The Economic Misfit @theeconomicmisfit.bsky.social Economics, research & career opportunities | PhDs • Jobs • Conferences • Papers • Funding | Connecting the global economics community
https://theeconomicmisfit.com/
Harris School of Public Policy @harrispolicy.bsky.social The official Bluesky feed of the UChicago Harris School of Public Policy. For the latest in evidence-based research and news, visit http://har.rs/news.
British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) @buiraonline.bsky.social Association for academics, research students and practitioners interested in industrial and labour relations, and the politics of work. RTs not endorsements.
www.buira.net
MIT Sloan Alumni @mitsloanalumni.bsky.social These are the stories of the MIT Sloan alumni community. Learn more at https://mitsloan.mit.edu/alumni
Zana Buçinca @zbucinca.bsky.social Assistant Professor at MIT; Human-AI Interaction, Worker-Centric AI
zbucinca.github.io
Brendan Churchill @brenchurchill.bsky.social | Associate Professor in #Sociology
| Co-chair, Work Futures Hallmark Research Initiative
+ Tasmanian export at The University of Melbourne
| Researching #Youth #underemployment #gigeconomy
#FutureofWork + #care #Gender| ❤️ 🎾 🏳️🌈
Patrick Nuess (Nüß) @patricknuess.bsky.social PostDoc @mpib-berlin.bsky.social & @wzb.bsky.social.
Prev.: @iwh-halle.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @imkinstitut.bsky.social #FirstGen
My Research: #Experimental #Labor #Economics #Unions
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/patricknuess/?&utm_source=bluesky
Fredrik Söderqvist @soderqvist.bsky.social Economist Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO-SE), PhD.- A Albert Varela @albertvarela.bsky.social Lecturer in Quantitative Methods - School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.
Interested in measurement and analysis of job quality, poverty and social mobility.
Monique E. Davis, Ph.D. (she/her) @moniqueedavis-phd.bsky.social Ph.D. economist studying the causes and consequences of racial inequality in the U.S.
Pamela Metz @pamelametz.bsky.social Founding Associate Director, Harvard Inequality & Social Policy (1998-2021). Director of Chapter Development @scholars.org (2022-2025).
Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social Non-profit research & grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas & policies that promote strong, stable & broad-based economic growth
equitablegrowth.org
Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
Johnnie Kallas @johnniekallas.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Illinois LER School | Strikes and labor activism in the United States | Project director Labor Action Tracker
Janice Fine @janicefinewjl.bsky.social Professor and Director Workplace Justice Lab at Rutgers
-Immigration Reform for Low Wage Essential Workers
-Labor Protections for the Other 94% of Private Sector Workers Who Don't Have Collective Bargaining
-Scaling Organizing
Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social Professor of Work and Employment. Specialism in unions and worker voice. Promoter of social sciences. Fascinated by pretty much everything. She/her
George Ward @georgeward.bsky.social Junior Research Fellow in Economics, @UniofOxford | PhD in behavioral and policy sciences, @MITSloan | workplace wellbeing, future of work, digital platforms
J-PAL @j-pal.bsky.social We are a global poverty research center at MIT that conducts randomized evaluations and builds partnerships to bring innovative, effective programs to scale.
Katie Johnston @ktkjohnston.bsky.social Work and income inequality reporter at the Boston Globe
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social The Harvard Pop Center brings together scientists from all corners of the Harvard campus—and beyond—to make exciting advances in population research. This is the official account of #harvardpopcenter popcenter.harvard.edu
Juliet Schor @julietschor.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at Boston College, TED talk The Case for the Four Day Week, https://www.ted.com/talks/juliet_schor_the_case_for_a_4_day_work_week?subtitle=en
global research on #4DayWeek, author of After the Gig
Boston, MA Born November 9, 1955
Catherine Wolfram @cwolfram.bsky.social Climate and energy economist at MIT Sloan. Former DAS at Yellen Treasury.
Stewart Johnstone @johnstonestew.bsky.social Professor, HRM & Employment Relations. Work and employment researcher. Worker voice. Employment restructuring. Good work. Improving work and working lives. Glasgow.
Christopher Knittel @knittelmit.bsky.social MIT Prof of Applied Economics and Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability, MIT Sloan; Director of Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research; Director MIT Climate Policy Center; Caiden’s Dad.
Climate Interactive @climateinteractive.org We equip leaders with tools and insights so they can turn the latest climate research into action. Co-developers of the simulators #EnROADS and
C-ROADS. More at climateinteractive.org.
MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social MIT’s “front door” to evidence-based climate research for local, state, national and international policymakers
MIT D-Lab @mitd-lab.bsky.social Founded in 2002, D-Lab works with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges. d-lab.mit.edu
MIT Media Lab @medialab.bsky.social News from the MIT Media Lab. Explore all of the official MIT social media accounts at socialmediahub.mit.edu
Georgetown CEW @georgetowncew.bsky.social The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) is a research and policy institute within Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
Sandile Hlatshwayo @femmeeconomics.bsky.social Economist w/ interests in int'l trade & macro. Lover of Ethiopian food and snowboarding. 🏳️🌈 IMF | Fmr CEA | AEA CSQIEP | Sadie Collective. Views my own. www.sandile.com
SEIU_ORG @seiu.org Official Bluesky of SEIU, a leading voice for labor & progressive change for working people. #UnionsForAll #ProtectAllWorkers #1u
Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social Senior reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work 
Maureen Conway @maureenc.bsky.social Interested in job quality, employee ownership, and economic systems that support human dignity. Also urban planning, pastel painting, food, books, sports and lots of other stuff. Views my own.
Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social CLJE is Harvard Law School's hub of collaborative research, policy, and strategies to empower working people to build an equitable economy and democracy. Visit us: https://clje.law.harvard.edu/
Brishen Rogers @brishen.bsky.social Prof at Georgetown Law. Labor law, political economy, technology, other things. I no longer have a twitter account.
Author, Data & Democracy at Work, The MIT Press. Open Access version at https://tinyurl.com/btv74buj
AFL-CIO @aflcio.org America's Labor Unions, representing nearly 15 million members across the country.
MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social Economics research to revitalize labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree. Led by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social,
@simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, and @davidautor.bsky.social.
Tom Lyttelton @tomlyttelton.bsky.social Sociologist, MIT
Simon Johnson @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social MIT Sloan, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative @mitshapingwork.bsky.social, and co-chair CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council. Former IMF.
NBER @nber.org The National Bureau of Economic Research is dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.
nber.org
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu Health, dignity, and justice for every human. This is the official account for #HarvardChan: hsph.harvard.edu
UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. We also engage UC Berkeley students in learning about the labor movement.
Journal of Labor Economics @jlaborecon.bsky.social Founded in 1983 as the first journal devoted specifically to labor economics.
David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group
Development Impact blogger
https://sites.google.com/site/decrgdmckenzie/
Tim Bartik @timbartik.bsky.social Senior Economist at Upjohn Institute, fan of "place-based policies" (or at least some of them!). https://www.upjohn.org/about/upjohn-team/staff/timothy-j-bartik
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org Labor econ. Formerly White House CEA senior economist for labor, UMN prof, union organizer, bike courier, dishwasher. Minneapolis. Posts mine, not employer's (@upjohninstitute.bsky.social). Fellow @iza.org
aaronsojourner.org
Be kind. Work hard. Have fun.
Cornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social The ILR School at Cornell University: Transforming the future of work by preparing leaders, informing policy and improving the lives of workers. 🌟 #CornellILR
Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social The Stone Center conducts and promotes quantitative research using inequality as a lens on society and the economy. Home to the US Office of LIS.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social The ILR Review features international and interdisciplinary research that advances new theory, presents novel empirical work, and informs organizational and public policy. 
chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social currently: chloegibbs.com; economist studying children/families @upjohninstitute.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social @nber.org @iza.org
formerly: Biden CEA 22-23 & the bluegrass, alum of ND, UMich Ford, Chicago Harris
always: mom x4, ie at some activity
Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
My blog: https://asocial.substack.com/
Sara Brown @saramariebrown.bsky.social Covering AI, data, and more at MIT Sloan. West Coaster living on the East Coast.
Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org Advancing ideas that rebalance power in our economy and democracy. www.rooseveltinstitute.org
Nathan Lazarus @nlazarus.bsky.social Economics PhD student at MIT studying labor—interested in unions and worker representation.
nathanlazarus.com
Devon Maloney @devonjmaloney.bsky.social 
Sharon Block @sharblock.bsky.social Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. Former Biden and Obama Admin official. Labor lawyer and reg nerd. If you don’t know who the woman with the red flower in the picture is, ask. 
Lauren Rivera @larivera.bsky.social Sociologist at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management studying gatekeeping and inequalities in organizations. Author of Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs.
https://www.laurenarivera.com/
Economic Policy Institute @epi.org The working people's think tank for 40 years. Nonprofit + nonpartisan, we use the tools of economics to defend & promote workers' interests in economic policy discussions.
epi.org
Newsletter: epi.org/signup/
Federal Policy Watch: epi.org/policywatch
MIT Sloan PhD Program @mitsloanphd.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the MIT Sloan PhD Program. We prepare students for careers in business academia.
Website: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/phd
Yaminette @yaminette.bsky.social Views my own- M MIT Sloan School of Management @mitsloan.bsky.social Ideas Made to Matter.
Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is a nonpartisan, independent research organization, founded in 1945 to study policy-related employment issues and to implement workforce solutions. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. https://www.upjohn.org/
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social Labor Economist | Econ Prof @Princeton
https://jaeger.scholar.princeton.edu/
Danny Schneider @dschneider.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, Harvard Kennedy School
Co-director, Shift Project
Sociology, Social Policy, Demography, Inequality- G Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt.bsky.social Retired New York Times labor reporter, senior fellow Century Foundation, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Roy E. Bahat @roybahat.com Plays a mean game of Werewolf, also a VC who believes in worker power.
Host a (very long) podcast: https://thisisnotadvice.work/
Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ucl.ac.uk
Econ & social policy:
labor, (un)employment, inequality
http://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk
https://lukaslehner.github.io/
Zach Tan @ztan.bsky.social PhD student at MIT interested in economic sociology, work, and technology.
Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ezrazuckermansivan.bsky.social Proud to be associated with: MIT Sloan School, USA, Sociology, Judaism
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/ezrazuckermansivan
Writing book on Invention & Spread of the 7-day week. See Twitter @thefirstweek
See also https://tinyurl.com/y53ruzde
Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social Interested in how the rich stay rich and the poor poor. Sociologist at @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk. He/him/his. http://perengzell.com Photo bomber @simoneschneider.bsky.social
Erin Scott @erinlscott.bsky.social Research and teach Strategy for Startups
MIT Sloan | Entrepreneurship, Choice and Strategy from Norton | Bayesian Entrepreneurship from MIT Press
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org 12,000+ workers fighting for fair union contracts and a better Starbucks ✊
Organize your store, get updates from our campaign, and sign our Boycott Starbucks pledge at bit.ly/m/SBWU
Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social Pro-worker/anti-work labor economist, Chief Economist and SVP of Research at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Hampshire College and NSSR alum, cat person.
Nathan Wilmers @natewilmers.bsky.social Working on wage inequality, economic sociology, unions, and work. associate professor @MITSloan.
Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social Provost Prof. of Economics (UMass Amherst).
Inequality, labor market policies and competition.
Affiliations: NBER, IZA, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative
Preorder my book, The Wage Standard: https://www.thewagestandard.com
Erin Kelly @elkelly.bsky.social sociologist, MIT Sloan, work, inequalities, future of work but not tech obsessed, gender-work-family, etc
Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social Economist: Labo(u)r, Macro, Inequality || Ass't Prof @MITSloan @MIT_IWER || Nonres fellow @piie