#Institutional

Syed Iqbal Simnani

SimnaniIqbals

Humans need some kind of identity (often religion gives it). Same for nationalism. But Tribalism has a dark side- it makes us hate others. Pakistan and India are a victim

Jeffrey Brown

IlliniBizDean

1 The tweet below from the amazing @itsafronomics inspired me to write a short thread on the subject of university endowments and how they can or cannot be used. Here

Barbara Boelmann

BarbaraBoelmann

New WP: Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor SupplyAnna Raute @qmuleconomics, Uta Schönberg @EconUCL @CReAM_Research and I study the effect of childhood culture and present social environment on

PeterGelderloos

PeterGelderloos

Ranking, expertise, hierarchy: a threadLiberals like Peter Coffin and pop philosophers like Ken Wilbur think they've come up with an answer to anarchism when they conflate expertise and hierarchy. Would

hormonal jew

degendering

how long will we keep “having conversations” the having conversations industrial complex is a loose assemblage of professional speakers, nonprofit organizations, panels and board rooms, politicians and lobbyists, whose job

Joe Matthews

JoeJohnMatthews

It is officially impact factor season, which means...Journal Impact Factor (JIF): What it is and what it isn’t. An updated version of my 2019 thread. (1/14) Updated JIFs were

Brandon Kendhammer

Kendhammer

So, I don't agree with everything here, but I'm also not nearly as negative about it as the first round of Twitter responses I'm seeing. Why? A short https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/africa/2021-05-05/dont-call-nigeria-fa

B Peterson

bluegreycloset

I was finally able to listen to @citizendamepod's latest episode on feminist film criticism, which revolved largely around the topic of the Male/Female Gaze. I LOVED IT. I'd like to

Jonathan Rosa

DrJonathanRosa

This weekend I learned a manuscript I once submitted to a flagship anthropology journal, which was trashed bc it allegedly lacked empirical evidence to support my claims about racial &

Dr Arun Verma (he/him)

drarunverma

I don't even have to write an analysis on this report... But I will because I can.... Between direct quotations and Oprah GIFs, that's about as intersectional as I can

Rachel Kleinfeld

RachelKleinfeld

I wrote my dissertation and my second book on the rule of law, and think it's the most fundamental part of any democracy. So I read @jonathanchait 's piece on

Pheebs (your fav fat babe)

fatpheebs

Let’s discuss thin privilege: a thread First off, I want to make this point. Having a thin and/or “socially acceptable” body, does not mean your insecurities and perceptions of your

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

THREAD. 1/xSome more Torah on our absolute obligation to non-citizens, to immigrants, to the vulnerable migrants in our midst. גר ger can be translated as an alien, a sojourner, an

Emma Hilton

FondOfBeetles

In Humans, Sex is Binary and Immutableby Georgi K. Marinovhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12129-020-09877-8.pdf Dr Marinov is postodoctoral researcher (genetics) at Stanford.Second paragraph."A disclaimer: I am not a ten

#CharitySoWhite

CharitySoWhite

[1] THREAD: #CharitySoWhite is committed to transparency and accountability. We have been working hard to ensure equitable funding distribution in the emergency response to #COVID19Read our blog on progress with

Caio Borges 包凯越

caiosborges

Today's decision by the World Bank to suspend the publication of the Doing Business is a definitely a major event in the history of global development policy, especially because the