🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 We are pleased to invite submissions to Linnaeus Inequality Summit, a new annual research conference organized by Linnaeus University Centre of Excellence Equality of Opportunity and Big Data Policy Analysis. The conference will take place on June 2-3, 2026, in Växjö, Sweden.

Happy to announce a 4th edition of the Workshop in Economic History in Uppsala, with the great @essobecker.bsky.social as keynote! Workshop takes places on May 28-29, 2026, in Uppsala. Apply by January 31, 2026.

Here is the Cfp: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6xdmp...

I'm visiting Erasmus University in Rotterdam this semester, hosted by prof. Olivier Marie (@econom.bsky.social)!

Glad to grab a coffee, talk research and learn more about this beautiful city ☕🏙️

#Erasmus #ErasmusUniversity #ErasmusSchoolOfEconomics #EconSky @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social

Our senior lecturer @jonaskolsrud.bsky.social was recently a guest in "Arbetslinjen" (a series hosted by our previous student and Member of Parliament Oliver Rosengren). You can also hear a debate between the two in Sveriges Radio P1 Morgon here: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...

Congratulations to our PhD student @marcosdemetry.bsky.social, who successfully defended his interim (midway) seminar today! 🎉 Also thanks to internal opponent @jakobenlund.bsky.social for a great discussion! You can read more about Marcos and his research here: marcosdemetry.com

👋 New colleagues announcement! We're very happy to have two new PhD students joining our department! A warm welcome to Fanni Forslind @fanniforslind.bsky.social and Marielle Appelkvist @marielleappelkvist.bsky.social! 🤩

While the (quasi-) experimental methods increase credibility of causal results, there are two related concerns that make studies hard to replicate:
1. decline in reporting of null results
2. increase in use of private sector data

a mini thread 🧵based on work with @trfetzer.com

📻🧘Featured on Radio Sweden, my amazing sister's invaluable work on culturally adapted internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Arabic speaking youth. Arabic speakers, listen here: bit.ly/4gchSmg

Sweden's probably most rapidly expanding economics department, the department of economics and statistics at Linnaeus University, is hiring multiple PhD students in Economics. Deadline is feb 15th. Please spread the word! lnu.se/mot-linneuni...

Thrilled to share that my paper “Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom” was accepted at JOLE earlier this year.

Full article here👉 doi.org/10.1086/732300.
A short 🧵 below - my first on 🦋!

@jlaborecon.bsky.social @sofi.su.se #econsky 1/7

New Publication! 🎉 Congratulations to @erikprawitz.bsky.social and @thorberger.bsky.social for publishing their paper "Inventors among the 'Impoverished Sophisticate'" in the prestigious Journal of Economic History! 🤩

Earlier this year, our researcher Jonas Kolsrud published a paper on "Retirement Consumption and Pension Design" (together with Camille Landais, Daniel Reck and Johannes Spinnewijn) in the American Economic Review @aeajournals.bsky.social 👏

Hey #EconSky! Every weekend, I post an Econ/science/math/sociology book on (Instagram) ceres_books. This week’s book was by Swedish economist Lars Calmfors. Check it out, and let me know what books you like! Link: www.instagram.com/ceres_books

#EconBooks #BookSky #Books #Nonfiction

PhD students - look here! 👉 In the spring, our department will give a PhD course on Equality of Opportunity. The course is open to any PhD students in Economics and free of charge! Schedule allows for commute from e.g. Stockholm-Uppsala, Gothenburg and Copenhagen-Lund. Apply and/or spread the word!

To make life easy for you, we've created a starter pack where you can follow all of us in just one click! go.bsky.app/URKEhYa

Cool to see so many new followers in just one day! While you're here, make sure to also follow our researchers present on #EconSky 👇

Read somewhere to think about all the questions *not* addressed by the article your reading, and it is a game changer for an idea-generating stage. What else does this community recommend when exploring a (to me) new field? #EconSky