Michiel de Haas
@michieldehaas.bsky.social
Assistant Prof WUR. (African) economic history: migration, inequality, agricultural development. NWO Veni project: East Africa & the Great Depression
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Happy that the Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl just published the op-ed by @michieldehaas.bsky.social and myself about #economics #education www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini... 🧵1/
Opinie: Economisch onderwijs ís al veel pluriformer geworden
Wie suggereert dat de economische wetenschap alleen op groei gericht is, schetst een karikatuur, betogen Rolf Groeneveld en Michiel de Haas.
www.trouw.nl
December 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Happy that the Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl just published the op-ed by @michieldehaas.bsky.social and myself about #economics #education www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini... 🧵1/
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CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
Uses and abuses of the Murdock Atlas in social science research
www.lse.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
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New working paper from me & some colleagues on East Africa's maize markets from c. 1900 to today, based on a major data collection effort to fill in the long-run history of food prices in one of the world's poorest regions: www.aehnetwork.org/working-pape...
The Political Economy of Maize in East Africa, 1900-2020: How cheap food turned expensive – African Economic History Network
www.aehnetwork.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New working paper from me & some colleagues on East Africa's maize markets from c. 1900 to today, based on a major data collection effort to fill in the long-run history of food prices in one of the world's poorest regions: www.aehnetwork.org/working-pape...
Reposted by Michiel de Haas
CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South
CFP Deadline 3 February 2025
Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE
Organised by myself and Neil Cummins
Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group
CFP Deadline 3 February 2025
Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE
Organised by myself and Neil Cummins
Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group
December 12, 2024 at 12:25 AM
CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South
CFP Deadline 3 February 2025
Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE
Organised by myself and Neil Cummins
Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group
CFP Deadline 3 February 2025
Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE
Organised by myself and Neil Cummins
Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group
Just arrived in my inbox: academic publisher spam taken to the next level... Did I sign up for this?
December 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Just arrived in my inbox: academic publisher spam taken to the next level... Did I sign up for this?
I'm still conflicted about migrating to this platform. I don't think it's a healthy development that social media are now also politicized & polarized. But the fact is that X has become a cesspool & professionally worthless. So let's give this a try. I'll keep my X account on the back burner.
December 4, 2024 at 10:27 AM
I'm still conflicted about migrating to this platform. I don't think it's a healthy development that social media are now also politicized & polarized. But the fact is that X has become a cesspool & professionally worthless. So let's give this a try. I'll keep my X account on the back burner.