Karinna Saxby
@ksaxby.bsky.social
Health economist at Unimelb. Interested in reducing health & healthcare inequities, esp for 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️, people with disability, First Nations
(she/her)
linktr.ee/ksaxby | #EconSky 📉📈
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linktr.ee/ksaxby | #EconSky 📉📈
PSA just had a jump scare from this star anise looking way too much like a spider
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
PSA just had a jump scare from this star anise looking way too much like a spider
Now that is an excellent use of the tool!
The share of economics papers exploiting the word "exploit" has more than doubled from 24.9% in 2000 to 52.6% in 2025. This is a non-trivial increase.
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Now that is an excellent use of the tool!
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Everyone please enjoy this nerdy data layer cake that @jankabatek.com made for morning tea 🤣 It includes ingredients such as “honey for smoothness & to symbolise policy impact” & blueberries as data points #econsky
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Everyone please enjoy this nerdy data layer cake that @jankabatek.com made for morning tea 🤣 It includes ingredients such as “honey for smoothness & to symbolise policy impact” & blueberries as data points #econsky
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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Are you working in #LGBTQ related research topics?! Come visit us in Melbourne next year!!
While there is an applied/econ focus, the summit will be more multidisciplinary than most ;)
Also there are a handful of scholarships available!
@jankabatek.com @mckay.mobi @aeacsqiep.bsky.social
While there is an applied/econ focus, the summit will be more multidisciplinary than most ;)
Also there are a handful of scholarships available!
@jankabatek.com @mckay.mobi @aeacsqiep.bsky.social
Call for papers are now open for the #LGBTQ+ Economists and Allies in the Asia-Pacific (LEAP) Summit on 13-14 May in wonderful Melbourne! ☕ 🌈
The Summit will showcase applied & empirical research under the theme of Advancing LGBTQ+ equity in workplaces, markets, and society.
shorturl.at/FR9GY
The Summit will showcase applied & empirical research under the theme of Advancing LGBTQ+ equity in workplaces, markets, and society.
shorturl.at/FR9GY
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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Are you working in #LGBTQ related research topics?! Come visit us in Melbourne next year!!
While there is an applied/econ focus, the summit will be more multidisciplinary than most ;)
Also there are a handful of scholarships available!
@jankabatek.com @mckay.mobi @aeacsqiep.bsky.social
While there is an applied/econ focus, the summit will be more multidisciplinary than most ;)
Also there are a handful of scholarships available!
@jankabatek.com @mckay.mobi @aeacsqiep.bsky.social
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra).
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra).
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 (HERB 2026)
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)
Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)
eventi.unibo.it
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
It's that time of year: pumpkin spice Stata
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's that time of year: pumpkin spice Stata
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Our paper on temporal trends in initiation on gender affirming hormone therapy initiation in Australia is now out in Internal Medicine Journal
@drbrendannolan1.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@drbrendannolan1.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Our paper on temporal trends in initiation on gender affirming hormone therapy initiation in Australia is now out in Internal Medicine Journal
@drbrendannolan1.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@drbrendannolan1.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Come work with us and be my friend 😁
📢We're hiring!📢
Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes
Come join us in beautiful Melbourne!
‼️𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️
Two tenure-track positions in empirical micro, no teaching obligations👇👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Emphasis: childhood development & indigenous outcomes
Come join us in beautiful Melbourne!
‼️𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐩‼️
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Come work with us and be my friend 😁
This Friday Kristen Sobeck and I are hosting a webinar by Arianne Schlumpp (AIHW). We’ll get to hear about how they are using linked administrative data (including hospital data in NHDH) to identify FDV victim-survivors. More details and registration below events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e0e0e8...
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August 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This Friday Kristen Sobeck and I are hosting a webinar by Arianne Schlumpp (AIHW). We’ll get to hear about how they are using linked administrative data (including hospital data in NHDH) to identify FDV victim-survivors. More details and registration below events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e0e0e8...
Great article around public subsidisation of gender-affirming surgeries
theconversation.com/gender-affir...
theconversation.com/gender-affir...
Gender-affirming surgeries may be added to Medicare – but the evidence is still being reviewed
Without rebates, surgeries for trans people can cost between $20,000 and $100,000.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great article around public subsidisation of gender-affirming surgeries
theconversation.com/gender-affir...
theconversation.com/gender-affir...
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
I have had the chance to present some of our recent work on the effect of urgent care centers and their effect on ED attendance and waiting time in Australia at the Melbourne Institute this week. Thanks a lot for the invite @ksaxby.bsky.social and everyone at the MI for the fantastic comments
Great to have Sabrina Lenzen present at the Melbourne Institute today! Emergency care and waiting times.
@lenzensabrina.bsky.social
@lenzensabrina.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I have had the chance to present some of our recent work on the effect of urgent care centers and their effect on ED attendance and waiting time in Australia at the Melbourne Institute this week. Thanks a lot for the invite @ksaxby.bsky.social and everyone at the MI for the fantastic comments
And another great action shot! 🤗
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
And another great action shot! 🤗
Former West Coast player Mitch Brown has become the first openly bisexual man in the AFL's 129-year history
thedailyaus.com.au/sport/first-...
thedailyaus.com.au/sport/first-...
thedailyaus.com.au
August 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Former West Coast player Mitch Brown has become the first openly bisexual man in the AFL's 129-year history
thedailyaus.com.au/sport/first-...
thedailyaus.com.au/sport/first-...
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
My proposal for REF 2029
Just pack all academics off to a seaside resort and let them pretend to think hard while the impact-factor algorithm does its thing.
August 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My proposal for REF 2029
Reposted by Karinna Saxby
*MUCHE Seminar* [Wednesday 6th August, 11AM-12PM AEST]. Please join us for our next seminar with Dr @ksaxby.bsky.social who will discuss mental health treatment among transgender and gender diverse people following gender affirming hormone therapy @ Continuum Room, Level 3, 75 Talavera Road, MQ U
July 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
*MUCHE Seminar* [Wednesday 6th August, 11AM-12PM AEST]. Please join us for our next seminar with Dr @ksaxby.bsky.social who will discuss mental health treatment among transgender and gender diverse people following gender affirming hormone therapy @ Continuum Room, Level 3, 75 Talavera Road, MQ U