Most tables in academic papers suck (mine included). Can we make them suck less? Today, I tried. If you've ever wanted to make simple, clean data summary or regression tables using R + TeX, I have just the post for you: patrickbaylis.com/blog/2021-05-3…

We're hiring a full-time research assistant! Matt Lowe is much funnier than I am so please read his tweet.

Do you like population-weighted weather data? What about the timeless classic film Point Break? If you answered yes to both questions, then I have got a blog post just for you: patrickbaylis.com/blog/2021-08-1…

New wildfires/adaptation WP with Judd Boomhower: We find that CA wildland building codes starting in 90s had big effects on the probability of home survival in a wildfire, but very few other places in the West have similar requirements (even today). Any feedback is appreciated!

When Grant McDermott https://bsky.app/profile/gmcd.bsy writes a blog post that solves a problem I am literally tangling with at _this very moment_ it becomes very hard to believe he doesn’t have cameras in my home. I’m onto you, McDermott

Absolutely thrilled to be heading up the hill for this discussion with SFU Political Science! Even more thrilled to see the rest of the talks in this series, which really look amazing (thank goodness I don't have to follow them)

#HiddenCurriculum is back for another season! And, to keep the bar low (I assume), I'm the first guest. Super fun conversation with Alex and Sebastian about developing work habits that allow you to be productive AND enjoy your life.

Yes, please do! Besides the very funny Matt Lowe and the less-funny me, other wonderful colleagues also hiring: Reka Juhasz, Heather Sarsons, Victor Couture, Gorkem Bostanci, Giovanni Gallipoli, munirsquires, Jamie McCasland, Samuel Norris, and Sam Hwang

Quick thread on a paper we had out last week on wildfire smoke in Nature Human Behaviour. Take-home is that current policy approaches to protecting folks from wildfire smoke exposure are pretty inadequate. Paper here nature.com/articles/s4156… (1/n)

Why are there so many small-scale vendors in developing country cities? Some new evidence with Banerjee, Greg Fischer, Dean Karlan, Ben Roth: mattlowe.site/wp-content/upl… 1/

For the ultrarunning nerds, some stats and analysis in advance of the incredibly stacked #UTMB later this week. Writing by the incomparable David Roche, stats by me. trailrunnermag.com/training/trail…

What Nathan Nunn said! Also, we have some incredible (and incredibly nice) recent faculty hires...

The latest from Headwaters Economics: New research has mapped the costs of protecting homes from #wildfires to show they are highest in rural parts of the western US where density is relatively low. bit.ly/3lfSbcP

Please apply! We promise good times, great swag, and all the learning you can squeeze into a 2-day window.

🌍🚜 Research Opportunity! Patrick Baylis and I are hiring a Full-Time Research Associate in Pakistan for 12 months to support our projects on climate change and agriculture. Questions? DM or email me. Please RT to help spread the word! 🌱

We're looking for a Pakistan-based Research Associate to support climate adaptation research. Please get in touch with Talha Naeem if you're interested!

A number of people have been asking*, so I figured it was about time for the 2024 edition of "how to make nice LaTeX tables with R"! patrickbaylis.com/posts/2024-04-… * Technically speaking, zero IS a number.

Exiting Twitter and heading to BlueSky. Here is my very first post: it's about a new dataset you might want to use! bsky.app/profile/patric…