C18-19 Historian, EH&DHGeoHum, Cambridge & CAMPOP- comparative 🇪🇺 econ development, Ind Rev, econ norms, lighthouses, gamification, data extraction and AI applied to Hist. https://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3mkcjvlqvpc24New paper with @gproffit.bsky.social and Arthur Starzec documenting a dataset containing all buildings and urban footprints extracted from the Etat-Major (military) maps for France in the mid C19. Now available to all to play with. #urbaneconomics #econhist paper & data 👉 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.129351 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcjvlqvpc24https://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3mhaxwomsb52fIn the next five years, we are going to do LOTS of census linking 🔗🔗🔗🔗🔗, produce new transcriptions of all UK censuses 1841-1921, and use these to study migrations and demographic transitions, thanks to @ukri.org ! Sneak peek at: www.geolinking.hist.cam.ac.uk https://www.geolinking.hist.cam.ac.uk17 Mar 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaxwomsb52fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3mhawvahphc2fNew read for anyone interested in the task/occupation debate and their suitability for studying structural change. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhawvahphc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3mca2debbua2kAnother great paper in our working paper series by Amy Erickson. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca2debbua2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3m7o47tkvzs2hTwo months ago my partner was asked to leave the Postdoc centre of the @cam.ac.uk in Eddington where she works because I briefly brought her our baby so she could breastfeed him (in the lobby)! If we want to support women in academia and career equality, we should do better!10 Dec 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7o47tkvzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3m3osjhrtc225Research by @emvchung.bsky.social one of @camunicampop.bsky.social brilliant PhD students in the Guardian today https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/21/friedrich-engels-segregated-manchester-cambridge-historian21 Oct 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3osjhrtc225https://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3lqpdgf7jdc22Another great paper on @cwpeconhist.bsky.social ! If you have not done it yet, follow us for the latest from @cambridgeup.bsky.social and elsewhere! We are open to all new submissions, fast turnaround, immediate DOI and increased visibility for your working papers in #econhist and #demography! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpdgf7jdc22https://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3lpo2daezdb2u@ebu.ch - can I check this is correct? Picking one coutry at random; Ireland had c.268,000 viewers for #eurovision final. Say 10% of them voted, 670 SIM cards (x20 votes) would do to get 50% of the votes costing **€1440** (2€/SIM and 0.15€/text). Not hard to imagine a country manipulating the result21 May 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpo2daezdb2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3lp6yp4i4qk2iIf you are not yet hooked on Campop’s weeklies, just read @judyzara.bsky.social post on work before the Industrial Revolution at https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05/15/precarity-in-work/. You can always sign up to get these delivered fresh to you with your morning coffee every week!15 May 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp6yp4i4qk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3long4hg67c2gIf you don’t know your Miss for your Mrs I strongly suggest you read our new @camunicampop.bsky.social blog by Amy Erickson on the history of these titles. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05/08/when-mrs-wasnt-married/08 May 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3long4hg67c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3loij6nzu522xLook at this wonderful new paper by @emvchung.bsky.social from @camunicampop.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2025 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3loij6nzu522xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3lobvf3xmus26Great to spot @camunicampop.bsky.social ‘s data used in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/may/03/england-prisons-are-still-victorian-visual-investigation03 May 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobvf3xmus26https://bsky.app/profile/alexislitvine.bsky.social/post/3ljuruty5ec2sA double bill this week to celebrate International Women’s Day!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:lg7oudq5ynie5r6vfx76o7l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljuruty5ec2s