🧵 Call for Papers: 14th Annual Workshop on Growth, History, and Development 📚 Join us as we reflect on 150 Years of Women’s University Education in Denmark (1875–2025)! #EconHist #SDU #EconTwitter

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📢 New publication alert! @PaulSharpEcHist, Nina Boberg-Fazlic, @JeanetBentzen, Christian Volmar Skovsgaard, and @ChristianVedel have published a new article, “Holy cows and spilled milk: The impact of religious missions on firm-level productivity” 🐮❗️

One of this year’s #NobelPrize winners in economics is Joel Mokyr. What is his research about? HEDG group member @JuliusKoschnick is also doing research on the knowledge economy and will explain it to you in 4 easy points! 💡

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📢 New publication alert! Karol Jan Borowiecki (@Arts_Econ) published two new articles! 1. "Psychological capital, effort costs, and creativity: the trajectories of artistic careers" 2. "Putting the periphery on the map: Tourism activity measured with big data" 💡

🚨Only 10 days left to sign-up to our summer school in Odense on historical economics. Highlights: Keynote lectures by Christopher Meissner on the global economy in the past. Further expect courses on project design, ML methods for data processing, and the recent DiD literature

EHES has an insightful new working paper by @FabioGatti86 and Joel Huesler. The paper is "Text Analysis Methods for Historical Letters, The case of Michelangelo Buonarrotti" 👉Read all EHES working papers here:

📘 New release coming soon! "Et land, der kom fri – En økonomisk historie om Danmark" by Paul Sharp & Markus Lampe will soon be published by @univpressdk. An accessible and insightful journey through Denmark’s economic history. Get yourself a copy: 🔗

📢 Coming soon! @PaulSharpEcHist, alongside coauthors Gunnar Persson and Markus Lampe, will soon publish their book: "An Economic History of Europe" with @CambridgeUP. Get yourself a copy: 🔗

🚨 PhD course @SDUeconhist this August! "Historical Perspectives on Current Econ Issues: Big Data & Applications" 📅 Aug 11–22 | Odense 👨‍🏫 Christopher Meissner (UC Davis) Apply by July 1 #econtwitter

In *The Road to Freedom*, Stiglitz argues that markets alone cannot guarantee liberty. True freedom, he contends, requires strong institutions, community, and public investment—ideas more relevant than ever for the future of democracy.

The backdrop is sobering. In @nytopinion, Stiglitz shared how the Trump administration abruptly cut funding for this very lecture series - over a DEI clause. SDU stepped in to ensure it could still go ahead. 🔗 https://t.co/VWpUwYShPP

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We’re looking forward to joining Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz at SDU on **14 May** for his talk *Freedom, Inequality, and the Economy of the Future*. Thanks to @DanishIAS, @SyddanskUni, Word Festival, and the Center for American Studies for organizing this timely event.

HEDG PhD-student @CAANielsen and Lasse Aaskoven have an interesting new essay on Danish political dynasties as part of the @Magtudredningen project.🇩🇰 👉Check it out here (Danish only):

Torben Johansen will present "Optimal Treatment Allocation Under Constraints" at the Nation Scale Project workshop in Copenhagen (May 15) and at the Danish Econometric Society meeting at Sandbjerg Gods (May 22–23).

EHES has an insightful new working paper by Attila Ulrich👏 The paper is "The Rákóczi family’s estate wine production, wine trade, and wine prices at the end of the 17th century"🍷🇭🇺 👉Read all EHES working papers here:

🎙️ @Arts_Econ joined P1 K-Live to talk creativity, culture, and the unstoppable rise of the "meta express." Catch the full interview here:

🎶 What makes a great musician? @Arts_Econ took the stage at Science & Beers in Odense to explore 1,000 years of musical greatness through the lens of economic history. Cheers🍺 Details:

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