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Finally, available in open access: bit.ly/3agZmfV 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: bit.ly/36FpkqU
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Super low unemployment in the EU. Partially good news, partially just a reflection of an aging region. There are just not enough young workers out there to end up unemployed en masse.
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.@WageningenUR trok terecht de doctorstitel in van een oud-promovendus die in zijn proefschrift data gefabriceerde en gefingeerde. De uitspraak @RaadvanState beantwoordt eindelijk de vraag of 'ontpromoveren' juridisch eigenlijk wel mag.
Voor @volkskrant volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/uni…
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A collection of nearly 300 surveys finds that positive views of China among citizens in Africa outweigh negative views by a factor of about 3:1.
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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I am in the job market with a super cool paper investigating the economic/development impacts of Africa’s wave of democratization that swept across the continent in the early 1990s.
@MooreSchool Econ job market candidate, Idris Kambala's (@idris_kambala) job market paper is entitled "The Long-run Effects of Africa’s Wave of Democratization"
iddrisukambala.com/wp-conten…
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“Borders are necessary to establish and preserve distinctive communities, notably self-governing democracies.” -- Aristide Zolberg
noahpinion.blog/p/on-immigra…
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Birth rates are plummeting,
The UN and other forecasters keep missing the mark
Fertility in Latin America has dropped off a cliff.
Do we need to update our models?
Asks @jburnmurdoch
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)
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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The ASA Publications Committee has announced a Call for Statements of Interest for Editor-in-Chief of the ASA’s journal, @HistoryinAfrica (HIA) for the 2026-2030 editorial term. Read the full call, and submit your statement before Sept 15! ow.ly/iNpr50Se7Ak
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Migration friends, can you share any examples of surveys that ask about aspirations or intentions TO STAY instead of or in addition to aspirations or intentions to migrate?
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“When rich countries with well-fed populations oppose greater use of synthetic fertilizer in Africa, it smacks of the same green colonialism that is putting a brake on other aspects of African development in the name of climate policy.” @vijramachandran
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Gerard Trienekens (1941-2024), lang docent geschiedenis aan de universiteit Utrecht, gestorven. Schreef een spraakmakend proefschrift over de voedselvoorziening in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, waarin hij Loe de Jong, die sprak over “verarmend Nederland”, corrigeerde.
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Very happy to have our paper published: "Firm profitability and forced wage labour in Portuguese Africa: Evidence from the Sena Sugar Estates, 1920–74" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #OpenAcess
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Hello X community, I am looking for GIS point data on the location of royal palaces in Africa . If you have worked with this data or know someone who has, I would appreciate some guidance on where I can obtain it. @mininghistory
It took a while for the first full review to arrive, but here it is @irsh_iisg. I couldn't be happier with the reviewer - Oliver Bakewell - and the way he engages with & appreciates the volume, which reflects our intended contribution to the literature: doi.org/10.1017/S00208590230…
Finally, available in open access: bit.ly/3agZmfV 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.