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Ashani Amarasinghe
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Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Economics @ University of Sydney | Economics | Political Economy | 🇱🇰 🇦🇺 https://ashaniamarasinghe.github.io/
After nearly 10 years since we started working on it, our paper “How natural disasters spread conflict” (with @raschky.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social and Junjie Zhou) is now published in the European Economic Review 🤩

doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...

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November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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We have a superb lineup of 18 speakers representing 10 universities from across four countries. Really excited about this one!
The day is here! Looking forward to the 2nd edition of SCoPE at the University of Sydney today 🤩

@davidubilava.bsky.social

Program sydneyscope.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The day is here! Looking forward to the 2nd edition of SCoPE at the University of Sydney today 🤩

@davidubilava.bsky.social

Program sydneyscope.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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June 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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TOMORROW (30 April): AYEW Environmental Economics Workshop!

Join us at 7:00pm AEST to listen to Xiaoxin Zhang (@usc.edu) & Manisha Mukherjee (UNU-MERIT)

Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...
April 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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TOMORROW (16 April): AYEW Gender & Development Economics Workshop!

Join us at 7PM AEST to listen to Avenia Ghazarian ( @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social), Vanshika Chaudhary (IIM Indore) and Shahid Majeed Dar (IIT Kanpur)

Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...
April 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...
Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025
www.monash.edu
April 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Come join me in Zurich! We’re hiring a Professor of Health Economics (deadline April 30).

DM me if you have any questions about our department, ETH 🏫, or Switzerland🇨🇭

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Professor of Health Economics
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April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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TOMORROW (9 April): AYEW Culture & Economic History Workshop!

Join us at 11:00am BST to listen to @langluo-sociology.bsky.social (Peking University), Victoria Biagi (@liverpooluni.bsky.social) and Luca Vitale (@nyu.edu)

Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...
April 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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TOMORROW (26 March): AYEW Urban Economics Workshop!

Join us at 11:00am GMT to listen to Jorge Páscoa Ferreira (Nova SBE), @cosentinopol.bsky.social (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social) and Yutong Guo (@bristoluni.bsky.social)

Sign up for Zoom details: www.monash.edu/business/imp...
March 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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TOMORROW (19 March): AYEW Narrative Economics Workshop!

Join us at 7:00pm AEDT / 8:00am GMT to listen to Hanh My Le(@tubraunschweig.bsky.social), Hao Geng(Chinese University of Hong Kong), @laraberger.bsky.social(@unicologne.bsky.social), @prashantgarg.bsky.social(@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social)
March 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Season 10 is here!🎊🎉

TOMORROW (12 March, 11:00am GMT): Gender Economics Workshop!

@sarthakjoshi.bsky.social (@warwickecon.bsky.social),
Yifan Lyu (@sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social),
@akanksha-vardani.bsky.social (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social)

Sign up for Zoom details:
monash.edu/business/imp...
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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FINAL REMINDER: AYEW Season 10 Call for Papers🌟

Deadline in 2️⃣ Days (28 February)!

Submission details below⬇️⬇️
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

Hey #EconSky!

We are now accepting submissions for Season 10 of the Applied Young Economist Webinar!

Deadline: Friday, 28 February 2025

Details below⬇️
February 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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REMINDER: 1 week left to submit your paper for AYEW Season 10!🎉

Don't miss your chance to present to a worldwide audience!🌟

Submission details below⬇️⬇️
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

Hey #EconSky!

We are now accepting submissions for Season 10 of the Applied Young Economist Webinar!

Deadline: Friday, 28 February 2025

Details below⬇️
February 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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If you're the kind of person who waits until the last minute, the wait is over. Submit your paper or extended abstract for the 2nd SCoPE workshop to be held in Sydney on 3-4 June by the end of the day.
Don’t forget to submit your papers to the 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) workshop at the University of Sydney School of Economics!

Deadline: 31 January

More info: sydneyscope.org

Join our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@davidubilava.bsky.social
📢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 scope.conference@sydney.edu.au by 31 January 2025.

dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...
January 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New WP!

“Getting along or getting ahead? The domestic roots of status-seeking in international relations”

By @ashani.bsky.social and @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social

ideas.repec.org/p/syd/wpaper...

Comments welcome!
January 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Don’t forget to submit your papers to the 2nd Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE) workshop at the University of Sydney School of Economics!

Deadline: 31 January

More info: sydneyscope.org

Join our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@davidubilava.bsky.social
📢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 scope.conference@sydney.edu.au by 31 January 2025.

dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...
January 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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It's February at The Economic Journal ❤️

Lots of great papers, long (9) and short (2). Enjoy!

academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
Volume 135 Issue 666 | The Economic Journal | Oxford Academic
The Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ...
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January 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Please submit your best papers to this workshop on 25 – 26 June 2025 (part of @cesifo.org Venice 🇮🇹 Summer Institute).

Keynotes: Paola Giuliano and @albertobisin.bsky.social

My co-organizers: Uwe Sunde & @jvoth.bsky.social

Deadline 9 Feb 2025 (midnight CET)

www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
Venice Summer Institute 2025: Poverty, Persistence and Policy: Comparative Development and the Deep Roots of Prosperity
Scientific Organizers: Sascha O. Becker, Uwe Sunde, and Hans-Joachim VothWhy do some regions and countries achieve prosperity while others linger in poverty? While progress has been made in finding an...
www.cesifo.org
December 23, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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Our end-of-year newsletter is out! GCAP's latest research on economic coercion and currency competition, event recaps from our Big-Data Initiative and Annual Conference, new resources, and more.

Read the newsletter: shorturl.at/EZM17

Subscribe: shorturl.at/qU0Ia
December 18, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Is it already January? Yes! The Jan 2025 issue of The Economic Journal is out @resmedia.bsky.social with a fascinating mix of topics. Check it out!

academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
Volume 135 Issue 665 | The Economic Journal | Oxford Academic
The Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ...
academic.oup.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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📢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 scope.conference@sydney.edu.au by 31 January 2025.

dubilava.github.io/Calls/SCoPE_...
November 11, 2024 at 3:29 AM