Ben WaberThe Charles was certainly looking lovely today, and was able to enjoy the view while listening to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)
First was a great talk by Joe Ploog on balancing openness and curation in platform ecosystems at @Weizenbaum_Institut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTmmxbIM_w (2/4) #economics
Cultivating Match Quality in Platform Ecosystems: Balancing Openness & Curation – Joe Ploog
Next was an interesting talk by Bart Hobijn on understanding labor market indicators at the Brookings Institution https://www.youtube.com/live/HrTIj5h1N5I?si=dVxRKOP-ht4bDw1s&t=5613 (3/4) #economics
BPEA Spring 2026 Conference: Presented by The Brookings Institution: Day 1
Last was "Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe," edited by Rano Turaeva and Rustamjon Urinboyen. I especially liked the chapters on Central Asian labor migrants in Russia (John Round and Irina Kuznetsova), taxi drivers in Tashkent (Nikolaos Olma), infrastructure of posting (Alexandra Voivozeanu), and Uzbek migrant workers in Russia (Urinboyev)
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/10518237/s/a-good-but-uneven-volume#anchor-10518237 (4/4)
