Stefania Galli
@galli-stef.bsky.social
Mum to 3 adopted furry friends: Adopt don’t stop
Economic historian: institutions, development, inequality, global south.
Chron’s disease and endometriosis
Assistant Professor @göteborgsuni
Economic historian: institutions, development, inequality, global south.
Chron’s disease and endometriosis
Assistant Professor @göteborgsuni
Pinned
Elite persistence and inequality in the Danish West Indies, 1760–1914
The issue of how elites as a social group form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control is central to the debate on inequality…
www.sciencedirect.com
‼️ New article out (my all
time favourite).
In it, we examine how #elites form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control.
Our work is central to the debate on #inequality and helps explaining the #persistence of high inequality levels across the world.
time favourite).
In it, we examine how #elites form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control.
Our work is central to the debate on #inequality and helps explaining the #persistence of high inequality levels across the world.
What a way to end what feels more like a life chapter than a #research project! 🎊
It was a pleasure to share what we have learnt about #colonialism, #slavery and #inequality.
And now, onto new horizons 🚀
It was a pleasure to share what we have learnt about #colonialism, #slavery and #inequality.
And now, onto new horizons 🚀
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What a way to end what feels more like a life chapter than a #research project! 🎊
It was a pleasure to share what we have learnt about #colonialism, #slavery and #inequality.
And now, onto new horizons 🚀
It was a pleasure to share what we have learnt about #colonialism, #slavery and #inequality.
And now, onto new horizons 🚀
Now live the #Gothenburg workshop in #EconomicHistory.
Keynotes by Markus Lampe and Jakob Molinder and a great variety of presentations, from #trade, to #humancapital, to #policy and #institutions.
Well done Juan Pablo Julià,
Giulia Martini and Raisa Rubio!
Keynotes by Markus Lampe and Jakob Molinder and a great variety of presentations, from #trade, to #humancapital, to #policy and #institutions.
Well done Juan Pablo Julià,
Giulia Martini and Raisa Rubio!
May 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Now live the #Gothenburg workshop in #EconomicHistory.
Keynotes by Markus Lampe and Jakob Molinder and a great variety of presentations, from #trade, to #humancapital, to #policy and #institutions.
Well done Juan Pablo Julià,
Giulia Martini and Raisa Rubio!
Keynotes by Markus Lampe and Jakob Molinder and a great variety of presentations, from #trade, to #humancapital, to #policy and #institutions.
Well done Juan Pablo Julià,
Giulia Martini and Raisa Rubio!
🚨🫵🏻 2 weeks to the deadline! Come and join us in beautiful Göteborg!
‼️ What do we offer? Full funding (social security and a very competitive salary), an excellent research environment, plenty of support, and a crowd of colleagues to die for 🤓
#PhDposition
#econtwitter
#academia
‼️ What do we offer? Full funding (social security and a very competitive salary), an excellent research environment, plenty of support, and a crowd of colleagues to die for 🤓
#PhDposition
#econtwitter
#academia
🚨We are recruiting!
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
The Department of Economy and Society at the School of
web103.reachmee.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚨🫵🏻 2 weeks to the deadline! Come and join us in beautiful Göteborg!
‼️ What do we offer? Full funding (social security and a very competitive salary), an excellent research environment, plenty of support, and a crowd of colleagues to die for 🤓
#PhDposition
#econtwitter
#academia
‼️ What do we offer? Full funding (social security and a very competitive salary), an excellent research environment, plenty of support, and a crowd of colleagues to die for 🤓
#PhDposition
#econtwitter
#academia
🚨New paper alert!
🎯In it, we study how enslaved persons resisted this awful institutions.
🔑 We find that, contrary to previous literature, resistance and acts of rebellion where common among all groups of enslaved, irrespective of gender or rank.
🎯In it, we study how enslaved persons resisted this awful institutions.
🔑 We find that, contrary to previous literature, resistance and acts of rebellion where common among all groups of enslaved, irrespective of gender or rank.
May 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚨New paper alert!
🎯In it, we study how enslaved persons resisted this awful institutions.
🔑 We find that, contrary to previous literature, resistance and acts of rebellion where common among all groups of enslaved, irrespective of gender or rank.
🎯In it, we study how enslaved persons resisted this awful institutions.
🔑 We find that, contrary to previous literature, resistance and acts of rebellion where common among all groups of enslaved, irrespective of gender or rank.
Reposted by Stefania Galli
10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation!
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Re-Analysis of Ciacci, R. (2024). Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden.
EconStor is a publication server for scholarly economic literature, provided as a non-commercial public service by the ZBW.
www.econstor.eu
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation!
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
🥳 🙈 Stoked and excited that I’ll head a new #research #project focusing on mapping social stratification in historical #Argentina using micro-level sources.
💰 Thanks Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse!
Today, you’ll find me soaking in the sun!
💰 Thanks Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse!
Today, you’ll find me soaking in the sun!
May 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🥳 🙈 Stoked and excited that I’ll head a new #research #project focusing on mapping social stratification in historical #Argentina using micro-level sources.
💰 Thanks Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse!
Today, you’ll find me soaking in the sun!
💰 Thanks Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse!
Today, you’ll find me soaking in the sun!
🧵How does perfect inequality look like?
🔎 Zoom on the sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean, and you will find inequality levels so close to perfect inequality and so persistent as it have never been estimated before.
doi.org/10.1007/s116...
🔎 Zoom on the sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean, and you will find inequality levels so close to perfect inequality and so persistent as it have never been estimated before.
doi.org/10.1007/s116...
Almost perfect inequality: long-run evidence on wealth distribution from the Danish West Indies 1760–1914 - Cliometrica
It has been proposed that slave societies were the most unequal societies in recorded human history. What little previous evidence there is shows an ambiguous picture, with levels of wealth inequality...
doi.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵How does perfect inequality look like?
🔎 Zoom on the sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean, and you will find inequality levels so close to perfect inequality and so persistent as it have never been estimated before.
doi.org/10.1007/s116...
🔎 Zoom on the sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean, and you will find inequality levels so close to perfect inequality and so persistent as it have never been estimated before.
doi.org/10.1007/s116...
‼️‼️ Make sure to register to register to this wonderful chance to listen to Nobel prize winner Claudia Golding.
The event will be broadcasted on livestream, make sure you don’t miss it! 🖥️
www.gu.se/en/event/cla...
The event will be broadcasted on livestream, make sure you don’t miss it! 🖥️
www.gu.se/en/event/cla...
Claudia Goldin: Why Women Won
Join the 2025 edition of the Tore Browaldh Lecture, where Nobel Laureate and Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin talks about women's societal and economical changes and impact.
www.gu.se
April 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
‼️‼️ Make sure to register to register to this wonderful chance to listen to Nobel prize winner Claudia Golding.
The event will be broadcasted on livestream, make sure you don’t miss it! 🖥️
www.gu.se/en/event/cla...
The event will be broadcasted on livestream, make sure you don’t miss it! 🖥️
www.gu.se/en/event/cla...
Reposted by Stefania Galli
Tariffs are also a *regressive* tax on Americans, which means that the burden falls more heavily on lower-income Americans.
Income taxes are the opposite.
So shifting taxation from income taxes to tariffs is a transfer of money from low-income Americans to high-income Americans.
Income taxes are the opposite.
So shifting taxation from income taxes to tariffs is a transfer of money from low-income Americans to high-income Americans.
Where We Stand: The Fiscal, Economic, and Distributional Effects of All U.S. Tariffs Enacted in 2025 Through April 2
budgetlab.yale.edu
April 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tariffs are also a *regressive* tax on Americans, which means that the burden falls more heavily on lower-income Americans.
Income taxes are the opposite.
So shifting taxation from income taxes to tariffs is a transfer of money from low-income Americans to high-income Americans.
Income taxes are the opposite.
So shifting taxation from income taxes to tariffs is a transfer of money from low-income Americans to high-income Americans.
👀 Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our wonderful unit in beautiful
Göteborg, Sweden!
2-3 fully funded doctoral position in Economic/Business history
✌️Join a young and supportive bunch of researchers with the unique opportunity to develop your own research agenda!
Göteborg, Sweden!
2-3 fully funded doctoral position in Economic/Business history
✌️Join a young and supportive bunch of researchers with the unique opportunity to develop your own research agenda!
🚨We are recruiting!
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
The Department of Economy and Society at the School of
web103.reachmee.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
👀 Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our wonderful unit in beautiful
Göteborg, Sweden!
2-3 fully funded doctoral position in Economic/Business history
✌️Join a young and supportive bunch of researchers with the unique opportunity to develop your own research agenda!
Göteborg, Sweden!
2-3 fully funded doctoral position in Economic/Business history
✌️Join a young and supportive bunch of researchers with the unique opportunity to develop your own research agenda!
🚨We are recruiting!
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
2-3 PhD students in Economic History
The Department of Economy and Society at the School of
web103.reachmee.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🚨We are recruiting!
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you!
🎯 Fully funded incl. social security
🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History
🎯 Friendly and supportive environment
Check out our research if you’d like to know more about us.
Reposted by Stefania Galli
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Associate Professorship in Economic and Social History, Faculty of History and All Souls College, Oxford. Deadline for applications 23 April 2025. @oxford-esh.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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March 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Associate Professorship in Economic and Social History, Faculty of History and All Souls College, Oxford. Deadline for applications 23 April 2025. @oxford-esh.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Reposted by Stefania Galli
Imagine if chefs:
Sourced the ingredients
Cooked the meal
Tested each other's dishes
Handed over their recipes
…then PAID a corporation $$$ so you can eat it
That's the business model we're looking at here
Sourced the ingredients
Cooked the meal
Tested each other's dishes
Handed over their recipes
…then PAID a corporation $$$ so you can eat it
That's the business model we're looking at here
🚨 Preprint! We combine our recent open dataset of #APC prices with the article counts per journal-year from #OpenAlex to estimate how much the academic community has paid in APCs over the last 5 years.
A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)
$2.5B in 2023 alone.
arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci
A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)
$2.5B in 2023 alone.
arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023
This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...
arxiv.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Imagine if chefs:
Sourced the ingredients
Cooked the meal
Tested each other's dishes
Handed over their recipes
…then PAID a corporation $$$ so you can eat it
That's the business model we're looking at here
Sourced the ingredients
Cooked the meal
Tested each other's dishes
Handed over their recipes
…then PAID a corporation $$$ so you can eat it
That's the business model we're looking at here
Reposted by Stefania Galli
Istanbul University students protesting the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu. They are directly challenging the government which has banned all gatherings.
March 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Istanbul University students protesting the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu. They are directly challenging the government which has banned all gatherings.
‼️ Call for papers:
📌 Young economic historians
📌 Any research and 🌎 areas welcome!
Come visit us in beautiful Göteborg!
And 🫵🏻 don’t forget to spread the word!
📌 Young economic historians
📌 Any research and 🌎 areas welcome!
Come visit us in beautiful Göteborg!
And 🫵🏻 don’t forget to spread the word!
Economic History Workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden
Call for papers for the Economic History Workshop! The workshop will gather young researchers in a friendly and non-imposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive ...
www.gu.se
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
‼️ Call for papers:
📌 Young economic historians
📌 Any research and 🌎 areas welcome!
Come visit us in beautiful Göteborg!
And 🫵🏻 don’t forget to spread the word!
📌 Young economic historians
📌 Any research and 🌎 areas welcome!
Come visit us in beautiful Göteborg!
And 🫵🏻 don’t forget to spread the word!
Reposted by Stefania Galli
New publication
Numeracy and the legacy of slavery: age-heaping in the Danish West Indies before and after emancipation from slavery, 1780s–1880s
By K. Rönnbäck (@klasronnback.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy) S. Galli (@galli-stef.bsky.social) and Dimitrios Theodoridis
academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...
Numeracy and the legacy of slavery: age-heaping in the Danish West Indies before and after emancipation from slavery, 1780s–1880s
By K. Rönnbäck (@klasronnback.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy) S. Galli (@galli-stef.bsky.social) and Dimitrios Theodoridis
academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...
Numeracy and the legacy of slavery: age-heaping in the Danish West Indies before and after emancipation from slavery, 1780s–1880s
Abstract. In many slave societies, enslaved persons were barred from acquiring much education. What skills the enslaved persons nonetheless were able to ac
academic.oup.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New publication
Numeracy and the legacy of slavery: age-heaping in the Danish West Indies before and after emancipation from slavery, 1780s–1880s
By K. Rönnbäck (@klasronnback.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy) S. Galli (@galli-stef.bsky.social) and Dimitrios Theodoridis
academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...
Numeracy and the legacy of slavery: age-heaping in the Danish West Indies before and after emancipation from slavery, 1780s–1880s
By K. Rönnbäck (@klasronnback.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy) S. Galli (@galli-stef.bsky.social) and Dimitrios Theodoridis
academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...
📣 Call for papers 📣
In May, we’ll host a wonderful workshop for young economic historians 🤓
A great opportunity to get feedback in a friendly and supporting environment.
I hope to see many in Gothenburg in May! Help us spread the word 🖖🏻
In May, we’ll host a wonderful workshop for young economic historians 🤓
A great opportunity to get feedback in a friendly and supporting environment.
I hope to see many in Gothenburg in May! Help us spread the word 🖖🏻
CfP: Economic History Workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden (deadline 15 marzo 2025)
Department of Economy and Society, Unit for Economic History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-17 May 2025 Local organiser: Svante Prado; Bart van Holstejin; Giulia Martini; Raisa Rubio Keynote…
https://ariseweb.org/2025/02/10/cfp-economic-history-workshop-in-gothenburg-sweden/#:~:text=📌%20Convegno%202024%20%7C-,CfP%3A%20Economic%20History%20Workshop%20in%20Gothenburg,Sweden%20(deadline%2015%20marzo%202025)&text=The%20main%20aim%20of%20the,peers%20and%20leading%20economic%20historians
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📣 Call for papers 📣
In May, we’ll host a wonderful workshop for young economic historians 🤓
A great opportunity to get feedback in a friendly and supporting environment.
I hope to see many in Gothenburg in May! Help us spread the word 🖖🏻
In May, we’ll host a wonderful workshop for young economic historians 🤓
A great opportunity to get feedback in a friendly and supporting environment.
I hope to see many in Gothenburg in May! Help us spread the word 🖖🏻
Reposted by Stefania Galli
Demographers ability to model the global population ("10 billion by 2050 followed by plateau") rely on DHS surveys. Without them we're blind to large parts of the globe and quality of forecasts will go down. Which is of course a non-issue if planing-horizons don't extend beyond next Friday.
War on Science update: DHS does surveys around the world. It's a key part of how we understand the world. Web of Science has 3501 items that mention DHS in the metadata; currently averaging about 350 per year. The last contract to run it was about $57 million per year. dhsprogram.com/Who-We-Are/N...
February 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Demographers ability to model the global population ("10 billion by 2050 followed by plateau") rely on DHS surveys. Without them we're blind to large parts of the globe and quality of forecasts will go down. Which is of course a non-issue if planing-horizons don't extend beyond next Friday.
Late to the game, but had a wonderful time last week presenting my and Chris Absell new project on trade liberalisation @ub.edu! Thanks to @federicotadei.bsky.social and @joseperescajias for the invitation and to Spain for being 20 degrees warmer than Sweden.
#econhist #tariffs #trade
#econhist #tariffs #trade
February 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Late to the game, but had a wonderful time last week presenting my and Chris Absell new project on trade liberalisation @ub.edu! Thanks to @federicotadei.bsky.social and @joseperescajias for the invitation and to Spain for being 20 degrees warmer than Sweden.
#econhist #tariffs #trade
#econhist #tariffs #trade
Reposted by Stefania Galli
Finally my open access Cambridge Element in Corpus Linguistics is online!
Please share widely to anyone interested, anywhere.
Keywords:
news discourse
sentiment in news
intersectional analysis
Czech language
#CorpusLinguistics
#CADS
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Please share widely to anyone interested, anywhere.
Keywords:
news discourse
sentiment in news
intersectional analysis
Czech language
#CorpusLinguistics
#CADS
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Social Group Representation in a Diachronic News Corpus
Cambridge Core - Research Methods in Linguistics - Social Group Representation in a Diachronic News Corpus
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/social-group-representation-in-a-diachronic-news-corpus/A428E87B5E848C3AF4CBFDA2085F4E7E\\
February 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Finally my open access Cambridge Element in Corpus Linguistics is online!
Please share widely to anyone interested, anywhere.
Keywords:
news discourse
sentiment in news
intersectional analysis
Czech language
#CorpusLinguistics
#CADS
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Please share widely to anyone interested, anywhere.
Keywords:
news discourse
sentiment in news
intersectional analysis
Czech language
#CorpusLinguistics
#CADS
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Reposted by Stefania Galli
Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
www.sciencespo.fr
January 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
🚨 Job alert: economic historians look here!
Jon us at the University of Gothenburg!
1-3 postdoc positions available within a great research environment and with minimal teaching obligations.
Jon us at the University of Gothenburg!
1-3 postdoc positions available within a great research environment and with minimal teaching obligations.
December 17, 2024 at 12:40 PM
🚨 Job alert: economic historians look here!
Jon us at the University of Gothenburg!
1-3 postdoc positions available within a great research environment and with minimal teaching obligations.
Jon us at the University of Gothenburg!
1-3 postdoc positions available within a great research environment and with minimal teaching obligations.
Reposted by Stefania Galli
🚨𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨1 PhD position for 3 years in the research project “Mining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary (16th-18th Century)” at the German Mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0...
December 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM
🚨𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨1 PhD position for 3 years in the research project “Mining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary (16th-18th Century)” at the German Mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0...
‼️ New article out (my all
time favourite).
In it, we examine how #elites form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control.
Our work is central to the debate on #inequality and helps explaining the #persistence of high inequality levels across the world.
time favourite).
In it, we examine how #elites form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control.
Our work is central to the debate on #inequality and helps explaining the #persistence of high inequality levels across the world.
Elite persistence and inequality in the Danish West Indies, 1760–1914
The issue of how elites as a social group form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control is central to the debate on inequality…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 5, 2024 at 8:58 AM
‼️ New article out (my all
time favourite).
In it, we examine how #elites form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control.
Our work is central to the debate on #inequality and helps explaining the #persistence of high inequality levels across the world.
time favourite).
In it, we examine how #elites form, maintain their position, and influence the society they control.
Our work is central to the debate on #inequality and helps explaining the #persistence of high inequality levels across the world.