Speechless about this new podcast 📣 on my paper "The Big Sell: Privatizing the East German Economy". (w/ @aaoritz.bsky.socialsoundcloud.com/lukas-mergel...

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Created by Google´s NotebookLM. The only input was the following paper: Lukas Mergele & Moritz Hennicke & Moritz Lubczyk, 2020.

This workshop is tomorrow, so don't miss your chance to register! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S#AcademicSky#EconSky#RStats

DMdariia.bsky.socialSep 13, 2024 8:10am

❗️Our next workshop will be on September 19th, 6 pm CEST on advanced panel data analysis in R by @ruettenauer.bsky.social Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

We’ve just published a new pre-print on ArXiv titled "Inventor Mobility After the Fall of the Berlin Wall" (with Ann Hipp, Bremen & Thünen). Below is a summary of our key findings. We’d greatly appreciate any feedback you may have. doi.org/10.48550/arX...

One week left to apply for a postdoc position in my DFG-funded project on the power of public opinion polls (University of Potsdam)! Do not hesitate to write me a message/email in case of questions.

WKkrausewe.bsky.socialMar 25, 2024 12:52pm

🚨 Job Offer I am looking for a postdoc for my DFG-project “Powerful Polls” (University of Potsdam). Start date: October 1, 2024 (latest) Please share widely and apply! Do not hesitate to get in touch in case of questions. Full job ad: www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin/pr...

Excited to share a new R-package (written w/ @aaoritz.bsky.socialtinyurl.com/4yhbnpxn nuts allows to harmonize and aggregate European regional data across all NUTS versions (2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2021) & levels (NUTS-3 to NUTS-1). 1/4

So, you're into art? That's good! But have you ever experienced the exhilarating beauty of Brazilian drug bust photo-op art? Have a look at this feed of the drug war's most beautiful absurdity and become addicted: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Skandalöses Urteil heute: Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht legt die Axt ans IFG. Anonyme Anträge ab sofort unzulässig, Behörden dürfen Adressen und Namen sammeln, müssen nicht mehr per E-Mail antworten. Wir brauchen endlich ein Transparenzgesetz! fragdenstaat.de/blog/2024/03...

Zugang zu Informationen: Bundesverwaltungsgericht legt die Axt ans Informationsfreiheitsgesetz

Anträge an Behörden sind über FragDenStaat eigentlich anonym möglich. Nach diesem Prinzip funktionierte unsere Plattform 13 Jahre lang. Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht schafft diese liberale Grundlage in...

Great story here. I deeply admire his choice to not learn French and still win the French world championship

Ddefector.bsky.socialMar 12, 2024 5:25pm

Nigel Richards is a gentle, mild-mannered, private, witty, unflappable enigma—the undisputed Scrabble GOAT, and one of the most dominant players of any game ever. defector.com/scrabbles-be...

From TED To PERNOCTATED, Scrabble's Best Player Knows No Limits | Defector

In competitive Scrabble, there’s Nigel Richards and everyone else. The 57-year-old New Zealander has won 11 North American and world championships combined; no one else has won more than three. He is ...

Some of @rfberlin.bsky.social@aaoritz.bsky.social@lukasmergele.bsky.social on the process and outcomes of privatization after German reunification in East Germany.

Blauer Himmel über Wuppertal: Wir sind jetzt auch dabei!  Bevor wir zu unseren Themen rund um Transformationsprozesse zu einer Nachhaltigen Entwicklung richtig aktiv werden, die Frage: Was möchtet ihr hier von uns lesen? Wir freuen uns auf netten Austausch und inhaltliche Diskussionen auf Bluesky! 👋