
Paul Sharp
@paulsharpechist
Professor of Economic History at the Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG), University of Southern Denmark.
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http://www.keynes.dk 08-04-2019 09:34:40
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📢We're Hiring!📢 I'm looking for a PhD student to join me HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) to work on research in health care, education and medical innovation in the US 👉Fully funded by Carlsbergfondet 👉Apply by 7 April Join our exciting research environment—apply now! bit.ly/4i3KsHq

EHES has an insightful new working paper by Julius Koschnick 👏 The paper is "Teacher-directed scientific change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution"🏴👨🎓🧑🏫 👉Read all EHES working papers here: ehes.org/working-papers/

Big congratulations to HEDG PhD student Christian Alexander Abildgaard Nielsen on being awarded an EHA Early-Stage Dissertation Grant for his project on persistence of Danish elites.👏🎉


✨ Exciting News! Big congratulations to HEDG Professor Paul Sharp and #MarkusLampe from WU Economic & Social History on their new paper, "Of the bovine ilk: quantifying the welfare of dairy cattle in history, 1750–1900"🐮🇩🇰 Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #EconHist #SDU

#SophieYiwenLi Christian Vedel Paul Sharp #TorbenJohansen Matt Curtis Sarah Washbrook Gregory Clark Julius Koschnick are attending the Economic History Society conference at the University of Strathclyde on April April 4-6.🇬🇧 #EHS2025

My own department HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) has also made historical tariffs and their impact the topic of this year’s summer school -> see here for more:

🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢 The “golddigger” myth gets a reality check! 💰📉 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history. 👉 Read the article here: weekendavisen.dk/2025-15/ideer/… #EconHist #SocialMobility

📢 New publication alert! Paul Sharp, Christian Vedel, Xenia Ts, and eoin mclaughlin have published a new article: "Ireland in a Danish mirror: A microlevel comparison of the productivity of Danish and Irish creameries before the First World War"🇮🇪🇩🇰🐮


🎶 What makes a great musician? Karol Jan Borowiecki took the stage at Science & Beers in Odense to explore 1,000 years of musical greatness through the lens of economic history. Cheers🍺 Details: studenterhus.dk/facebook-event…

🎙️ Karol Jan Borowiecki joined P1 K-Live to talk creativity, culture, and the unstoppable rise of the "meta express." Catch the full interview here: dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-live/…

🚨 PhD course HEDG (Historical Economics and Development Group) this August! "Historical Perspectives on Current Econ Issues: Big Data & Applications" 📅 Aug 11–22 | Odense 👨🏫 Christopher Meissner (UC Davis) Apply by July 1 #econtwitter sdu.dk/en/forskning/f…

📢 Coming soon! Paul Sharp, alongside coauthors Gunnar Persson and Markus Lampe, will soon publish their book: "An Economic History of Europe" with Cambridge University Press. Get yourself a copy: 🔗 cambridge.org/highereducatio…

