In economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus.

As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.

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Araz Taeihagh, Shaleen Khanal, & I are organising a panel on 'Regulating AI: Governance challenges and policy implications' at the International Public Policy Conference #ICPP7 in Chiang Mai from 2nd-4th July 2025!
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🔴 Deadline for abstracts: 31st January 2025

CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South

CFP Deadline 3 February 2025

Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE

Organised by myself and Neil Cummins

Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group

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What an extraordinary experience of receiving feedback from scholars of multiple disciplines like law, sociology, history! Absolutely thrilled about presenting our work on impact of ChatGPT on higher education in Asia during the 1st year!
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📽️ Dropping this week's video on the 75th anniversary special issue article ~ 'The role of gender equality in advancing development' by Chengwei Xu, @mussagulova.bsky.social, & Qinrou Zhou.
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My sweet baby Jimmy and I in happier times. It's unbelievable that she passed away in my lap and I couldn't do anything. She had not been keeping well and my family pacifies me by saying that this was destiny. Rest in peace, sweetheart ✨ Pl meet me again.

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