Austin L. Wright

Associate Prof @HarrisPolicy @UChicago; Visiting Prof @YaleSOM; @Princeton PhD; political econ; #FirstGen Grad; #Hispanic; Father; Texan.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

This week @packlesshepherd and I released our latest paper.

We use high frequency gps pings from 17 mil cellphones to study whether the launch of an innovative smartphone app in Ukraine helped civilians evade Russian military operations: https://t.co/y9WjCaPZSp

Does it work? 🧵

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

Reemerging from my Twitter hole to roast @ChuckECheese. A $15 pizza the size of a snack plate that took 30 minutes to make. In this economy? 😂

[Dany Bahar 🌎🎗️ @danybahar]

Excited to share some professional news with you all this morning!

Looking forward to joining @CGDev, and it’s all star team of experts and staff.

Washington DC, here we come again!

https://t.co/vEQ1QwWP1Y

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

@KillerMike This lyric hits hard with the new album.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

Simon understood the assignment.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

@cmcclean @DrEmmaZang @Yale @YaleMacMillan Wonderful. Congratulations Charles!

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

@VinPons @Harvard Fantastic!

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

After lengthy legal fights, some victims got their stuff back. I waited outside the courthouse the day one couple picked up their property—& federal agents threatened to arrest me b/c I didn't have a "media permit."

Never underestimate government's aversion to accountability. /8

[Joana Monteiro @joanacmmonteiro]

Voltando hoje para o Rio depois de passar o trimestre na @UChicago. Passei esse período estudando sobre grupos criminais na América Latina e dando um curso sobre o mesmo tema para alunos de graduação e mestrado.

[Joana Monteiro @joanacmmonteiro]

Chicago area has nowadays an incredible number of amazing scholars that study crime, violence and conflict. Thank you @anamarjona, @JuanAlbarracinD, @cblatts, @austinlwright, Martin Castillo, Paul Stanisland, Angélica Duran-Martinez and many others for amazing conversations.

[MIT SSP @MIT_SSP]

We’re excited to welcome Chris Blair (@Chris_W_Blair) for a Wednesday Seminar on December 6.

He will ask: How does mass refugee return shape conflict dynamics in destination communities?

Watch live: https://t.co/4CA9NxeFmY

[Ethan BdM @ethanbdm]

I talked about AI and elections with @galendruke from @FiveThirtyEight. It was fun.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

The most frustrating thing about @ChatGPTapp 4 is wild inconsistency in conducting basic tasks like converting txt to beamer slides. One day, it makes beautiful slides with minimal prompts. Next day, same task, same prompt... it takes 5 or more requests to produce broken content.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

For scale…

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

Let them eat biscuits.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

@Kalamburshki @YaelZeira Where’s the corpus repository? I’ve been looking for this.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

@sbmitche Haha, thanks. Instant classic.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

Simon is convinced he was smiling.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

@arthur_spirling This is an epic collection.

[Felipe Valencia C. @felipev84]

We're hiring in PE!! @ubcVSE

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

And reminders of the road here, literally and figuratively

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

Came back to @HarrisPolicy to find some hardware in my office. Shout out to the amazing co-instructors, TAs, and students.

[Austin L. Wright @austinlwright]

My shrine to the GOATs:

Chicago’s parking enforcement

Seattle’s beast mode @MoneyLynch