Stefan Leeffers

Assistant Professor in Disaster and Crisis Risk Finance @UCLIRDR. PhD @NovaSBE @NOVAFRICA. Dad³

[Stefan Leeffers @sleeffers]

📣Exciting news! I am joining @UCLIRDR as an Assistant Professor in April.

A huge thank you to all who supported me, especially my supervisor @pedrocvicente!

I can't wait to start this new chapter and work with a great group of colleagues and students in London. #EconTwitter

[UCL Funding @UCLFunding]

Hoping to study for a PhD?

With 40 scholarships available, UCL's Research Excellence Scholarship are open to applicants from all countries.

Applications open next month - register your interest now! 👇
https://t.co/DlTu7PBcfL

[International Growth Centre @The_IGC]

Join the #disaster insurance and financing master lecture and policy session at #LSEEnvironmentWeek.

🕜 24 September, 1:30PM-3:30PM (BST): https://t.co/XYQJUvaeKD

Revisit this piece on information campaigns boosting #climateresilience in Mozambique 💬
https://t.co/x6ntXlQqpd

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

✨ Cheers to the 2024 @NOVAFRICA research interns in #Bissau, #Maputo, and #Quelimane!
Working on hands-on fieldwork, data collection and analysis, to promote economic development in these regions.

More @NOVAFRICA projects: https://t.co/VvBBSn6Yz2
Follow us on IG: novafrica_org

[GiveDirectly💸 @GiveDirectly]

The world's biggest YouTuber @MrBeast is giving directly! Watch the @BeastPhilanthr video and read about our collaboration ⬇️💸🇺🇬https://t.co/5fqW89YzCB

[Danila Serra @danilaserra_eco]

My Longest-lasting project is finally out at EDCC!

Started after I finished my PhD and went through 2 pregnancies 😳
W/ @pedrocvicente @sleeffers & V. Di Maro

“Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School: An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola”

https://t.co/gdmbOV8Efw

[Rozana Himaz @RozanaHimaz]

Vacancy for part-time research assistant in economics at UCL IRDR and IGH over summer to look at heatwave policy. PhD students, postgrads, do apply if interested. https://t.co/5jXShGmOxI @UCLIRDR @IlanKelman @Oxford_CSAE @sleeffers @FrancescoSalust @JSkordis

[Jacob L. Macdonald @jacobmac02]

Day 8 - Africa. This year I was so lucky to start a great project on flood and water management in Quelimane, Mozambique. Lots of participatory GIS and community-focused interventions. Here we have the elevation and watercourses of the Zambezia province for the #30DayMapChallenge

[Jacob L. Macdonald @jacobmac02]

After some processing downtime, I've put together some musings and thoughts about my recent field work visit down in Mozambique. An amazing place, and shaping up to be a great project with @sleeffers @patscaetano and Pedro with @novafrica

https://t.co/ID9dNJxlz0

[UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction @UCLRDR]

New vacancy! We're recruiting for a #Lecturer in #Meteorological #Risk. The closing date is 23 July 2023.

Join our growing team - find out more about the role and apply here: https://t.co/Np27CLIfQR

[Jacob L. Macdonald @jacobmac02]

Time for a research update after the 1st academic year settling in! Excited to go to Mozambique next week to kick off a great project looking at land use change, water risks and urban planning. Coming full circle to collaborate with @sleeffers & @novafrica through the @The_IGC

[David Schindler @DSchindlerEcon]

For everyone not following Dutch politics closely, what's being discussed for the future of higher education in this country is truly insane, not even indicted former US presidents could come up with something more stupid. Buckle up! https://t.co/v39H6kbOET

[Stefan Leeffers @sleeffers]

Excited for the upcoming #IRDR Annual Conference on June 22nd! The lineup of speakers is incredible, featuring Judge @Gnatovsky from @ECHR_CEDH and Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev from @UniofOxford @Oxford_CSAE.

[UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction @UCLRDR]

This year's #IRDR Annual Conference is on 22nd June! Confirmed speakers include Judge @Gnatovsky from @ECHR_CEDH and Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev, Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government @UniofOxford.

Reserve your free place: https://t.co/OHl6C6i6Vl

[Rozana Himaz @RozanaHimaz]

UCL Humanitarian Summit 2023: Doing even more with even less? | UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction - UCL – University College London https://t.co/xyyh9QwiTE

[Danila Serra @danilaserra_eco]

And the international academic community!

We will not stand silent as we watch 1 person destroy a department @EconUrosario that has produced excellent research & trained brilliant students - now all over the world! One is my own student @DGomezV_Econ

Solidarity - Retweet!

[Danila Serra @danilaserra_eco]

PLEASE SIGN and CIRCULATE this letter expressing our concerns about what is currently happening at @EconUrosario

Let us make it an outrage of international proportions! Let us stand in solidarity with our colleagues and friends in Colombia! RT widely!

https://t.co/sZyjIOXEzw

[Juan Vargas @juanf_vargas]

If you are looking for a Dev Economist with: 2 JDE, 1 JEBO, 1 Ec&Politics (+ R&R JEEM) and a long etc.

and/or a Behav Economist with: 2 JEBO, 1 J of Econ Psychology, 1 J of Behav & Exp Econ, 1 Theory & Decisions and a long etc.,

DM me.

[Julia Seither @juliaseither]

Yesterday @URosario fired two of our colleagues - without cause and effective immediately.

This puts in jeopardy their migratory status and their prospects of staying in academia.

This is after the university also decided to “replace” our dean. It is after months of…

[Daniel Schillereff @dschillereff]

We're advertising another role @kclgeography: Lecturer in Natural Hazards.

12-month role as maternity cover. Closing date for applications 25 June.

Research foci on multi-hazards or new approaches to natural/environmental hazards particularly welcome.
https://t.co/f9ifAXhEiU

[Rocco Zizzamia @roccozizzamia]

📢Join our team at @Oxford_CSAE!
We are looking for an RA to contribute to a range of exciting projects focusing on innovations in social protection responses to extreme weather events.

Ideal for those with a Masters wanting to go onto a PhD.

Please share in your networks!

[Gabriel Ulyssea @GUlyssea]

We are hiring!
@SMGSequeira and I are looking for a RA to do field work in Maputo.
This is an exciting research project w/ @The_IGC support. We want to get started in July 2023, so please apply asap!

More info here: https://t.co/nsBQhC1baf

Please spread the word! @econ_ra