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prashantgarg.bsky.social
Econ PhD @imperial. Visiting researcher at IFC and Cambridge. AI and networks in economics. www.prashantgarg.org
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This graph from @economist.com reveals a major pivot in #economics toward data and empirical work, with theory and modeling taking a back seat. The underlying data is open source at www.causal.claims 🏷️ @prashantgarg.bsky.social @trfetzer.com

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Can we learn about world cultures through AI? It’s promising.

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An analysis of ~100,000 academics finds that a small subset of academics generate majority of social media posts. That vocal minority can skew how the public—and even journalists—infer “academic consensus,” potentially fueling false perceptions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

Happy to share this paper. Full thread coming soon!

submitted 24 days ago • 8 comments

Full data at www.academicexpression.online and raw data potentially available on filling the form

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by *people they follow* switching platforms than by their own *followers* switching platforms. Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801

submitted 24 days ago • 21 comments

Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Combien de scientifiques ont quitté Twitter entre 2023 et 2025 ? Selon cette étude, 18% des universitaires sur 300 000 étudiés ont effectué une migration vers Bluesky. De plus, les chercheurs qui ont reconstruit leur réseau sur Bluesky restent significativement plus actifs et engagés. 1/2

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

When we started in June 20204, we thought we just learn use of private data and level of null results in economics. Since then, @thiemo and I have introduced the concept of “Knowledge Graphs” into economics.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

New open-access data for econ nerds: Causal Claims in Economics 🔓 250k+ claims made in 45k papers and 69 variable over 1980-2024. Now free to download. 🥳 Details below

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

New Paper! @prashantgarg.bsky.social @fdenker.bsky.social @abovet.bsky.social study the migration of academics from X to Bluesky 🦋 Please reach out with any comments, ideas, or questions! A thread by my prolific coauthor👇

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Why academics are leaving Twitter for Bluesky. Bluesky users know. #econsky

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

US universities, filled with faculty much more liberal than general public, are getting targeted by the government. STEM scientists are more liberal than social sciences and humanities, and are ones targeted to most.

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A large-scale study of academics’ tweets shows disparities in who shapes academic discourse and how it reaches the public. @prashantgarg.bsky.social @trfetzer.com @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social #AcademicTwitter #ClimateAction www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment