Professor of Economic History at LSE studying health, demography, living standards and economic growth; working on global historical child stunting. Website: www.ericbschneider.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3mlndekbucc2tReally pleased to see our global stunting data up on our world in data. We hope it helps people contextualise child stunting in a much longer historical lens. Thanks to Hannah and Tuna for visualising and explaining the data so well! The link to the original paper is here: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlndekbucc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3mkqkjjj33c2nReally pleased to see @hggaddy.bsky.social’s work recognised with this prize. It’s an important and extremely well-executed paper. Congratulations! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqkjjj33c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3mgs7a2u3lc2yBtw the data from the paper is available here: dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… The paper is open access online. Thanks to all my coauthors for their contributions! @julianajaramilloe.bsky.social @gregorigv.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social @kris-inwood.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs7a2u3lc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3mgs5bcrh7k261/ Why do many WASH interventions have limited effects on child stunting? Our historical data suggest something surprising: Sanitation infrastructure alone often wasn’t enough, even in the past. New BMJ Global Health paper 👇 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-01860711 Mar 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs5bcrh7k26https://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3mfkbak52522cWhat is child stunting — and how has it changed over the last 200 years? Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life. It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood. 1)23 Feb 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkbak52522chttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3m5bj2hixac2fJust a reminder to sign up for this webinar on IPUMS International on Wednesday! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Nov 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bj2hixac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3m4vzvh42pc2oCurious about using census microdata in your research? 📊 Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data. 🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom Register: https://forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2sk5Dm9 Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.05 Nov 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vzvh42pc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3m3px5hhdzs2m@tizianaleone.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3px5hhdzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3m3prvphqp22aJoin us for the London Universities Population Seminar on 28 October at noon UK time at LSE. Prof Karen Glaser (Kings) will present 'Changes in mental and physical health among adults aged 50 – 69 in England: Implications for economic inactivity'. The seminar will be in-person and online.21 Oct 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3prvphqp22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3lp37ltse322w📜 NEW WORKING PAPER 📜 What was the true case fatality rate (CFR) of smallpox? My new paper with Romola Davenport (Cambridge) revisits this question using 18th-century data from Sweden and Iceland—and challenges the long-held belief that smallpox CFRs were 20–30%. 🧵👇 1/613 May 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp37ltse322whttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3lkmdzokka22oReally cool to see Jordan describing how the medieval economy worked! He covers interesting questions like: What is a peasant? How market oriented were medieval people? And what role did horses play in the medieval economy? [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkmdzokka22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3lgs6i4jdus23Final reminder about this workshop. We are also grateful to have received funding from the economic history society that will help cover accommodation costs for a couple of PhD students. Please apply now! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgs6i4jdus23https://bsky.app/profile/ericbschneider.com/post/3lg6526oxnc2eJust a reminder about this call for papers! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:bewptkqvjog3qa7ulutrxk7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6526oxnc2e