Michiel de Haas

Assistant Prof @RHI_WUR. (African) economic history: migration, inequality, agricultural development. @NWO_SSH Veni project: East Africa & the Great Depression

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

Finally, available in open access: https://t.co/2PUOZxmpt2 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.

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

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: https://t.co/MRGQcaeNF4

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

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.

[Ken Opalo @kopalo]

Your regular reminder that it wasn’t until the mid 1990s that Africa caught up with Europe’s population. Relatively speaking, there *used to be* a lot of Europeans.

[Ken Opalo @kopalo]

Every now and then I am reminded of this enduring tragedy that hasn't budged in nearly 40 years.

[Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt]

.@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 https://t.co/ZDAl3bdnTi

[Jostein Hauge @haugejostein]

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.

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

I'll keep my profile active but will no longer post here.

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

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.

[𝕀𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕒 @idris_kambala]

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.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

“Borders are necessary to establish and preserve distinctive communities, notably self-governing democracies.” -- Aristide Zolberg

https://t.co/BCWiAIvX25

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

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

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

@PGKroeger @Leolucassen Wat een flauwe ad hominem! Wat mij betreft is dit een mooie, uitgesproken boekbespreking met op een aantal punten terechte kritiek op een ambitieus en retorisch zeer sterk boek dat zeker enige tegendruk verdient. En dat zeg ik als onderzoeker naar onder andere migratie.

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

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)

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

@mininghistory Oh, they even respond to tweets. I've not tweeted much lately so hadn't found that out yet...

[Michiel de Haas @MichieldeHaas]

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?

[African Studies Association @ASANewsOnline]

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! https://t.co/7tp4IY9rNZ

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

In January 1983, the Nigerian government announced it was expelling the two million undocumented migrants. They had two weeks to get out. But why were there so many migrants in Nigeria?

[Kerilyn Schewel @KerilynSchewel]

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?

[Jonathan Said @JonathanSaid1]

“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

https://t.co/AJISaUAqpN

[Wim Berkelaar @WimBerkelaar]

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.