Ina Ganguli
@inaganguli.bsky.social
Economist at UMass Amherst. Labor, science & innovation, gender, immigration. 🪷🌻
websites.umass.edu/iganguli
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Ina Ganguli
@inaganguli.bsky.social
· Apr 16
When we block migration, we block innovation.
👉 youtu.be/F-2dKmw1-mM 👀
Ina Ganguli shows how scientific breakthroughs—from vaccines to AI—are built on global talent flows.
👉 youtu.be/F-2dKmw1-mM 👀
Ina Ganguli shows how scientific breakthroughs—from vaccines to AI—are built on global talent flows.
Recently talked with @ineteconomics.bsky.social about the mobility of scientists and why it matters for economic progress - and whether the U.S. will continue to be the magnet for scientific talent it has been in the past. 👩🏽🔬 🔬 🌎
One pattern we discussed -- Nobel Prize winners:
One pattern we discussed -- Nobel Prize winners:
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Half of this year’s #NobelPrize winners in the U.S. were immigrants. Now, the Trump administration may be threatening the country’s Nobel future—and its top rank among global science powerhouses. nautil.us/will-trumps-...
Will Trump's Immigration Policies Hurt US Nobel Chances?
This article explores the impact of the Trump administration's policies surrounding science funding and immigration on science.
nautil.us
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Half of this year’s #NobelPrize winners in the U.S. were immigrants. Now, the Trump administration may be threatening the country’s Nobel future—and its top rank among global science powerhouses. nautil.us/will-trumps-...
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Very cool to have my colleague @inaganguli.bsky.social quoted in this @sciam.bsky.social article www.scientificamerican.com/article/immi...
Visualizations Trace How Immigration Underpins Dozens of Recent Nobel Science Prizes
Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine this century, fewer than 70 percent hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. These graphics trace their...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Very cool to have my colleague @inaganguli.bsky.social quoted in this @sciam.bsky.social article www.scientificamerican.com/article/immi...
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Falling responses, budgets & staff are biting. #BLS will cut 350 #ProducerPriceIndex #inflation sub-indexes.
It'll be harder to gauge effects of #supplychain disruptions, #tariffs, #monetary, #fiscal & #regulatory #policy and more.
www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/...
#econsky #PPI @aaronsojourner.org
It'll be harder to gauge effects of #supplychain disruptions, #tariffs, #monetary, #fiscal & #regulatory #policy and more.
www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/...
#econsky #PPI @aaronsojourner.org
BLS to Discontinue Selected PPIs
BLS to Discontinue Selected PPIs
www.bls.gov
May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Falling responses, budgets & staff are biting. #BLS will cut 350 #ProducerPriceIndex #inflation sub-indexes.
It'll be harder to gauge effects of #supplychain disruptions, #tariffs, #monetary, #fiscal & #regulatory #policy and more.
www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/...
#econsky #PPI @aaronsojourner.org
It'll be harder to gauge effects of #supplychain disruptions, #tariffs, #monetary, #fiscal & #regulatory #policy and more.
www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/...
#econsky #PPI @aaronsojourner.org
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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Weird how "making America great again" consists of dismantling all America's soft power and also future source of hard power
Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-...
Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities
This is largely preaching to the choir. But it’s absent enough from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Weird how "making America great again" consists of dismantling all America's soft power and also future source of hard power
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tfidf cosine is a well precedented method for patent novelty measurement but not unproblematic
conference.nber.org/confer/2022/...
and paper @inaganguli.bsky.social et al 2024 www.nber.org/system/files...
conference.nber.org/confer/2022/...
and paper @inaganguli.bsky.social et al 2024 www.nber.org/system/files...
conference.nber.org
May 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
tfidf cosine is a well precedented method for patent novelty measurement but not unproblematic
conference.nber.org/confer/2022/...
and paper @inaganguli.bsky.social et al 2024 www.nber.org/system/files...
conference.nber.org/confer/2022/...
and paper @inaganguli.bsky.social et al 2024 www.nber.org/system/files...
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“In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rapid response bridge grant opportunity for impacted scholars”
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rapid response bridge grant opportunity for impacted scholars”
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Truly an idiotic self-own to drive away US-trained talent.
I just got the official email from the NSF about the drastic cuts and I think the correct translation is "if you are a young researcher who still wants to do science strongly consider leaving the United States if you can." which, really, is not an ideal message to be sending.
May 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Truly an idiotic self-own to drive away US-trained talent.
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Sorry, what now?!
www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/n...
May 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sorry, what now?!
www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/n...
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Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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💯. Why does almost no one in the public know this though?
If you think about it, the government’s creation of the internet is probably one of the greatest policy achievements and worst communication failures of all time.
If you think about it, the government’s creation of the internet is probably one of the greatest policy achievements and worst communication failures of all time.
All these bros conveniently forgetting that the U.S. government was instrumental in creating the Internet through NSF grants to universities and research hubs through the 80s and 90s.
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
💯. Why does almost no one in the public know this though?
If you think about it, the government’s creation of the internet is probably one of the greatest policy achievements and worst communication failures of all time.
If you think about it, the government’s creation of the internet is probably one of the greatest policy achievements and worst communication failures of all time.
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Just got mine.
Totally expected, but it still sucks.
Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.
Totally expected, but it still sucks.
Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.
April 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Just got mine.
Totally expected, but it still sucks.
Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.
Totally expected, but it still sucks.
Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition.
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Important thread explaining how proposed changes to federal employment policy threatens the federal statistical infrastructure. Comment period is open for those who rely on these data to convey their views to the Administration….
The administration is moving the rule. Official public (that's us!!) comment period is open.
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
April 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Important thread explaining how proposed changes to federal employment policy threatens the federal statistical infrastructure. Comment period is open for those who rely on these data to convey their views to the Administration….
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I was devastated to learn about the unexpected passing of gifted historian and my former committee member Laura Lovett. Dr. Lovett was not only a renowned expert in women's history, but also an incredible mentor. I will miss her greatly. www.history.pitt.edu/news/memoriam
In Memoriam | Department of History | University of Pittsburgh
Laura L. Lovett (1963-2025) Our dear colleague Laura Lovett passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2025. Laura joined Pitt’s History Department and its Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program in 20...
www.history.pitt.edu
April 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I was devastated to learn about the unexpected passing of gifted historian and my former committee member Laura Lovett. Dr. Lovett was not only a renowned expert in women's history, but also an incredible mentor. I will miss her greatly. www.history.pitt.edu/news/memoriam
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How global scientific mobility drives innovation—and what’s at stake when migration is restricted by war, politics, or policy.
Great insights from @inaganguli.bsky.social for @ineteconomics.bsky.social
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Great insights from @inaganguli.bsky.social for @ineteconomics.bsky.social
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Where Science Moves Progress Follows
How global scientific mobility drives innovation—and what’s at stake when migration is restricted by war, politics, or policy.
www.ineteconomics.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How global scientific mobility drives innovation—and what’s at stake when migration is restricted by war, politics, or policy.
Great insights from @inaganguli.bsky.social for @ineteconomics.bsky.social
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Great insights from @inaganguli.bsky.social for @ineteconomics.bsky.social
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
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Folding 27 NIH institutes and centers down into *8*, which is even worse than the rumored plan for 15, is catastrophic for American biomedical research. Completely insane.
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Folding 27 NIH institutes and centers down into *8*, which is even worse than the rumored plan for 15, is catastrophic for American biomedical research. Completely insane.
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I'm reporting on what's happening at NSF for @cenmag.bsky.social!
If you're a researcher who had an NSF grant that was previously approved for funding but is now in limbo because of what's happening at the agency, my signal is kvasquez.12.
Always open to discussing options for anonymity.
If you're a researcher who had an NSF grant that was previously approved for funding but is now in limbo because of what's happening at the agency, my signal is kvasquez.12.
Always open to discussing options for anonymity.
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm reporting on what's happening at NSF for @cenmag.bsky.social!
If you're a researcher who had an NSF grant that was previously approved for funding but is now in limbo because of what's happening at the agency, my signal is kvasquez.12.
Always open to discussing options for anonymity.
If you're a researcher who had an NSF grant that was previously approved for funding but is now in limbo because of what's happening at the agency, my signal is kvasquez.12.
Always open to discussing options for anonymity.
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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Been seeing some speculation about the NSF freeze being due to the "broader impacts" criterion.
There's not a lot of hard facts out there yet, so here's a few facts below (but still inconclusive).
Short thread 1/5 🧵
There's not a lot of hard facts out there yet, so here's a few facts below (but still inconclusive).
Short thread 1/5 🧵
“researchers suspect [the grant review freeze] may be related to President Trump's targeting of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. NSF reviews grant applications based on two criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts”
www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪
www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Been seeing some speculation about the NSF freeze being due to the "broader impacts" criterion.
There's not a lot of hard facts out there yet, so here's a few facts below (but still inconclusive).
Short thread 1/5 🧵
There's not a lot of hard facts out there yet, so here's a few facts below (but still inconclusive).
Short thread 1/5 🧵
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Today in weird statistical coincidences
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today in weird statistical coincidences
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Super exciting finding that they may have found signs of life 120 light years away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
…and then they end with the fact that if NASA funding is cut as proposed then this research agenda will be stopped
…and then they end with the fact that if NASA funding is cut as proposed then this research agenda will be stopped
April 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Super exciting finding that they may have found signs of life 120 light years away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
…and then they end with the fact that if NASA funding is cut as proposed then this research agenda will be stopped
…and then they end with the fact that if NASA funding is cut as proposed then this research agenda will be stopped
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🌾Flour from wheat that grew on demined Ukrainian fields was used to bake traditional Easter bread in the US.
This flour traveled across the globe to New York's iconic Ukrainian restaurant Veselka. There, UN diplomats, entrepreneurs, and community leaders gathered to bake Easter bread together. ⤵️
This flour traveled across the globe to New York's iconic Ukrainian restaurant Veselka. There, UN diplomats, entrepreneurs, and community leaders gathered to bake Easter bread together. ⤵️
April 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
🌾Flour from wheat that grew on demined Ukrainian fields was used to bake traditional Easter bread in the US.
This flour traveled across the globe to New York's iconic Ukrainian restaurant Veselka. There, UN diplomats, entrepreneurs, and community leaders gathered to bake Easter bread together. ⤵️
This flour traveled across the globe to New York's iconic Ukrainian restaurant Veselka. There, UN diplomats, entrepreneurs, and community leaders gathered to bake Easter bread together. ⤵️
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