Kris Inwood
@kris-inwood.bsky.social
Economic historian @UoGuelph w broad social science & historical interests: population health, First Nations demography, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🏴
Editing Asia-Pacific Econ History Rev & directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com.
Editing Asia-Pacific Econ History Rev & directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com.
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On Sunday, Nov. 16, @marthaolney.bsky.social celebrates the release of “Inflation," a timely guide to one of today’s most pressing economic challenges. Join her at Book Passage to explore what we can do about its effects.
Martha Olney - Inflation (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) (Corte Madera Store)
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www.bookpassage.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On Sunday, Nov. 16, @marthaolney.bsky.social celebrates the release of “Inflation," a timely guide to one of today’s most pressing economic challenges. Join her at Book Passage to explore what we can do about its effects.
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This Saturday, the Guelph Museums is hosting a Liberation and Remembrance Symposium to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the War and the liberation of Europe.
I'm speaking on the RCAF and other speakers include Roger Sarty, Geoff Hayes, and Alex Souchen.
guelphmuseums.ca/event/libera...
I'm speaking on the RCAF and other speakers include Roger Sarty, Geoff Hayes, and Alex Souchen.
guelphmuseums.ca/event/libera...
Liberation and Remembrance Symposium - Guelph Museums
This year marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Europe. Eight decades later we reflect on Canada’s contributions to the war effort,…
guelphmuseums.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This Saturday, the Guelph Museums is hosting a Liberation and Remembrance Symposium to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the War and the liberation of Europe.
I'm speaking on the RCAF and other speakers include Roger Sarty, Geoff Hayes, and Alex Souchen.
guelphmuseums.ca/event/libera...
I'm speaking on the RCAF and other speakers include Roger Sarty, Geoff Hayes, and Alex Souchen.
guelphmuseums.ca/event/libera...
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With a new measure to understand causes of maternal mortality, historical demographer George Alter finds infectious disease & nutrition improvements likely impacted falling maternal mortality more than shifting obstetrical practices. Just out in Population Studies: psc.isr.umich.edu/news/new-ins...
New Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal Deaths
In historical populations, female death rates usually exceeded male death rates during the reproductive ages. The most obvious cause of this difference is deaths resulting from childbirth. Parish regi...
psc.isr.umich.edu
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
With a new measure to understand causes of maternal mortality, historical demographer George Alter finds infectious disease & nutrition improvements likely impacted falling maternal mortality more than shifting obstetrical practices. Just out in Population Studies: psc.isr.umich.edu/news/new-ins...
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I'm going to be very busy this week talking about my new book, The Jesuit Relations: A Biography (published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social). Here are two opportunities to listen in online (two distinct talks! Come to one or both!):
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I'm going to be very busy this week talking about my new book, The Jesuit Relations: A Biography (published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social). Here are two opportunities to listen in online (two distinct talks! Come to one or both!):
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For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Fahey, O'Hanlon & Robertson use a wide variety of sources to narrate the industrialization of two Melbourne suburbs Cremorne & South Richmond, a transformation of the local urban environment & changes in the economic & social structures experienced by the working class. New in the Asia-Pacific EcHR!
Becoming industrial: Building, rebuilding and reinventing Cremorne and South Richmond, c1885–1930
This article examines the economic, social, and morphological changes associated with the arrival, consolidation, and expansion of two major manufacturing complexes in inner Melbourne from the 1880s ...
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Fahey, O'Hanlon & Robertson use a wide variety of sources to narrate the industrialization of two Melbourne suburbs Cremorne & South Richmond, a transformation of the local urban environment & changes in the economic & social structures experienced by the working class. New in the Asia-Pacific EcHR!
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The Mannheim Centre at the LSE is holding a PhD symposium in May '26. The details are here lse.ac.uk/social-polic... and I would encourage all interested PhD students to apply. Should be a great, great event
Mannheim Centre for Criminology | PhD Symposium 2026
The LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to announce the inaugural PhD Symposium taking place 18-19 May 2026
lse.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Mannheim Centre at the LSE is holding a PhD symposium in May '26. The details are here lse.ac.uk/social-polic... and I would encourage all interested PhD students to apply. Should be a great, great event
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What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'?
This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!
Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.
#identity #ireland #spéirghorm
This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!
Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.
#identity #ireland #spéirghorm
September 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'?
This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!
Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.
#identity #ireland #spéirghorm
This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!
Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.
#identity #ireland #spéirghorm
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The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study.
theconversation.com/the-roman-em...
theconversation.com/the-roman-em...
The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study
A new comprehensive map reveals the true scale of the ancient Roman road network – but it is still incomplete.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study.
theconversation.com/the-roman-em...
theconversation.com/the-roman-em...
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Canada announces new incentives for international recruitment of master’s and PhD students
monitor.icef.com/2025/11/cana...
monitor.icef.com/2025/11/cana...
Canada announces new incentives for international recruitment of master’s and PhD students
On the heels of this week's announcement of a significant reduction in Canada's foreign enrolment cap, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued additional guidance for students
monitor.icef.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Canada announces new incentives for international recruitment of master’s and PhD students
monitor.icef.com/2025/11/cana...
monitor.icef.com/2025/11/cana...
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New working paper! *Measuring long-run wealth inequality: Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019* (with Aaberge and Solbakken) We estimate wealth inequality in Norway based on a set of historical and contemporary sources. www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-o...
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New working paper! *Measuring long-run wealth inequality: Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019* (with Aaberge and Solbakken) We estimate wealth inequality in Norway based on a set of historical and contemporary sources. www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-o...
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Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
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If you work with or rely on academic journals - don't miss this strange, funny, horrifying story about what happened when @carloschaccour.bsky.social published a paper on a malaria breakthrough in a prestigious journal – and AI came for the letters page. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you work with or rely on academic journals - don't miss this strange, funny, horrifying story about what happened when @carloschaccour.bsky.social published a paper on a malaria breakthrough in a prestigious journal – and AI came for the letters page. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
Hot off the press! Manufacturing & the Australian City, five articles examining the transformative role of manufacturing in the evolution of Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide with a rich introduction by the editors Frost, O'Hanlon & Shanahan. A special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
Special Issue: Manufacturing and the Australian City: Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review: Vol 65, No 3
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hot off the press! Manufacturing & the Australian City, five articles examining the transformative role of manufacturing in the evolution of Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide with a rich introduction by the editors Frost, O'Hanlon & Shanahan. A special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
A big book!
Drawing a line from 19th century educational movements to R.G. Collingwood’s re-enactment doctrine & on, Tyson Retz argues that empathy played a fundamental role in the foundation of the history discipline as well as influencing the evolution of hermeneutics & the philosophy of history.
Drawing a line from 19th century educational movements to R.G. Collingwood’s re-enactment doctrine & on, Tyson Retz argues that empathy played a fundamental role in the foundation of the history discipline as well as influencing the evolution of hermeneutics & the philosophy of history.
Empathy and History @berghahnbooks.bsky.social—the principal arguments:
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
Empathy and History: Historical Understanding in Re-enactment, Hermeneutics and Education | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A big book!
Drawing a line from 19th century educational movements to R.G. Collingwood’s re-enactment doctrine & on, Tyson Retz argues that empathy played a fundamental role in the foundation of the history discipline as well as influencing the evolution of hermeneutics & the philosophy of history.
Drawing a line from 19th century educational movements to R.G. Collingwood’s re-enactment doctrine & on, Tyson Retz argues that empathy played a fundamental role in the foundation of the history discipline as well as influencing the evolution of hermeneutics & the philosophy of history.
Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.
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PUBLICATION DAY for In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico!
Use discount code 6AF25 for 40% off—that's $18 plus taxes and shipping (paperback/ebook)! Thanks, @univnebpress.bsky.social!
For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....
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Use discount code 6AF25 for 40% off—that's $18 plus taxes and shipping (paperback/ebook)! Thanks, @univnebpress.bsky.social!
For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....
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November 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
PUBLICATION DAY for In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico!
Use discount code 6AF25 for 40% off—that's $18 plus taxes and shipping (paperback/ebook)! Thanks, @univnebpress.bsky.social!
For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....
🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺
Use discount code 6AF25 for 40% off—that's $18 plus taxes and shipping (paperback/ebook)! Thanks, @univnebpress.bsky.social!
For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
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I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
Does anyone recognize this language?
It's definitely not Cherokee anyway. So clueless
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Does anyone recognize this language?
what language is this?
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
what language is this?
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Are you listening to Jay Powell and wishing you knew what all of his words meant? I’ve got the book for you! Inflation by yours truly (MIT essential knowledge series, $20) walks you through a series of Fed statements (chap 6) after a good discussion of monetary policy (chap 5). Buy yours today!
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Are you listening to Jay Powell and wishing you knew what all of his words meant? I’ve got the book for you! Inflation by yours truly (MIT essential knowledge series, $20) walks you through a series of Fed statements (chap 6) after a good discussion of monetary policy (chap 5). Buy yours today!
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Very nice paper by Chyn & Shenhav looking at the effects of pollution and other factors on birth weight using an event study on mothers who switched location. #EconSky
AEA Web - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy - 17(4):260 - Abstract
pubs.aeaweb.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Very nice paper by Chyn & Shenhav looking at the effects of pollution and other factors on birth weight using an event study on mothers who switched location. #EconSky
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Updated Fall time for free weekly open office hours for anyone in the world with Econometrics questions.
Wednesdays 3:30-5:30PM Central European Time (US EDT 10:30/EST 9:30AM) or by appointment; sign up and drop by!
Details and signup at: donskerclass.github.io/OfficeHours....
Wednesdays 3:30-5:30PM Central European Time (US EDT 10:30/EST 9:30AM) or by appointment; sign up and drop by!
Details and signup at: donskerclass.github.io/OfficeHours....
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Updated Fall time for free weekly open office hours for anyone in the world with Econometrics questions.
Wednesdays 3:30-5:30PM Central European Time (US EDT 10:30/EST 9:30AM) or by appointment; sign up and drop by!
Details and signup at: donskerclass.github.io/OfficeHours....
Wednesdays 3:30-5:30PM Central European Time (US EDT 10:30/EST 9:30AM) or by appointment; sign up and drop by!
Details and signup at: donskerclass.github.io/OfficeHours....