Maia King
Lecturer in Economics at KCL DPE. I usually post about economics, foreign aid, institutions & governance, policymaking, climate, #locallyledaid and #shiftthepower. The usual disclaimers apply. kcl.ac.uk/people/maia-king
- Reposted by Maia KingAcross the world, overwhelming majorities of people say that all states should particpate in decisions on critical global challenges (e.g. conflict, climate change, pandemics) irrespective of how powerful they are. Read the full polling at: lexinternational.org/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Maia KingGreat coverage of our 🆕report on funding the #JustTransition away from fossil fuels in the @FT today. Say it with us: “Public money is a non-negotiable part of the green transition." 💸 www.ft.com/content/8e5f...
- Reposted by Maia KingOne week left 🚨 We're hiring two senior economists to develop and lead research projects that generate arguments, policies and ideas to address the social and economic challenges that underpin poverty and household economic insecurity in the UK. Apply now: jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
- Reposted by Maia KingThanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Maia KingAmazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results. t.co/JXeTALBPds
- Reposted by Maia KingAccording to World Weather Attribution, "climate change has made a 32C day in the UK 100 times more likely than in the pre-industrial era. A June heatwave of three consecutive days above 28C was 10 times more likely to occur now." www.ft.com/content/650c...
- Reposted by Maia KingHonored to have been invited to my former work place to participate in stimulating discussions about democratic innovations. The basis of my intervention was our OA paper on public opinion about deliberative democracy (with @jbpilet.bsky.social). ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- How about this for a panel at our Centre for British Democracy conference this week. Anne Phillips(!), @damienbol.bsky.social @stevenklein.bsky.social and Simon Caney (just out of shot). Big hitters, great discussion and such a pleasure to chair.
- Reposted by Maia King🚨🚨Job alert!!🚨🚨 The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/
- Reposted by Maia KingWe’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
- Reposted by Maia King🚨 We're hiring! King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway. Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... Please share! Happy to answer questions about the role/department!
- Reposted by Maia KingSigh. "the healthy food push was dropped after the Food and Drink Federation, which represents corporations including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Mars and Unilever repeatedly demanded the government ditch it." www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
- Reposted by Maia KingLate to this, but “being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal” is precisely why the topic of climate change needs leadership! It is a coordination problem! 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Maia King📗 Call for papers! The 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference this September is now inviting paper submissions on Public Finance & Development. Keynote speakers: Tim Besley & Annette Alstadsæter 📅 Deadline: 15 May Find out more: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
- Reposted by Maia King🌟 Fantastic Day 1 of #PSA25, incl. a powerful opening keynote by Prof. Rosie Campbell @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on ‘What next for the study of #PoliticalRepresentation? Shifting identities, #CultureWars & the quality of #democracy’ Looking forward to Day 2! #politicalstudies #politics
- Reposted by Maia KingA tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
- Reposted by Maia KingA book co-authored by our academics, @bpiotrowska.bsky.social and @maiaking.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize 📚🏆 Read more 🔽 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/book-co...
- Reposted by Maia KingAw shucks - and nice to be in such esteemed company.
- Reposted by Maia KingIt's wonderful to see the news that my fantastic Department of Political Economy colleagues @maiaking.bsky.social and @bpiotrowska.bsky.social have been nominated for this esteemed prize. Huge congratulations guys!!!
- 📚 MacKenzie Book Prize 2025📚 ‘The Way the Money Goes’ by Piotrowska, Hood, King & McLean has been shortlisted for this PSA prize. Winner announced in April. buff.ly/OJo7p9u @bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
- Reposted by Maia King🚨 PSA25 KEYNOTE: ‘What next for the study of political representation? Shifting identities, culture wars & the quality of democracy’ Join us to hear from keynote speaker @profrosiecamp.bsky.social at #PSA25. Register now: buff.ly/rtngDMa
- Reposted by Maia King📚 MacKenzie Book Prize 2025📚 ‘The Way the Money Goes’ by Piotrowska, Hood, King & McLean has been shortlisted for this PSA prize. Winner announced in April. buff.ly/OJo7p9u @bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
- Reposted by Maia King📢 Call for papers! We are organizing the 5th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London! Keynotes: Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick) and Peter van der Windt (NYU-Abu Dhabi). No fee, travel grants available! Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpeearly
- Reposted by Maia KingBritain has uniquely expensive housing, which is also a disproportionately large part of poorer households' spending. This means that aggregate Purchasing Power Parities used to make income comparisons of living standards understate the true gap between poorer households in the UK and OECD peers.
- Reposted by Maia KingNice to see that my paper on welfare weights is now in print at the AER.
- The November 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 11) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/781.
- Reposted by Maia KingLink got broken - don't know why.... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
- Reposted by Maia King1.6 million people stand alongside experts calling for bee-killing pesticides neonicotinoids to be banned, with no exceptions or exemptions www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
- Reposted by Maia King🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER ALERT!!! 🚨 ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate Link: gratton.org/papers/AddingF… A short 🧵 👇1/6
- Reposted by Maia KingAs we start the new year, I would like to remind everyone that it is now almost 120 years since the US decided consumer protection - by which I mean regulation - mattered. Given the upcoming presidential inauguration, let's talk about how that happened - and why it's so important. (A thread)
- Reposted by Maia KingGovernment 2025: IfG's annual conference 📅 Tuesday 21 January, 08:45–18:00 To kick off the new year, we will bring together influential speakers and experts to explore the key questions for government in 2025. Register now to attend online 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
- Reposted by Maia KingMarc does not disappoint when he said he was moving back to writing in long form. A really thought-provoking piece on the current direction of development economics. marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/14...
- Reposted by Maia KingWe have an open PhD position in Practical Philosophy here at Stockholm University: www.su.se/english/abou... This is a fully funded position in any area of practical philosophy, which includes PPE and philosophy of economics. Swedish not required #philsky #philsci CC: @ppenetworkeurope.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maia KingTop blog by my colleague @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @instituteforgov.bsky.social on how the govt's tangle over IHT on farms is complicated by its failure to be clear about the purpose of its reform www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/agri...
- Reposted by Maia KingSubmit your papers to the 2025 @escoeorg.bsky.social conference! Keynotes include @erikbryn.bsky.social, Carol Propper (Imperial) and Vipin Arora (BEA). Attendance is free and the conference takes place on KCL's beautiful central London campus. #EconSky 1/2
- Hello, does anyone know where I might find a source for a factoid along the following lines? “There are significantly fewer opinion polls conducted in low-income countries, compared to the amount of regular opinion polling which takes place in rich countries”
- Reposted by Maia KingInteresting to see very strong cross-party support for "environmentalism" in the UK The only exception is populist right-wing Reform supporters (who only made up 14% of voters at last election in any case) yougov.co.uk/politic...
- Reposted by Maia KingThe world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵
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- Reposted by Maia KingExcellent debut post from what promises to be a must-read new Substack 👇 I love a good “if we plot this using a new chart, it makes us think about the issue differently” 😍
- I've started a substack - The Political Whiteboard - where I analyse polls, trends and politics. Click through to read. It's free. The first post is about whether there's another way to think about the political cycle politicalwhiteboard.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
- Reposted by Maia KingResources for philosophers on Bluesky (updated) 1. Starter packs go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (individuals) go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs) 2. Philosophy feeds bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #philosophy, #PhilSky & other common hashtags (see profile for others) 3. List of philosophers bsky.app/profile/did:...at://did:plc:3bybp6nqszlhuan2ch2cmv66/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3kvvr4e54j22e
- Reposted by Maia KingA person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
- Reposted by Maia King⏳ Deadline Alert! Just 1 WEEK left to submit your extended abstracts or full papers for the 2025 EAYE Annual Meeting at @KingsCollegeLon (May 27-29, 2025)! 📅 Deadline: December 1, 2024 📍 Connect with top junior economists globally. Don't miss out!
- Reposted by Maia King#RPVSky Are you an educator wanting to use my blog posts to teach your students how to conduct a literature review? This post is for you: A sequential strategy for teaching how to write a literature review www.raulpacheco.org/2021/06/a-se...
- Reposted by Maia KingThis fantastic map shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881
- Reposted by Maia KingMy article, "When development cooperation principles clash: Country ownership and LGBTQI+ inclusion in hostile environments", has been published in the October issue of the Journal of International Development. Click here to download the PDF for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
- Very pleased that my article "When development cooperation principles clash: Country ownership and LGBTQI+ inclusion in hostile environments" is now out in the Journal of International Development. It is #OpenAccess, so you can download the PDF for free 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Maia KingFinding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time. So, MIT researchers built Undermind, an AI-powered search engine. It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar. Here's how to use it:
- Reposted by Maia KingAI apps like ChatGPT generate fake references to papers that don't exist. So, researchers at the University of Washington built OpenScholar. It's a large language model integrated with millions of research papers. And it's totally free. Here's how to use it:
- Reposted by Maia King1/2 Can you help make sense of the global flux society is experiencing? We at The British Academy are commissioning up to 40 discussion papers of 4,000-5,000 words to cast light on the issues of the changing international environment www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
- Reposted by Maia KingLooks like an important project and event.
- 1/2 Can you help make sense of the global flux society is experiencing? We at The British Academy are commissioning up to 40 discussion papers of 4,000-5,000 words to cast light on the issues of the changing international environment www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
- Reposted by Maia KingStarter pack of non-massive accounts that you should really be following, because they will teach you things and/or make you laugh go.bsky.app/UStkBW1at://did:plc:4ap35rus77cg3lzju2v43jxn/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbjr2bz3zj2p
- Reposted by Maia KingSo this turned out to be the final step in replicating Twitter for me. It's slightly fiddly, but if you follow the instructions on a desktop it doesn't take long. Found *1,600 people* I used to follow on Twitter. Allowed me to follow them all with the touch of a button. Strong reccomend.
- This browser extension is very useful - syncs up your followers from there to people with accounts here. Got me 300+ people, including your good self. x.com/MaxSkyNews/s...
- Reposted by Maia KingFor those negotiating in Baku on the #NCQG climate finance goal @edwickstead.bsky.social and I have calculated two new scenarios in our @cgdev.bsky.social model of baselines relating to multilateral development banks and the latest negotiating text 1/5
- Reposted by Maia KingThe idea that blended finance can mobilize huge sums of private finance has lost its lustre. Next year's fourth Financing for Development conference must be more realistic about private finance. New blog: www.bii.co.uk/en/news-insi...
