Dario Sidhu
@dariosidhu.bsky.social
Political science PhD @ UCLA, studying barriers to evidence-based policy. Previously @ Penn, BIT, Evidence Action, PIIE. 🇦🇹 🇨🇦 Website: www.dariosidhu.com
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This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Accessible to all! ...my paper in Journal of Econ Perspectives on World Bank's 1993 East Asian "Miracle" report ("Too Much A Product of Its TIme?") (www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.p...). @cgdev.org @mclem.org @arvind2011.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Accessible to all! ...my paper in Journal of Econ Perspectives on World Bank's 1993 East Asian "Miracle" report ("Too Much A Product of Its TIme?") (www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.p...). @cgdev.org @mclem.org @arvind2011.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social
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Book launch day -- congrats to @arvind2011.bsky.social & Devesh Kapur!
The book is full of data and historical vignettes, but more importantly, really challenges a lot of received wisdom about India's development trajectory.
Must read.
The book is full of data and historical vignettes, but more importantly, really challenges a lot of received wisdom about India's development trajectory.
Must read.
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Book launch day -- congrats to @arvind2011.bsky.social & Devesh Kapur!
The book is full of data and historical vignettes, but more importantly, really challenges a lot of received wisdom about India's development trajectory.
Must read.
The book is full of data and historical vignettes, but more importantly, really challenges a lot of received wisdom about India's development trajectory.
Must read.
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I thought this was quite a nice (and appropriately pessimistic) discussion of our paper on power in political science. All that I would add is that we found a small minority of research topics with high power! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I thought this was quite a nice (and appropriately pessimistic) discussion of our paper on power in political science. All that I would add is that we found a small minority of research topics with high power! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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A staggering boost to quality of life tbh
The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the U.S. by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. nyti.ms/3KTwGve
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A staggering boost to quality of life tbh
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🚨Thrilled to share our paper🚨
Does science focus on the diseases that hurt people the most?
When deadly outbreaks hit, how does research respond?
Our work with:
@prashantgarg.bsky.social
@trfetzer.com
shows how medical research worldwide responds to both endemic burdens and emergencies.
🧵👇
Does science focus on the diseases that hurt people the most?
When deadly outbreaks hit, how does research respond?
Our work with:
@prashantgarg.bsky.social
@trfetzer.com
shows how medical research worldwide responds to both endemic burdens and emergencies.
🧵👇
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🚨Thrilled to share our paper🚨
Does science focus on the diseases that hurt people the most?
When deadly outbreaks hit, how does research respond?
Our work with:
@prashantgarg.bsky.social
@trfetzer.com
shows how medical research worldwide responds to both endemic burdens and emergencies.
🧵👇
Does science focus on the diseases that hurt people the most?
When deadly outbreaks hit, how does research respond?
Our work with:
@prashantgarg.bsky.social
@trfetzer.com
shows how medical research worldwide responds to both endemic burdens and emergencies.
🧵👇
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Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...
Lost Worlds
The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by t...
www.harpercollins.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...
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🚨 We’re #hiring!
CEGA is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our Data Privacy Lab and support the responsible implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies in low- and middle-income countries.
👉 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/DPLpostdoc
CEGA is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our Data Privacy Lab and support the responsible implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies in low- and middle-income countries.
👉 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/DPLpostdoc
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨 We’re #hiring!
CEGA is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our Data Privacy Lab and support the responsible implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies in low- and middle-income countries.
👉 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/DPLpostdoc
CEGA is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our Data Privacy Lab and support the responsible implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies in low- and middle-income countries.
👉 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/DPLpostdoc
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Searching in HPE or related fields? Check out these great students/postdocs on the market!
HPE candidates on the job market
Job market season is here.
www.broadstreet.blog
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Searching in HPE or related fields? Check out these great students/postdocs on the market!
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We're hiring a research associate or research manager for a project in the DRC! This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in gaining very hands-on research and work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government. Also a great preparation for a PhD.
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're hiring a research associate or research manager for a project in the DRC! This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in gaining very hands-on research and work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government. Also a great preparation for a PhD.
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The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
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📢 EPSS community updates!
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
EPSS News & Updates | Political Science Announcements
Get the latest news, conference announcements, and organizational updates from the European Political Science Society (EPSS).
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September 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📢 EPSS community updates!
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
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🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
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For as often as I get asked "What do you think of Graber and Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything" I need to just have a blog post titled, "What I think of The Dawn of Everything" which is just a link to @walterscheidel.bsky.social's devastating review (here: escholarship.org/uc/item/9jj9...).
Resetting History’s Dial? A Critique of David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Author(s): Scheidel, Walter | Abstract: Commentary on David Graeber and David Wengrow 2021. The Dawn of Everything . New York: Penguin.
escholarship.org
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
For as often as I get asked "What do you think of Graber and Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything" I need to just have a blog post titled, "What I think of The Dawn of Everything" which is just a link to @walterscheidel.bsky.social's devastating review (here: escholarship.org/uc/item/9jj9...).
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Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
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Please share:
Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for
open science, design, aggregation, transfer..?
Call open now with @egap.bsky.social
egap.org/our-work/res...
@awilke.bsky.social
Deadline 31 October
Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for
open science, design, aggregation, transfer..?
Call open now with @egap.bsky.social
egap.org/our-work/res...
@awilke.bsky.social
Deadline 31 October
EGAP Innovation Grants 2025 – EGAP
egap.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please share:
Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for
open science, design, aggregation, transfer..?
Call open now with @egap.bsky.social
egap.org/our-work/res...
@awilke.bsky.social
Deadline 31 October
Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for
open science, design, aggregation, transfer..?
Call open now with @egap.bsky.social
egap.org/our-work/res...
@awilke.bsky.social
Deadline 31 October
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Beyond the claim that the Peasants' War (1524–1525) turned the German Reformation distinctly conservative, there's a potential paper below along the lines of 'Peasants, knights, & princes: the Dissolution of the German Monasteries and the rise of state capacity' or some such thing...
September 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Beyond the claim that the Peasants' War (1524–1525) turned the German Reformation distinctly conservative, there's a potential paper below along the lines of 'Peasants, knights, & princes: the Dissolution of the German Monasteries and the rise of state capacity' or some such thing...
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4 findings from our experimenting with policymakers paper, finally published in World Development last month (a mere 3.5 years after the CGD working paper version) ...
www.sciencedirect.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
4 findings from our experimenting with policymakers paper, finally published in World Development last month (a mere 3.5 years after the CGD working paper version) ...
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This Thursday, I’ll be launching Etched in Marble: conversations with writers on why and how we write.
First guest: Simon Kuper
@simonkuper.bsky.social
📖 Coming on 4th of September → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
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First guest: Simon Kuper
@simonkuper.bsky.social
📖 Coming on 4th of September → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
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Respect the Marble | Catherine E. De Vries | Substack
Catherine E. De Vries's Respect the Marble is a space for exploring how we write, think, and lead with clarity in a world that often rewards noise over depth. Click to read Respect the Marble, by Cath...
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This Thursday, I’ll be launching Etched in Marble: conversations with writers on why and how we write.
First guest: Simon Kuper
@simonkuper.bsky.social
📖 Coming on 4th of September → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
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First guest: Simon Kuper
@simonkuper.bsky.social
📖 Coming on 4th of September → catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
🧵
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PhD students and junior colleagues. Join the Economics of Animal Welfare Mentorship program if you're interested.
August 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
PhD students and junior colleagues. Join the Economics of Animal Welfare Mentorship program if you're interested.
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There are several recent papers which could fall under the heading ‘Economic History of the Scientific Revolution’ but this network analysis tracing how scientific ideas diffused amongst scholars in the period 1084-1793 is a real milestone, an ‘epidemiological’ model of how ideas spread like disease
August 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There are several recent papers which could fall under the heading ‘Economic History of the Scientific Revolution’ but this network analysis tracing how scientific ideas diffused amongst scholars in the period 1084-1793 is a real milestone, an ‘epidemiological’ model of how ideas spread like disease
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🔥 Call for papers for EPSS 2026 in Belfast: migration, forced displacement, mobility, borders, asylum, diaspora, and other migration-related topics.
Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7!
#EPSS2026
Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7!
#EPSS2026
This is an important opportunity for European poli sci: contribute
to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥
to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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August 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🔥 Call for papers for EPSS 2026 in Belfast: migration, forced displacement, mobility, borders, asylum, diaspora, and other migration-related topics.
Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7!
#EPSS2026
Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7!
#EPSS2026
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Join as for double(!) EuroWEPS 🇮🇹-edition, generously hosted by Bocconi (@aalrababah.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social) & @eui-eu.bsky.social (@eliasdinas.bsky.social). Very much looking forward to this! 👇
Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join as for double(!) EuroWEPS 🇮🇹-edition, generously hosted by Bocconi (@aalrababah.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social) & @eui-eu.bsky.social (@eliasdinas.bsky.social). Very much looking forward to this! 👇