@austinlwright

Associate Prof @HarrisPolicy @UChicago; Visiting Prof @YaleSOM; @Princeton PhD; political econ; #FirstGen Grad; #Hispanic; Father; Texan.

 Chicago, IL
austinlwright.com
Joined April 2009
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This week @packlesshepherd and I released our latest paper. We use high frequency gps pings from 17 mil cellphones to study whether the launch of an innovative smartphone app in Ukraine helped civilians evade Russian military operations: bit.ly/3SZnWlv Does it work? 🧵
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Reemerging from my Twitter hole to roast @ChuckECheese. A $15 pizza the size of a snack plate that took 30 minutes to make. In this economy? 😂
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Excited to share some professional news with you all this morning! Looking forward to joining @CGDev, and it’s all star team of experts and staff. Washington DC, here we come again! cgdev.org/blog/cgd-welcomes-…
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Billy Binion
@billybinion7 Dec 2023
After lengthy legal fights, some victims got their stuff back. I waited outside the courthouse the day one couple picked up their property—& federal agents threatened to arrest me b/c I didn't have a "media permit." Never underestimate government's aversion to accountability. /8
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Joana Monteiro@joanacmmonteiro6 Dec 2023
Voltando hoje para o Rio depois de passar o trimestre na @UChicago. Passei esse período estudando sobre grupos criminais na América Latina e dando um curso sobre o mesmo tema para alunos de graduação e mestrado.
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Joana Monteiro@joanacmmonteiro6 Dec 2023
Chicago area has nowadays an incredible number of amazing scholars that study crime, violence and conflict. Thank you @anamarjona, @JuanAlbarracinD, @cblatts, @austinlwright, Martin Castillo, Paul Stanisland, Angélica Duran-Martinez and many others for amazing conversations.
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MIT SSP
@MIT_SSP6 Dec 2023
We’re excited to welcome Chris Blair (@Chris_W_Blair) for a Wednesday Seminar on December 6. He will ask: How does mass refugee return shape conflict dynamics in destination communities? Watch live: youtube.com/@mitsecuritystud…
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Ethan BdM@ethanbdm2 Dec 2023
I talked about AI and elections with @galendruke from @FiveThirtyEight. It was fun.
Harris Policy@HarrisPolicy1 Dec 2023
What if voters could have conversations with presidential candidates through personalized chatbots trained to represent a candidate? @ethanbdm joins @FiveThirtyEight to discuss the first “AI election” and how AI could impact our electoral politics. player.fm/series/fivethirtye…
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The most frustrating thing about @ChatGPTapp 4 is wild inconsistency in conducting basic tasks like converting txt to beamer slides. One day, it makes beautiful slides with minimal prompts. Next day, same task, same prompt... it takes 5 or more requests to produce broken content.
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Felipe Valencia C.@felipev8421 Nov 2023
We're hiring in PE!! @ubcVSE
Claudio Ferraz@claudferraz4 Nov 2023
We are hiring 3 assistant professors at @ubcVSE. We are looking to fill positions in Behavioral, Econ theory/Computational, and Political Economy. Come join an amazing department! econjobmarket.org/positions/…
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Came back to @HarrisPolicy to find some hardware in my office. Shout out to the amazing co-instructors, TAs, and students.
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My shrine to the GOATs: Chicago’s parking enforcement Seattle’s beast mode @MoneyLynch
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And reminders of the road here, literally and figuratively
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Rise and grind @HarrisPolicy!
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