🤓What does an Australian academic do at 2am?
🌏Apparently: Present an online seminar to a global audience @workshopefi.
Thanks @alminas for a great discussion and hosts @ProfSongMa@startupecon@prof_wallskog@camhebert
💤Sleep is overrated when conversation is that good 😎
@JustinWolfers The point is partially valid. Gold does have real value and is heavily used in electronics because it doesn't corrode or interact with other metals/gases. It's use will only increase as AI servers & high-end chips require gold for high-speed data transmission and heat dissipation
Call for Nominations for the
@AEACSWEP
Carolyn Shaw Bell Award is now open! For the award details and how to nominate a scholar, go to https://t.co/tyPHKph1yG Nominations are due by September 19, 2025.
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://t.co/gv6TDrdT4r
What amazing breakfasts we had for ECRs with Xavier Giroud and Caroline Flammer and for Women with Caroline Flammer. @AngelZhong17 and Andrea Lu facilitated great conversations on a wide variety of topics. Biggest lesson: follow your passion, know your goal and stick to it.
That's a wrap for #FIRN2024@FIRN_AUS . A wonderful opportunity to catch up with the best research conducted in Australia, learning from Xavier Giroud and Caroline Flammer on frontier firm resource allocation & sustainability research. Thanks to @m_ramius for a great program!
We also celebrated the awardees from the FIRN Women Conference: Danielle Kent for best paper and Susan Thorpe for best discussant @Sydney_Uni@sydney_business .
#FIRN2024 session 2 is #philanthropy. @vansteenkiste_c presenting on self-serving philanthropy during M&As, @EmdadIslam6 on philanthropy along supply chain & Yuyang on self-serving director appointments after #esg incidents. Great discussions followed & check that gender balance!
The calm before the storm! A 120 strong cohort will present, discuss & chair the annual @FIRN_AUS conf. Excited to see old, new and future colleagues in the 2-12yo semi participants! All paper 💭🐦from tomorrow ... can't wait!
#FIRN2024#familyfriendlyconference
Many Aussies on here seem to think tertiary education should be free, because of some combination of:
1. It used to be free.
2. There are social benefits.
Both are bad arguments. (1/N)
The hometown of my colleague (Diego García) was devastated this past week with the flooding as you might have heard on the news. The whole town is facing an unimaginable loss.
Apparently, 95% of the town lost their cars.
They set up a GoFundMe to help.
https://t.co/QGqIf615Oo