a comment on regulations.gov.

Policy Brief

Email Template

Comment Template

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Jennifer Withrow @withrowjenny.bsky.social · Apr 29

I was devastated to learn about the unexpected passing of gifted historian and my former committee member Laura Lovett. Dr. Lovett was not only a renowned expert in women's history, but also an incredible mentor. I will miss her greatly. www.history.pitt.edu/news/memoriam

In Memoriam | Department of History | University of Pittsburgh

Laura L. Lovett (1963-2025) Our dear colleague Laura Lovett passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2025. Laura joined Pitt’s History Department and its Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program in 20...

www.history.pitt.edu

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Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Apr 30

NOT an email glitch!

Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yes, there is an @nber.org working paper on this! They also use the timing of submission and an email glitch though I think: www.nber.org/papers/w29153

Congestion on the Information Superhighway: Does Economics Have a Working Papers Problem?

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · Apr 17

How global scientific mobility drives innovation—and what’s at stake when migration is restricted by war, politics, or policy.

Great insights from @inaganguli.bsky.social for @ineteconomics.bsky.social

www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Where Science Moves Progress Follows

How global scientific mobility drives innovation—and what’s at stake when migration is restricted by war, politics, or policy.

www.ineteconomics.org

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Apr 17

Folding 27 NIH institutes and centers down into *8*, which is even worse than the rumored plan for 15, is catastrophic for American biomedical research. Completely insane.

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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'm reporting on what's happening at NSF for @cenmag.bsky.social!

If you're a researcher who had an NSF grant that was previously approved for funding but is now in limbo because of what's happening at the agency, my signal is kvasquez.12.

Always open to discussing options for anonymity.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Apr 16

This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in

AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...

www.gazettenet.com

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jan 28

Been seeing some speculation about the NSF freeze being due to the "broader impacts" criterion.

There's not a lot of hard facts out there yet, so here's a few facts below (but still inconclusive).

Short thread 1/5 🧵

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 28

“researchers suspect [the grant review freeze] may be related to President Trump's targeting of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. NSF reviews grant applications based on two criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts”

www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

www.npr.org

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Apr 17

Today in weird statistical coincidences

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 16

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anne Fitzpatrick @annefitz13.bsky.social · Apr 16

Super exciting finding that they may have found signs of life 120 light years away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

…and then they end with the fact that if NASA funding is cut as proposed then this research agenda will be stopped

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Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Apr 16

Devastating.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · Apr 16

🌾Flour from wheat that grew on demined Ukrainian fields was used to bake traditional Easter bread in the US.

This flour traveled across the globe to New York's iconic Ukrainian restaurant Veselka. There, UN diplomats, entrepreneurs, and community leaders gathered to bake Easter bread together. ⤵️

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