Elena Heller
@elenaheller.bsky.social
🔍 Economic Geographer working on the economic effects of migration and how attitudes & policy plays into that
👩🎓 PhD student at University of Greifswald
📊 R enthusiast
👩🎓 PhD student at University of Greifswald
📊 R enthusiast
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How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
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Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
April 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📚😅🎉
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
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I’m a bit late to this, but this is a very moving account. And also extremely powerful in having some describe the system so clearly having seen it in action from the inside. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I’m a bit late to this, but this is a very moving account. And also extremely powerful in having some describe the system so clearly having seen it in action from the inside. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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📢 New R package on CRAN: {owidapi}! Easily pull chart data from @ourworldindata.org into R: fetch data, explore datasets & embed charts in docs & Shiny apps (experimental). Feedback & ideas welcome 🙏
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📢 New R package on CRAN: {owidapi}! Easily pull chart data from @ourworldindata.org into R: fetch data, explore datasets & embed charts in docs & Shiny apps (experimental). Feedback & ideas welcome 🙏
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New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
January 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
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Just a reminder for Germans abroad that you need to re-register to vote in the Federal Election, even if you didn't move houses since 2021 (yes, I'm a political scientist and had to google this). Here are the docs you need: www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa.... (1)
Deutsche im Ausland - Die Bundeswahlleiterin
Informationen für Deutsche im Ausland zur Teilnahme an der Bundestagswahl 2021.
www.bundeswahlleiterin.de
January 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just a reminder for Germans abroad that you need to re-register to vote in the Federal Election, even if you didn't move houses since 2021 (yes, I'm a political scientist and had to google this). Here are the docs you need: www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa.... (1)
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To all #PhD students and early career researchers working on topics related to economic geography: Please take a look at our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany), 25-28 August 2025. 👇
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YEGN WORKSHOP 2025
Apply now for the next workshop held at the University of Greifswald, Germany, August 25-28.
yegn.wordpress.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
To all #PhD students and early career researchers working on topics related to economic geography: Please take a look at our call and apply now for the next #YEGN Workshop on #agency and regional #transformation in Greifswald (Germany), 25-28 August 2025. 👇
yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-worksho...
yegn.wordpress.com/yegn-worksho...
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December 11, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊
❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊
❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
Senior Researcher & Team Lead for Transparent Social Analytics and Open Science
GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.
Starting as soon as po...
www.hidden-professionals.de
December 4, 2024 at 10:41 PM
We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊
❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊
❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
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We have amazing colleagues and endless Fischbrötchen. Join us 🤓🐟
We are looking for a Junior Professor of Regional Development to start on 1 October 2025 @unigreifswald.bsky.social. Please forward this advertisement with a deadline of 17 January 2025 to suitable candidates and find more information here: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
Junior Professor (W1) of Regional Development (without tenure track)
Geographie und Geologie
www.uni-greifswald.de
December 2, 2024 at 12:57 PM
We have amazing colleagues and endless Fischbrötchen. Join us 🤓🐟
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This paper is mindblowing! It shows how the near extinction of vultures in India lead to a humanitarian disaster - and resulted in half a Million Deaths...
Key mechanism: Rotting livestock carcasses, no longer picked to the bones by vultures, polluted waterways - a huge negative sanitation shock.
Key mechanism: Rotting livestock carcasses, no longer picked to the bones by vultures, polluted waterways - a huge negative sanitation shock.
November 30, 2024 at 9:28 AM
This paper is mindblowing! It shows how the near extinction of vultures in India lead to a humanitarian disaster - and resulted in half a Million Deaths...
Key mechanism: Rotting livestock carcasses, no longer picked to the bones by vultures, polluted waterways - a huge negative sanitation shock.
Key mechanism: Rotting livestock carcasses, no longer picked to the bones by vultures, polluted waterways - a huge negative sanitation shock.
„…while the bottom third of scientists see little benefit, the output of top researchers nearly doubles. (…) 82% of scientists report reduced satisfaction with their work due to decreased creativity and skill underutilization.“
Paper shows that AI (in this case a diffusion model) accelerates innovation. Among key findings:
1) GenAI increases novel discoveries: a 39% increase in patent filings!
2) It boosts the best performers by acting as a co-intelligence
3) It takes away some of the fun parts of work
1) GenAI increases novel discoveries: a 39% increase in patent filings!
2) It boosts the best performers by acting as a co-intelligence
3) It takes away some of the fun parts of work
November 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
„…while the bottom third of scientists see little benefit, the output of top researchers nearly doubles. (…) 82% of scientists report reduced satisfaction with their work due to decreased creativity and skill underutilization.“
I took this idea and ran with it. May I present: a starter pack featuring all the speakers for the upcoming #RSAWinter Conference that I could find on here.
go.bsky.app/T2NMDo4
Please let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/T2NMDo4
Please let me know if I missed anyone.
I think BlueSky will be significantly better for conferences than any other site. Organisers can create speaker starter packs to allow attendees to auto-follow all speakers. Also a custom feed of all folks skeeting abut a conf would be a big win.
Advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges is already working!
October 22, 2024 at 7:33 PM
I took this idea and ran with it. May I present: a starter pack featuring all the speakers for the upcoming #RSAWinter Conference that I could find on here.
go.bsky.app/T2NMDo4
Please let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/T2NMDo4
Please let me know if I missed anyone.
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I think BlueSky will be significantly better for conferences than any other site. Organisers can create speaker starter packs to allow attendees to auto-follow all speakers. Also a custom feed of all folks skeeting abut a conf would be a big win.
Advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges is already working!
I need to add it to the code for the devopsdays website! I’ll do it today :)
October 21, 2024 at 6:07 AM
I think BlueSky will be significantly better for conferences than any other site. Organisers can create speaker starter packs to allow attendees to auto-follow all speakers. Also a custom feed of all folks skeeting abut a conf would be a big win.
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Following the example of @maxnathan.bsky.social, it might be a good time to share this starter pack again. go.bsky.app/SeJAZa6
October 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Following the example of @maxnathan.bsky.social, it might be a good time to share this starter pack again. go.bsky.app/SeJAZa6
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent" by Sebastian Hager, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent
(Forthcoming Article) - We study how performance metrics affect the allocation of talent by exploiting the
introduction of the first citation database in science. For technical reasons, it only
covere...
www.aeaweb.org
September 30, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent" by Sebastian Hager, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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From @nberpubs.bsky.social LinkedIn account: On Monday (9/9) the NBER will begin posting on Bluesky. These platforms will be used to expand our research dissemination efforts. We invite interested individuals to follow these accounts. The same content will be posted across our social platforms.
September 6, 2024 at 2:14 PM
From @nberpubs.bsky.social LinkedIn account: On Monday (9/9) the NBER will begin posting on Bluesky. These platforms will be used to expand our research dissemination efforts. We invite interested individuals to follow these accounts. The same content will be posted across our social platforms.
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In eastern Germany, where the disruption that followed reunification more than 30 years ago is still evident, AfD support is much stronger.
And while AfD voters are mostly 45 to 60 years old, more and more young Germans are ready to back the extremist party ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And while AfD voters are mostly 45 to 60 years old, more and more young Germans are ready to back the extremist party ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
August 30, 2024 at 10:02 AM
In eastern Germany, where the disruption that followed reunification more than 30 years ago is still evident, AfD support is much stronger.
And while AfD voters are mostly 45 to 60 years old, more and more young Germans are ready to back the extremist party ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And while AfD voters are mostly 45 to 60 years old, more and more young Germans are ready to back the extremist party ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Kickstarting the @regstud.bsky.social RSA students and early career conference in Cambridge co-hosted by me and Franziska Sohns at ARU. Two days ahead of stimulating discussions on producing research impacts, engaging with policy makers and developing careers in academia. #cambridge #RSAEC
September 2, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Kickstarting the @regstud.bsky.social RSA students and early career conference in Cambridge co-hosted by me and Franziska Sohns at ARU. Two days ahead of stimulating discussions on producing research impacts, engaging with policy makers and developing careers in academia. #cambridge #RSAEC