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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · 1d

We have put together a template repository, the SoDa Replicator, to help you build reproducible and collaborative projects and have the content automatically reviewed against a custom replication checklist. Feedback welcome.

github.com/sodalabsio/s...

Video tuorials: youtube.com/@sodareplica...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Applied Young Economist Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · 23d

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

Hey #EconSky!

We are now accepting submissions for Season 11 of the Applied Young Economist Webinar!

Deadline: Sunday, 5 Oct 2025

Submission: forms.gle/yrKSLZkZ1RiN...
(Email us your paper if you cannot access it)

Details below⬇️

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jul 25

We’re always happy to help interested users make sense of the data, surface the right insights, or create impactful visualizations for their work.

Contact us regarding data sharing options. (For commercial inquiries contact
@KasprDatahaus
kasprdata.com)

kasprdata.com

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our team has already supported global newsrooms, international organizations, and governments with timely and trusted data. This experience directly shaped the design and functionality of the new platform.

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jul 25

The platform is designed to provide valuable insights for journalists, human rights activists, advocates, analysts and citizens of the world.

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jul 25

Some exciting news: The Monash IP Observatory 2.0 is finally live!

lnkd.in/gPNQXFK

It's public-access, one of a kind capability world-wide that maps and visualizes global #internet anomalies over the last 90 days, drawn from our billions of #data points.

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CESifo @cesifo.org · Jul 2

📣 Call for papers: 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, jointly organized with @tudresden.bsky.social & ifo #Dresden.
📅28 - 29 November 2025
Keynotes: @essobecker.bsky.social & Ruben Enikopolov.
Organizers: @econlessmann.bsky.social, Niklas Potrafke, Gunther Markwardt

ℹ️ www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

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Johannes Buggle @jcbuggle.bsky.social · Jun 6

We are opening three full professor positions in beautiful Innsbruck!

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jun 10

We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions.

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

EJM - Econ Job Market

econjobmarket.org

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · May 22

Sigh ... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Bans Harvard From Enrolling Foreigners, Forcing Transfers

The Trump Administration blocked Harvard University from enrolling international students, delivering a major blow to the school and escalating its fight with elite colleges to unprecedented levels.

www.bloomberg.com

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Applied Young Economist Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · May 6

TOMORROW (7 May): AYEW Labour Economics Workshop!

Join us at 11:00am BST to listen to Minali Grover (IIM Indore), Aicha Kharazi (@exeter.ac.uk) and Julian Tiedtke (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies)

Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · May 3

Demokratiewurstqualitätssicherung

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Apr 26

Map Update 26/04/25. Raw data and code are available here: praschky.github.io/pages/data.h...

Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Apr 23

- Visits using known proxy servers have been excluded. - Usual disclaimers (VPN use, etc.) with exercises like these apply.
- If you have any questions or just want to talk send me an email/DM or, ideally, let's have a chat if we meet IRL.

Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Apr 23

PSA: If you are visiting an online forum (which apparently none of us visits because of its misogynistic and racist content) and you click on a link, you leave tracks (a lot...).

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jan 17

PLEASE RT :)

Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics

Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)

Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Nov 22

In the world of cover versions, you are my queen, Anja Plaschg (#Soap&Skin)

open.spotify.com/track/0W6E1L...

Gods & Monsters

Soap&Skin · TORSO · Song · 2024

open.spotify.com

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Nov 18

Planungssicherheit, die: www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Unis, colleges brace for chaos after foreign student cap plan blocked

The $51 billion international education sector is bracing for a new wave of student visa rejections after the government’s signature migration plan was killed off.

www.afr.com

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Applied Young Economist Webinar @ayew.bsky.social · Nov 9

CC
@essobecker.bsky.social
@raschky.bsky.social
@warwickecon.bsky.social
@cagewarwick.bsky.social
@sodalabs.bsky.social

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David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Nov 11

Submit your work on social conflict and political violence, their causes and consequences, to this workshop, which will feature talks from @raschky.bsky.social, @csalemi.bsky.social, Pauline Grosjean, and Ore Koren. Submission deadline 31 Jan 2025.

David Ubilava @davidubilava.bsky.social · Nov 11

📢Workshop Announcement

The 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) Workshop will take place at the University of Sydney on June 3-4, 2025. Please submit your papers by email to [email protected] by 31 January 2025.

dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...

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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · Oct 11

Im Handelsblatt:
Elon Musks Plattform X versagt im Krieg in Nahost.
Das Netzwerk X wird überschwemmt von Propaganda- und Fake-Accounts, die Besitzer Musk teils selbst bewirbt. Nun schaltet sich die EU ein.
hbapp.handelsblatt.com/cmsid/294382...

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Oct 6

JOB ALERT:

Our Department has advertised a number of junior positions.

econjobmarket.org/positions/9878

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Sep 30

SoDa Labs is now also on bluesky: bsky.app/profile/soda...

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Sep 20

Hello sky!

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