Christian Ambrosius
@chrambrosio.bsky.social
Research Associate and Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin, Economics & Institute for Latin American Studies, Project Leader DEPRISK and DEPCON
https://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/homepages/ambrosius/index.html
https://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/homepages/ambrosius/index.html
Do we already have a quiz show “satire or reality” based on trump quotes?
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Do we already have a quiz show “satire or reality” based on trump quotes?
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
Berlin sledding season ❄️
Sleds spotted today include: traffic signs, Euro pallets, skateboards, drying racks, and garbage bags.
When it snows, Berlin improvises.
Sleds spotted today include: traffic signs, Euro pallets, skateboards, drying racks, and garbage bags.
When it snows, Berlin improvises.
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Berlin sledding season ❄️
Sleds spotted today include: traffic signs, Euro pallets, skateboards, drying racks, and garbage bags.
When it snows, Berlin improvises.
Sleds spotted today include: traffic signs, Euro pallets, skateboards, drying racks, and garbage bags.
When it snows, Berlin improvises.
So hard these days to distinguish satire from reality 😢
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
So hard these days to distinguish satire from reality 😢
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social
Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social
and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!
Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social
and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social
Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social
and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!
Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social
and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!
“With the U.S. not just unwilling but unable to underwrite any order, it’s Trumpian anarchy. There is a sudden vacuum in the world order, while Trump wields diminished U.S. military and diplomatic power wildly, with no constraints.”
This Time Is Not Different (except there are even less competent people in charge, the international order is dead, and we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship).
goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“With the U.S. not just unwilling but unable to underwrite any order, it’s Trumpian anarchy. There is a sudden vacuum in the world order, while Trump wields diminished U.S. military and diplomatic power wildly, with no constraints.”
reminder if not evident: US backed coups in Latin America haven't usually led to periods of democratic transitions and stabiliy, and neither did they usually have that intention (e.g. Guatemala 1954; Brazil 1964; Dominican Rep. 1965; Chile 1973; etc.)
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
reminder if not evident: US backed coups in Latin America haven't usually led to periods of democratic transitions and stabiliy, and neither did they usually have that intention (e.g. Guatemala 1954; Brazil 1964; Dominican Rep. 1965; Chile 1973; etc.)
Back in Christmas mood
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Back in Christmas mood
New research note: Cross-Country Variation in Deportation Risk tinyurl.com/3x5ss4jk
We mapped ~7,200 deportation corridors using data from 42 deporting countries. Data available as an interactive #RShiny app 👉 www.deprisk.info
#DepRisk #Migration #Deportations #Data4Migration
We mapped ~7,200 deportation corridors using data from 42 deporting countries. Data available as an interactive #RShiny app 👉 www.deprisk.info
#DepRisk #Migration #Deportations #Data4Migration
www.deprisk.info
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New research note: Cross-Country Variation in Deportation Risk tinyurl.com/3x5ss4jk
We mapped ~7,200 deportation corridors using data from 42 deporting countries. Data available as an interactive #RShiny app 👉 www.deprisk.info
#DepRisk #Migration #Deportations #Data4Migration
We mapped ~7,200 deportation corridors using data from 42 deporting countries. Data available as an interactive #RShiny app 👉 www.deprisk.info
#DepRisk #Migration #Deportations #Data4Migration
My 11yo explained to me why the opportunity cost of spending less time with his friends isn’t worth the marginal improvement in grades.
I think he’s ready for an economics degree.
I think he’s ready for an economics degree.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My 11yo explained to me why the opportunity cost of spending less time with his friends isn’t worth the marginal improvement in grades.
I think he’s ready for an economics degree.
I think he’s ready for an economics degree.
There was a time when Germany had great architects. #Bauhaus Reichsknappschaftshaus by Max Taut, 1929, now the Institute for Latin American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsk...
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There was a time when Germany had great architects. #Bauhaus Reichsknappschaftshaus by Max Taut, 1929, now the Institute for Latin American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsk...
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May
Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
Ist es sozialwissenschaftlicher Analphabetismus oder bewusste Irreführung oder beides? Einfach zum Haare raufen was da sogar vermeintlich seriöse Medien verbreiten
Der Unsinn von der Zustimmung zu Merz’ Aussagen wird jetzt wirklich überall verbreitet. Es ist nicht nur extrem frustrierend, dass das ZDF das nicht korrigiert, es ist schlicht auch ein Armutszeugnis für die deutsche Medienlandschaft. Unhinterfragt weitergegeben. Man möchte einfach nicht dazulernen.
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ist es sozialwissenschaftlicher Analphabetismus oder bewusste Irreführung oder beides? Einfach zum Haare raufen was da sogar vermeintlich seriöse Medien verbreiten
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
Muy feliz y honrada de contribuir a esta gran iniciativa de la Facultad de Economía - Uniandes!
economia.uniandes.edu.co/voces/mas-al...
En esta entrada resumo un nuevo documento de trabajo co-autorado con mis increíbles colegas @chrambrosio.bsky.social y Juliana Quigua: www.iza.org/publications...
economia.uniandes.edu.co/voces/mas-al...
En esta entrada resumo un nuevo documento de trabajo co-autorado con mis increíbles colegas @chrambrosio.bsky.social y Juliana Quigua: www.iza.org/publications...
Beyond the Border: Labor Market Effects of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies in El Salvador
By 2020, one in four Salvadorans lived abroad, with 88 percent residing in the United States. The remittances to GDP ratio was about 25 percent, highl...
www.iza.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Muy feliz y honrada de contribuir a esta gran iniciativa de la Facultad de Economía - Uniandes!
economia.uniandes.edu.co/voces/mas-al...
En esta entrada resumo un nuevo documento de trabajo co-autorado con mis increíbles colegas @chrambrosio.bsky.social y Juliana Quigua: www.iza.org/publications...
economia.uniandes.edu.co/voces/mas-al...
En esta entrada resumo un nuevo documento de trabajo co-autorado con mis increíbles colegas @chrambrosio.bsky.social y Juliana Quigua: www.iza.org/publications...
Working paper alert: We find that being more exposed to deportation threats had strong negative wage effects driven by the most precarious jobs and agriculture
Happy to share my new working paper with my great co-authors @chrambrosio.bsky.social & Juliana Quigua where we estimate the labor market effects of U.S. immigration enforcement policies in El Salvador www.iza.org/pub/0mZVpDAb
@iza.org
#econsky
#academicsky
@iza.org
#econsky
#academicsky
Beyond the Border: Labor Market Effects of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies in El Salvador
By 2020, one in four Salvadorans lived abroad, with 88 percent residing in the United States. The remittances to GDP ratio was about 25 percent, highl...
www.iza.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Working paper alert: We find that being more exposed to deportation threats had strong negative wage effects driven by the most precarious jobs and agriculture
September 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
Call for Applications: EQUALFIN Doctoral Fellowships 2026
www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
This is bad, in & of itself, but also highlights the reality that no one - not 🇨🇦, or 🇬🇧, or the rest of 🇪🇺, or 🇯🇵, or 🇦🇺, & <certainly> not 🇩🇪 - is coming to poach 🇺🇸 scholars en masse, or to provide funding/jobs to offset the devastating cuts to NIH/NSF/Title VI/etc. etc. 🇺🇸 funding for science/higher ed.
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
September 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is bad, in & of itself, but also highlights the reality that no one - not 🇨🇦, or 🇬🇧, or the rest of 🇪🇺, or 🇯🇵, or 🇦🇺, & <certainly> not 🇩🇪 - is coming to poach 🇺🇸 scholars en masse, or to provide funding/jobs to offset the devastating cuts to NIH/NSF/Title VI/etc. etc. 🇺🇸 funding for science/higher ed.
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
WZB Berlin Social Science Center are establishing a new department for the study of democracy and are looking to appoint its first director. wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
Director for the study of democracy
The Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) is Germany’s leading non-university research institute for fundamental social science research, with a...
wzb.eu
August 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
WZB Berlin Social Science Center are establishing a new department for the study of democracy and are looking to appoint its first director. wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Gaza_Conference_FullLinks
Israeli Economic Association Conference – Closing Panel Roee Levy, July 17, 2025 The topic of this panel is trends in the Israeli economy, and I am going to talk about the most important trend: the w...
docs.google.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Christian Ambrosius
“Gaza is a turning point that lays bare the full range and cruel depths of the contemporary world’s contradictions ... It exposes what is fundamentally wrong today: a persistent inability to recognize every human being as equal and deserving of dignity and life.”
“Gaza has become a symbol both of Western hypocrisy and its victims’ recourse to human rights as a final forum for collective deliverance—the deliverance of the wretched of the earth, whoever and wherever they may be. The consequences cannot be overstated.” @joelleabirached.bsky.social
Gaza and the End of History - Boston Review
The apocalyptic scale of death and destruction lays bare the contradictions at the heart of the liberal international order.
www.bostonreview.net
August 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“Gaza is a turning point that lays bare the full range and cruel depths of the contemporary world’s contradictions ... It exposes what is fundamentally wrong today: a persistent inability to recognize every human being as equal and deserving of dignity and life.”
Bakery or art gallery?
July 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bakery or art gallery?
“Let me not leave unmentioned the specific lack of response that I encounter here in Germany. I find the German indifference about the now almost 60.000 Palestinians killed shocking.”
Am 11. Juli 1995 begann der Völkermord von Srebrenica. 30 Jahre später fragt Ger Duijzings auf z|o, welche Lehren sich daraus ziehen lassen und verweist auf die Gewalt im Gazastreifen.
➡️ tinyurl.com/ctx83fy3
➡️ tinyurl.com/ctx83fy3
July 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“Let me not leave unmentioned the specific lack of response that I encounter here in Germany. I find the German indifference about the now almost 60.000 Palestinians killed shocking.”
Berlin universities are getting a 9% budget cut and that is very bad news for the City the Students and our Future
📢 Aufruf zur Kundgebung gegen die #Kürzungen an den Berliner Hochschulen
🗓️ 14. Juli 2025
🕣 8:30 Uhr Eintreffen, 9:00 Uhr Start der Kundgebung
📍 Vor der Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Oranienstraße 106
🔗Infos zu den Kürzungen und wie die FU darauf reagiert: www.fu-berlin.de/sites/hausha...
🗓️ 14. Juli 2025
🕣 8:30 Uhr Eintreffen, 9:00 Uhr Start der Kundgebung
📍 Vor der Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Oranienstraße 106
🔗Infos zu den Kürzungen und wie die FU darauf reagiert: www.fu-berlin.de/sites/hausha...
July 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Berlin universities are getting a 9% budget cut and that is very bad news for the City the Students and our Future