lehan zhang

@eth @eth_cle PhD in economics & data sci @ AI&Econ lab \\ @UNSWecon resilient democracy lab \\ culture and identity, political econ, media, NLP, ML

[lehan zhang @lehanzhang_]

📣📣 an updated version of our paper is finally out! 😎 read all about it in this thread below:

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

🚨NEW VERSION IS HERE!!!

🔥ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE 2.0❤️‍🔥

LINK: https://t.co/dsGPCgEnRo
A short 🧵 👇 1/8

[lehan zhang @lehanzhang_]

i'd love to hear what you think, what's broken, and which version is your favourite ✨

https://t.co/9pxdziSvbD

[lehan zhang @lehanzhang_]

my website is live! it has my papers, talks and cv, like a normal academic website.

it also has some side quests:
☐ cook my research
☐ draw me something
☐ sit through every powerpoint 2007 transition
☐ break my Beamer preso
☐ lose at econ minesweeper

🧵

[lehan zhang @lehanzhang_]

And finally, side quest 5: find minesweeper on the desktop (economists edition!)

[WomenInPoliticalEcon @WomenInPolEcon]

📣 The programme is out!

We look forward to the 2026 Workshop for Women in Political Economy at @wu_vienna University of Economics and Business

Excited to bring together a fantastic group of scholars working across PE!

📅 24–25 Sept '26
📍 WU Vienna

See everyone next week!

[Arianna Ornaghi @ariannaornaghi]

📢📢📢

I am looking for a Research Associate (Predoc) to work on exciting projects in the economics of media and political economy.

Please share and apply! More information available here: https://t.co/rDVmg3dgoQ.

Deadline: June 28.

#econra #econ_ra @econ_ra

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

Heading to Luxembourg for the Benelux PECO. I will be presenting Adding Fuel to the Gun(Fire).

[USI Lugano - Department of Economics @USI_IDEP]

👉@lehanzhang_ (@eth_cle) presents joint work with @grattonecon (@UNSWEcon) and Hasin Yousaf (UNSW) and Pauline Grosjean (UNSW & @cepr_org): "Adding fuel to the (gun)fire: how politicians polarize the public debate" 🔥 #WISE2026

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

🚨 Join us in Sydney for the

3rd UNSW Resilient Democracy Lab Workshop
26-27 Feb 2026

Info, program, and registration👇https://t.co/Q9ZCJTFjDi

[Elliot Motte @ElliotMotte]

Hi #EconTwitter, I’m excited to be on the #EconJobMarket!

My JMP asks a timely question with important implications for democracy: why do politicians produce toxic rhetoric?

Thread below 👇

[lehan zhang @lehanzhang_]

👀!

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

New version coming soon! 🤯🫵

[VoxEU @voxeu]

Masculinity norms and their economic consequences
Victoria Baranov @UniMelb, @ralphdehaas, Pauline Grosjean & Ieda Matavelli @UNSW @UNSWEcon
https://t.co/nuip8GN10Q

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

Hyping!

2025 Australian Political Economy Workshop
@UNSWEcon, 18 November

Announcements, emails, speakers list coming this week!

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

Today at @SIOEcon 2025. How politicians polarize the public debate.

[lehan zhang @lehanzhang_]

One week left to submit to this!

[Elliott Ash @ellliottt]

Inviting submissions to the first Symposium in AI+Mindfulness, an interdisciplinary scientific conference on AI, mindfulness, meditation, and well-being.

Oct 1st, 2025 at this year's Zurich AI Festival.

[Elliott Ash @ellliottt]

Inviting submissions to the first Symposium in AI+Mindfulness, an interdisciplinary scientific conference on AI, mindfulness, meditation, and well-being.

Oct 1st, 2025 at this year's Zurich AI Festival.