Awa Ambra Seck @awaambraseck Twitter profile

Last Seen Profiles

@Konrad29080110

@aeejazkhan

@BlairZaye

@npyroxenite113

@IshahSienn85883

@BlasterSwap

@CellanaFinance

@bokeplokalmalam

@DaranDemar37122

@ArekBanik

@KhaliaLucr2702

@ColvinShan39143

@DALupton

@stwmaniax

@BinorRaja

@NickyO80235

@bokeplokalmalam

@CavanKatli69044

@kartina_in8562

@Tony29680232

@SegundoLor9614

@AfzalSaamir

@lexi_rakers

@Cacajhoon

@cloudify_things

@SeapowerSeries

@pwwhistleblower

@AllenPpallen

@Roomll20

@gonepolygone

@eld_lepk

@ShoniTedi33030

@Hijabbacol2883

@MikkaRekha35120

@xty137110200

@streamliner_DJ_

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

Overjoyed to have earned my Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard.

145

239

5K

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 months

Thrilled to announce that our paper is finally forthcoming in the AER! A huge thank you to our mentors, colleagues, and reviewers who provided invaluable guidance and encouragement throughout this journey.

AEA Journals

@AEAjournals

4 months

Forthcoming in the AER: "Age Set vs. Kin: Culture and Financial Ties in East Africa" by Jacob Moscona and Awa Ambra Seck.

0

18

78

7

13

176

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

Thank you to everyone who supported me during these six long years. I am particularly grateful to my committee @emilybreza , @rema_nadeem , @DrNathanNunn , and Gautam Rao for believing in me and making me grow academically.

1

5

122

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

To everyone who gave me an opportunity during this academic job market, I am thankful. Thrilled to join the incredible group of scholars of the Business, Government & the International Economy unit at @HarvardHBS as an Assistant Professor after a postdoc at @HarvardWCFIA .

6

4

84

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

Thank you @econimate for the amazing work. You have summarized and illustrated our paper beautifully and both Jacob and I are extremely grateful.

econimate

@econimate

2 years

How does social organization shape the impact of public policy? Jacob Moscona ( @HarvardEcon ) & @awaambraseck ( @HarvardEcon ) on culture, financial ties, and the effects of national policy in East Africa:

0

13

69

0

2

76

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

Literally the most stunning view from a seminar room (in my limited experience).

Claudio Ferraz

@claudferraz

2 years

Just stopping by to show @ubcVSE prospective PhD students, that are deciding whether to come or not, the view from the seminar room today

6

2

307

0

65

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

Thanks for the thread @_alice_evans ! Jacob and I loved working on it and learning more about different social structures and how important they are for economic interactions.

Alice Evans

@_alice_evans

2 years

In kinship societies, families care for kids who later reciprocate. But in age-set societies, bands of brothers hunt together & have each others’ back. Even if they receive cash, they do not prioritise kids. PHENOMENAL paper by Moscona & @awaambraseck

1

34

158

0

3

34

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

"The invitation makes focal one identity of AC, which is woman, which is not the identity that should be focal in this circumstance. And remember that this could affect the long-term self-image that AC develops."

Sandy Black

@Econ_Sandy

3 years

The life of a female academic: Conference organizers realize their panel is all men 2 weeks before conference. Ask you to sit on panel--say you do not have to speak, but can if you want. 🙁 Here is how my rockstar colleague dealt with it (go to 1:27).

51

225

2K

1

20

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

At the book launch of @itsafronomics new book, “The black agenda”. Enlightening discussion with such incredible Black women.

0

4

18

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Elisa's work is incredible. Extremely creative, smart and relevant. Her JMP looks at how body mass is used as a signal of wealth in Uganda. She's a an amazing scholar, and an awesome person. Any department would be lucky to have her.

Economics at Zurich

@econ_uzh

4 years

Meet Elisa Macchi @alterelim , Job Market Candidate at the Department of Economics. To find out more about her and her research visit her personal website: #econjobmarket @ASSAMeeting @EEANews

5

17

94

0

2

16

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 months

Apply to work with us!

sara lowes

@sararlowes

4 months

Update to previous job post! Please apply to a year-long RA position with me, @DrNathanNunn (UBC) @awaambraseck (HBS) and Jacob Moscona (MIT). Project on culture and institutions in SSA using ethnographic data. Deadline 7/11/24. Thank you! @econ_ra

5

45

135

0

1

14

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

Listening to @OlaRosling from @Gapminder at the UN Research Conference on #ForcedDisplacement talking about the “Refugee Misconception Pilot Study”

2

3

11

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

@realnaajudith @Wheeler_LBS @UCLA Thank you, happy to hear you enjoyed the lecture. Much more to come! See you tomorrow.

2

3

8

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Thanks to @fondfranceschi , Francesca Miserocchi and I were able to survey migrants and asylum seekers in Italy, for a pilot study on economic and social integration in the Italian reception system. Sustaining young scholars is super important. Apply!!

Simone Cremaschi

@s_cremaschi

4 years

⏰15 days left⏰to apply for @fondfranceschi research grants up to 16.000 euros for talented students of poverty and inequality. Please apply and share widely! 1/4

1

12

21

0

2

7

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

A year in quarantine, mid-semester, zoom fatigue is real.

0

7

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Mentor ship for prospective PhD students. Really amazing opportunity both for potential mentors and mentees!

Research In Color Foundation

@researchincolor

4 years

Our application is now LIVE! Visit to apply. #tellafriend #painttheprofession

0

28

42

1

2

6

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Really cool event organized by the amazing women at GWE. Check it out!!!

Harvard Grad Women in Economics

@HarvardGWE

4 years

📢📢📢 Join us on Dec 8, 10am EST, for our 1st ever "Heterogeneity by Gender: Evidence from JMPs" event. @stephaniedcheng , @PaulaLopezPena2 , @NinaRoussille , #KarenShen and @JoannaVenator will discuss their JMPs on outcomes by gender across a range of contexts.

2

38

166

0

6

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Really cool conference coming up!

Harvard Undergrad: Black Health Matters Conference

@BHM_Conference

4 years

In this workshop, renowned dermatologist Dr. Taylor ( @societygirl932 ) will discuss structural racism and racial bias in Dermatology, including several measures that are being instituted to promote change in the field.

1

6

0

2

6

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Extremely useful resource!

Melissa Dell

@MelissaLDell

4 years

(1/n) Social science research often relies on scans of documents such as statistical tables, newspapers, firm level reports, etc. #EconTwitter

41

902

3K

0

4

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

Outstanding points from Alessandra Casella on being asked to do something because of your gender/ethnicity.

0

4

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

Most people in the pilot study thinks that the EU is the region hosting the most refugees, while it’s actually Africa.

1

3

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Some hope, finally.

Kamala Harris

@KamalaHarris

4 years

We did it, @JoeBiden .

89K

484K

3M

0

4

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

@L_Alhorr Well I guess a good thing would be that, potentially, people now have all the data on how people interact and who they interact with. Could be cool.

2

0

4

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Yes to both this and to virtual office with @L_Alhorr . Both have helped me a lot remaining connected with peers and feeling less isolated. Especially when leaving Cambridge, MA.

Martin Aragoneses

@m_aragoneses

4 years

Agreed! One thing I’ve been doing this semester was to schedule morning coffees Zoom chats with people ending at 9AM. Not only it forces you to wake up early, but also you start working right after socializing a bit with a smile on your face and ideas flowing through your mind :)

0

15

0

3

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

One can but hope!

Tavneet Suri

@SuriTavneet

4 years

Will saying it make it happen???!!!

0

17

0

3

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Just discovered @econimate and I think their animation are SO good!

econimate

@econimate

4 years

How does sleep, or lack of it, affect the urban poor? @BessoneTepedino ( @MITEcon ), @raogautam ( @Harvard ), @FrankSchilbach ( @MITEcon ), @h_schof ( @Penn ), & @mattietoma ( @Harvard ) on the economic consequences of increasing sleep:

3

27

77

0

3

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

"Much of what we know about the history of women's participation in the U.S. labor economy, the evolution of gender roles and the factors contributing to the lasting gender pay gap stems from decades of work by renowned economic historian Claudia Goldin."

50 Over 50 2022: Money

The investors, asset managers and financial rainmakers who each control $100 million (or more) and are shaping the way capital is deployed.

www.forbes.com

0

3

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Traveling is my favorite thing, until I have to compile the "residency status" section of my taxes.

0

3

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Everyone is on the same boat, everyone struggles and deals with their PhD in their own way. Be kind.

Matt Collin

@aidthoughts

4 years

Since giving advice to new econ PhD students is a thing: Be kind and generous to other students. Find like-minded friends who are going to help and support each other through coursework and research, and who are going to reduce - not amplify - the stresses of academic life.

2

6

51

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

@NoahSD When would it be a good time to have a website? Is it too early to have a website if you just have work in progress but not working papers?

1

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

So proud to have this incredible humans being as a friend!

Gemma Dipoppa

@gemmadipoppa

3 years

Extremely happy that my job market paper "How Criminal Organizations Expand to Strong States" won the 2020 award for best paper in European Politics of @APSATweets ! 🎉 Many thanks to the committee @jrgingrich @JonathanPolk @halikiopoulou and Jeremy Ferwerda.

24

15

287

1

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

Art and data - "Houénoudé adds: “We do not know exactly how many [African] objects are in French or European museums. This is why we are very interested in inventories.”

‘They fill me with emotion’ … Benin celebrates the return of its looted treasure

Priceless treasures stolen by the French army over a century ago have finally been returned to the African nation. Our writer joins the emotional celebrations

www.theguardian.com

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Yes yes yes!

Johannes Haushofer

@jhaushofer

4 years

@Rick__Hornbeck I agree with the sentiment, but the "all the time" formulation is easily misunderstood. Take time off, be a full person, care for your health, friendships, hobbies. (Incidentally, my least-bad ideas happen after a week or two of vacation. But that's not why I take vacations.)

1

70

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Kudos to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs who in 2020 still thinks sharing/creating this kind of pictures is ok. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

0

1

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

@stephkestelman @shakira Today: Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London. Everyday: Beyoncé, Aretha Franklin, Tame Impala, Tash Sultana, Mumford&Sons, Youssou N'Dour, Sèkouba Bambino, Samuele Bersani

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Just discovered and think it's a lovely way to change scenery, in a moment in which it's much needed. You can also submit your window!

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

@itsafronomics @melanierucinski @annastansbury @itsafronomics @melanierucinski , thank you, you are both too kind. I’m happy to have been able to getting to know you both, you are awesome!

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Fall 🍁

Harvard University

@Harvard

4 years

Beautiful fall at Harvard 🍂

40

280

3K

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Awesome, awesome paper!!

Augustin Bergeron

@ABergeron_econ

4 years

My job market paper features on the Development Impact Blog! If you're interested in how tax rates and enforcement interact and what it means for tax policy in low-capacity states, then take a look at the post 👇

1

17

57

1

0

2

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

@jhaushofer Italian

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

@katempenn Congrats!!!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@fondfranceschi Thanks you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

Really really cool. Good luck!

Francesco Squintani

@FrancescoSquin2

3 years

It is my pleasure to announce the launch of a new Research Centre in quantitative and analytical political economy at the University of Warwick:

3

16

174

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@rfrbrghs Thank you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

@speechteach912 Sending pet love ❤️

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 months

@QuerciPietro1 @sararlowes @DrNathanNunn @econ_ra Hi Pietro, thank you for contacting us. At the moment we are focusing on candidates who already have a work permit in the US.

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

@_alice_evans Thanks for the invite, I'm very much looking forward to it.

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@tedmiguel @DrNathanNunn Thanks you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Another interesting virtual event coming up this month. Don’t miss out!

Harvard University Mexican Association of Students

@HarvardHUMAS

4 years

Join us virtually for the 4th edition of the Mexico Conference at @Kennedy_School Feb 26th - Feb 28th #JoinTheConversation

0

2

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

@asheshrambachan @MITEcon Congrats!! This is so great!

1

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

@glichand Thank you, happy you find it interesting!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

6 years

"Fascista è chi il fascista fa"

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@juliana_londono Thank you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

@toomash @CollegioCA Thank you Toomas!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@luvempress @ThePhDPlace Thank you!!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Fabulous!

Harvard Grad Women in Economics

@HarvardGWE

4 years

Congratulations to our own @GitaGopinath , who looks absolutely fierce on the cover of @VOGUEIndia

0

1

49

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@skominers Thanks Scott!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@FirminAyivodji @DrNathanNunn Thanks you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

@wholbrook Literally came on twitter to see whether I was crazy or someone else is experiencing this. Hearing them from Cambridge!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

@maibennett @PJakiela My milk frother (is also amazing for hot chocolate (no custards though). And is <50$!

1

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

11 months

@VinPons @Harvard Congratulations Vincent!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

Well, something to think about right here.

Dr. Trevon D Logan

@TrevonDLogan

4 years

If Econ departments were truly serious about increasing diversity in the profession, wouldn't they ask @berkeleyecon why they've been uniquely successful in producing Black PhDs in a way no other top-20 department has in the last several years? They've produced 40% of the total!

16

129

740

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

@politiconomics @ArnaudDellis @clpennec @VincentAB @CSDC_CECD @EcnUlaval Thank you, it was my pleasure.

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@ZhexunMO Thanks!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

2 years

@kbburchardi @econimate Thank you @kbburchardi !

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

3 years

The ban on travel from Europe once made sense. Now it’s only causing hardship. - The Washington Post

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

Advocating for the importance of public data and the measurement of misconceptions on refugees (among other topics).

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

@Alitalia I've been trying to call this number for days and it doesn't work from the US. I need to change my flight to Milan (today) and haven't been able to get in touch with any of your operators and get help.

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@KhathuMashao ❤️

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

@leah_boustan My trip to Italy :(

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@LudoGazze Thank you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

5 years

Elisa Rubbo, former Allieva of Collegio, selected as one of the most promising graduating doctoral...

Collegio Carlo Alberto congratulates Elisa Rubbo for being selected to participate in the Review of Economic Studies May Meetings 2020. Elisa graduated from

www.carloalberto.org

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

1 year

@VirginiaMinni Thanks you!

0

1

Awa Ambra Seck

@awaambraseck

4 years

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

0

1