Nils Braakmann
@nilsbraakmann.bsky.social
Economics Prof, Newcastle University. Dad to 2 humans and 3 cats. St Pauli supporter. All posts in personal capacity.
Causal inference, geocoded crime data, labour & urban econ.
Work: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/people/profile/nilsbraakmann.html
Causal inference, geocoded crime data, labour & urban econ.
Work: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/people/profile/nilsbraakmann.html
In the grimness of the north birds scavenge for food #GrimUpNorth
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
In the grimness of the north birds scavenge for food #GrimUpNorth
People in London (and elsewhere with internet access as it's also online) - if you ever wanted to hear me talk about geocoded crime data and causal inference - here's your chance (June 10th at 4 at the Met). Free but ticketed: www.ticketsource.co.uk/mps-research...
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
People in London (and elsewhere with internet access as it's also online) - if you ever wanted to hear me talk about geocoded crime data and causal inference - here's your chance (June 10th at 4 at the Met). Free but ticketed: www.ticketsource.co.uk/mps-research...
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
#WeAreNCL #CrimSky #EconSky
And finally yours truly (with Diego Zambiasi, both @newcastleuni.bsky.social) on high street closure and urban disorder. @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #ses2025 #WeAreNCL
(No action shot as selfie during talk kind of doesn’t work…)
(No action shot as selfie during talk kind of doesn’t work…)
April 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
And finally yours truly (with Diego Zambiasi, both @newcastleuni.bsky.social) on high street closure and urban disorder. @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #ses2025 #WeAreNCL
(No action shot as selfie during talk kind of doesn’t work…)
(No action shot as selfie during talk kind of doesn’t work…)
And now Jonas Dix from @leuphana.bsky.social on a quasi-experimental shift in police presence in Germany and its impact on street crime @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #ses2025
April 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
And now Jonas Dix from @leuphana.bsky.social on a quasi-experimental shift in police presence in Germany and its impact on street crime @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #ses2025
And we’re off with Zhou Zhou from the University of Glasgow on female representation at local government level and domestic abuse in the U.K. @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #ses2025
April 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
And we’re off with Zhou Zhou from the University of Glasgow on female representation at local government level and domestic abuse in the U.K. @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #ses2025
April 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New paper with Barbara Eberth out in Industrial Relations
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
March 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New paper with Barbara Eberth out in Industrial Relations
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky #EconSky #WeAreNCL
We study the effects of strikes in higher education on student-and research-related outcomes using the last few years of strikes in UK HE.
Grim up north in the winter… #GrimUpNorth
January 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Grim up north in the winter… #GrimUpNorth
That’s better 😉
January 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
That’s better 😉
School projects are surprisingly fun…
December 8, 2024 at 11:08 AM
School projects are surprisingly fun…
New working paper: Temperature, crime and policing: Evidence from UK geocoded data
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
November 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
New working paper: Temperature, crime and policing: Evidence from UK geocoded data
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
Short thread below, paper available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
#Econsky #Criminology #WeAreNCL
November 12, 2024 at 7:42 AM
October 22, 2024 at 8:11 AM
The sort of stuff your kid randomly finds on a Sunday… paper shark assembly set…
October 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM
The sort of stuff your kid randomly finds on a Sunday… paper shark assembly set…
But the same is not necessarily true when looking at the correlation between crime rates and crime going unsolved - here it varies a lot across crime types.
October 15, 2024 at 11:05 AM
But the same is not necessarily true when looking at the correlation between crime rates and crime going unsolved - here it varies a lot across crime types.
We also find that clearance rates across different major crime types (property, violent, etc.) are heavily positively correlated.
October 15, 2024 at 11:05 AM
We also find that clearance rates across different major crime types (property, violent, etc.) are heavily positively correlated.
So we went and wrote a descriptive paper. What do we find? For example, that most of the variation in clearance rates is within cities.
October 15, 2024 at 11:05 AM
So we went and wrote a descriptive paper. What do we find? For example, that most of the variation in clearance rates is within cities.
New paper with Bahadir Dursun and Diego Zambiasi: doi.org/10.1111/jors...
October 15, 2024 at 11:04 AM
New paper with Bahadir Dursun and Diego Zambiasi: doi.org/10.1111/jors...
Back home from a conference. Nice sunrise while on ferry.
September 29, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Back home from a conference. Nice sunrise while on ferry.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,048,062!
September 17, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,048,062!
Another grim autumn day up north…
October 15, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Another grim autumn day up north…
#OkayPossiblyActuallyGrim
October 1, 2023 at 12:09 PM
#OkayPossiblyActuallyGrim
1951 Alice in Wonderland in 18th century stables.
September 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM
1951 Alice in Wonderland in 18th century stables.