Michiel de Haas
@MichieldeHaas
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Assistant Prof @RHI_WUR. (African) economic history: migration, inequality, agricultural development. @NWO_SSH Veni project: East Africa & the Great Depression
Wageningen
Joined June 2009
Finally, available in open access: The volume centers diverse patterns&drivers of migration across Africa over 2-centuries, highlighting intra-continental dynamism while Africans' presence in inter-continental migration was marginal mid-19th to mid-20th C.
In 9 days, Routledge will launch our edited volume "Migration in Africa: shifting patterns of mobility from 19th to the 21st century", which will be available in online open access, paperback and hardcover!. An overview + intro chapter freely available:
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RT @simongerman600: Super low unemployment in the EU. Partially good news, partially just a reflection of an aging region. There are just n….
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RT @kopalo: Your regular reminder that it wasn’t until the mid 1990s that Africa caught up with Europe’s population. Relatively speaking, t….
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RT @kopalo: Every now and then I am reminded of this enduring tragedy that hasn't budged in nearly 40 years.
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RT @stanvanpelt: .@WageningenUR trok terecht de doctorstitel in van een oud-promovendus die in zijn proefschrift data gefabriceerde en gefi….
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RT @haugejostein: A collection of nearly 300 surveys finds that positive views of China among citizens in Africa outweigh negative views by….
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RT @beckerbastian: 🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share new work with @deandulay, exploring the role of shared national identity between….
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I'll keep my profile active but will no longer post here.
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I've migrated to Blue Sky: @michieldehaas.bsky.social. It genuinely frustrates me that this is necessary. I don't think the polarization/politicization of social media platforms is a healthy development. But this place has become a cesspool, and is no longer of professional use.
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RT @idris_kambala: I am in the job market with a super cool paper investigating the economic/development impacts of Africa’s wave of democ….
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RT @Noahpinion: “Borders are necessary to establish and preserve distinctive communities, notably self-governing democracies.” -- Aristide….
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RT @_alice_evans: Birth rates are plummeting,. The UN and other forecasters keep missing the mark . Fertility in Latin America has dropped….
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What an open sewer "X" has become, with "Elon" as all the fanboys reveringly call him leading the way (yes, I should stop looking at the "for you" tab)
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I'm being followed by many obviously fake female profiles recently, all with either a single post of nonsensical AI generated text or with pictures. They seem easy to weed out. What happened to Musk's claim that he would finally do away with fake profiles?
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RT @ASANewsOnline: The ASA Publications Committee has announced a Call for Statements of Interest for Editor-in-Chief of the ASA’s journal,….
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RT @SizweLo: In January 1983, the Nigerian government announced it was expelling the two million undocumented migrants. They had two weeks….
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RT @KerilynSchewel: Migration friends, can you share any examples of surveys that ask about aspirations or intentions TO STAY instead of or….
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RT @JonathanSaid1: “When rich countries with well-fed populations oppose greater use of synthetic fertilizer in Africa, it smacks of the sa….
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RT @WimBerkelaar: Gerard Trienekens (1941-2024), lang docent geschiedenis aan de universiteit Utrecht, gestorven. Schreef een spraakmakend….
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RT @esamjones: Very happy to have our paper published: "Firm profitability and forced wage labour in Portuguese Africa: Evidence from the S….
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RT @cmchiseni: Hello X community, I am looking for GIS point data on the location of royal palaces in Africa . If you have worked with this….
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