Fizza

PhD Student @ Duke Sanford School of Public Policy (Econ Concentration). Interested in Env policy + Inequality. Perpetually confused interdisciplinary scholar.

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

Starting today my new personality is going to be of a confused interdisciplinary scholar who keeps reading theories from different disciplines and tries very hard to understand overlaps but eventually gets more confused.

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@Jackbmeyer you mean you only need Gilbert Strang
(sorry, its lame ik)

[Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah 🇬🇭🇸🇪 @fam_020]

The EfD's 20th Annual Meeting will take place on November 12–14, 2026. It will be hosted by EfD India.

Submission deadline: June 15th.

Location: IIM Kozhikode, Kerala, India. https://t.co/LYpvfMkmBi

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

It was fee waivers that did it for me, and most importantly mentoring networks like @BahujanEcon

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

- Reduce barriers to strong students from LMICs getting into leading PhD programs (e.g. waive the often prohibitive application fees)

- Teach grad students in all applied fields (labor, public, environmental, macro, etc.) about research across the global income distribution

6/n

[Fabiola Alba-Vivar @fabalbav]

@DinaPomeranz Maybe democratize access not just by country but also within country? A lot of international students do come from high SES as well, parents with PhD/higher ed. Most of us who actually grew up poor know first hand what poverty is. Personal motivation is so underrated.

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@siddhusings sure

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

9 months ago this is what i wrote in my notes on Development. Now there is a debate on macro development. Is this a sign?

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@elisaxchen what % of US population is a harvard phd student 😵‍💫

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@RebeccaWaxman1 Talking to Durba about her book here at Duke was the highlight of my semester 🥰

[Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas]

ISHET2026 is here. 📢📢

The 3rd annual conference of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET) will be held at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram on the 10th & 11th of October 2026.

We especially welcome BA/MA/PhD students & teachers of HET to participate by submitting abstracts.

Link: https://t.co/Uxpawj1Cvi

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@zaeemal_ take your coffee soon

[Sanjeev Varshney @skvdst]

The @iiscbangalore is inviting international students and researchers to participate in a short-term visiting program designed to provide hands-on research experience and opportunities for collaboration with faculty.

Apply any time.

[AEA Information @AEAInformation]

Applications for mentees and mentors are being accepted until April 12 for the 2026 Mentoring Conference for LGBTQ+ Economics PhD Students and Early Career Economists on July 6-8, 2026, in Chicago, IL. The AEA covers travel costs for PhD student mentees. https://t.co/N7MXWiEbTs

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

we only get paid to read once in our lifetime, right?

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

Something i keep reminding myself- idc about wanting to do anything different but i def wanna do what interests me and makes me curious. probably the dumbest idea but if i get out of this phd w/o getting into the depths of my scholarly interests i won't be happy.

[Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither]

🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨 @DukeIDLab
is looking for a new lab manager at Duke! If you love research on social identity, working with kids & adults, & mentoring undergrads, this one’s for you. 💡✨

🗓️ Priority deadline: March 31; Please share! 💙
Apply Here! https://t.co/vhWGvTWp1f

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@Shivzshawarma i wondered the same until i joined phd

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@Jackbmeyer i like this take

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

New PhD Milestone achieved: 2 rejections in one day 😪😭

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@zaeemal_ come for chai if you wanna brainstorm

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

@purushottam__m I see. I think I am sticking to VS Code.

[Fizza @fizzasuhel]

Shifting from Antigravity+Gemini Pro today to Claude thinking that I can just select Opus 4.6 in AG and everything will be the same just a better agent...
why am i dumb?
Suggestions needed on which one is easier to navigate: CLI, VS or Cursor?