Political scientist, Bocconi University. Voting, political economy, climate change, robots, AI, and more.https://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3mgpsxr467k2dhttps://www.unibocconi.it/en/horizon-europe-marie-sklodowska-curie-actions-postdoctoral-fellowships-2026 Come work with me! Bocconi is a potential host of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships, and I am one of the available supervisors, considering projects about the political consequences of technological change. .10 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpsxr467k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3m3pdgycmhs23This new report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.21 Oct 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pdgycmhs23https://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3lsegbwsyr222https://wol.iza.org/opinions/robots-restructuring-and-union-retreat with @paoloagnolin.bsky.social, @massimo-anelli.bsky.social and Colantone24 Jun 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsegbwsyr222https://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3lrcxqnvyo22tFinally typeset in @thejop.bsky.social, the paper with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social on the electoral impact of the Vaia storm in the Alps in northeastern Italy. Link to some free pdf views here https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/734248 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcxqnvyo22thttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3ldyoqzlqsk2tThis. Few things are more maddening than social scientists deliberately underestimating the agents they study. (Yeah they often make choices that might look silly prima facie; that we cannot understand them is an indictment of our discipline(s) more than anything else). [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Dec 2024 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyoqzlqsk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3ldosxrwz4s2rMaybe it’s just me (ESL US trained political scientist) but the expression “the German government collapsed”, which I keep seeing, does not really convey the correct impression, esp to US audiences. “The cabinet was forced to resign following a vote in the legislature” does not sound that ominous19 Dec 2024 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldosxrwz4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3lasvwyytl42hgo.bsky.app/FCaUxbu [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2024 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3lasvwyytl42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3l6mmf6nl7l2jNew paper with Paolo Agnolin and Italo Colantone: in a way, I wish we didn’t have to write it --it's just another primer on post-treatment bias. But it’s a fun paper...We show how one can break some of Colantone and Stanig's earlier results (i.e., ours!) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0010414024127112416 Oct 2024 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6mmf6nl7l2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3lasvwyytl42hgo.bsky.app/FCaUxbu [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2024 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3lasvwyytl42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3l6mmf6nl7l2jNew paper with Paolo Agnolin and Italo Colantone: in a way, I wish we didn’t have to write it --it's just another primer on post-treatment bias. But it’s a fun paper...We show how one can break some of Colantone and Stanig's earlier results (i.e., ours!) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0010414024127112416 Oct 2024 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6mmf6nl7l2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pstanig.bsky.social/post/3l2y36vz5or2dI have three papers at #APSA2024 next week. On Thu, tinyurl.com/2y4y5koh Voting Behavior between Class, Geography, and Structural Economic Changes (with Italo Colantone) discussed by @ccavaille.bsky.social in a panel organized and chaired by David Rueda. 1/3 https://tinyurl.com/2y4y5koh31 Aug 2024 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:6lfonorqvudrwmyrx5vebs7h/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2y36vz5or2d