@[email protected] is hiring a #digital #sociology post-doc and research manager for a fascinating #disinformation project comparing the US and France at Science Po. App here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2YzIo6aXWHRsZsWqvCYJcYAYwv0zd3RvKzIqjSGgBG966sg/viewform and here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiSra3Rc0JYfYd6RxOnmXM1BaWtdpGM_DyccfefdiEF3dQFg/viewform
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This Wednesday we're thrilled that @[email protected] will be joining us to present her incredibly timely work on contraceptive access in the US. Please sign up if you'd like to join us online or in person: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2022/nov/educational-impacts-expanded-contraceptive-access-contemporary-us
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Interesting article by Suresh Naidu in the new JEP:
"Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?"
Strategies for and obstacles to increased worker representation in the 21st century US.
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement? by Suresh Naidu. Published in volume 36, issue 4, pages 3-28 of Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 2022, Abstract: A recent flurry of labor movement activity has been driven by younger workers, tight labor markets, and a sympathetic federal government...
A few comments 1/n https://twitter.com/PhilWMagness/status/1590941985908875265
“New article (co-authored with Michael Makovi) at the Journal of Political Economy. We show that Karl Marx was a largely rejected & peripheral figure in academic circles prior to 1917. He only gained mainstream cache after the Russian Revolution of 1917. https://t.co/A9owjQwHlS”
We are hiring! Are you passionate about academic research in the field of education and labour, and how the supply of skills matches the demand? Then this PhD position at @[email protected]/@umsbe could be the right one for you. https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/319920/phd-candidate-on-skills-education-and-labour/
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Are you an economist, social or data scientist who recently graduated or is about to graduate? Are you passionate about academic research in the field of education and labour, and how the supply of skills match the demand? Then we have the right...
The #TwitterMigration reminds me of a short story by artist, satirist, writer extraordinaire Tove Jansson. It’s a story of destruction and hope, of endings and new beginnings. 1/5
Precedents like the German government running a Mastodon server are important beyond the obvious reasons. They reinforce the urgency of serious public funding for open code.
If we treated open code as part of the essential infrastructure of the 21st century and funded it at billions of USD/EUR as opposed to tiny grants here and there, the "fediverse" model of interconnected, self-governing communities would become the norm, not the exception.
See also (but not only): https://publiccode.eu/
Maximilian Kasy
Tom Westland
Erik Moeller