The Global Development seminar series is jointly hosted by the Departments of Economics and Politics and the Batten School. The series exposes faculty and students on grounds to the most innovative and current quantitative research in global development, brings together faculty and students from across the university, and fosters discussions and collaborations that focus on research that can help address the challenges in global development from different disciplines.
Below is the list of upcoming seminars: note that only Economics department hosted seminars are listed on this page.
Upcoming Seminars
(All will be Zoom that start at 12:15pm unless otherwise stated)
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Prashant Bhardwaj (UCSD) will present his paper: In Utero Exposure to Industrial Disasters
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Zoom: 9:15 - 10:30am
Imran Rasul (UCL) will present his paper: How Do Workers and Firms Search and Match in Low-income Labour Markets?
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
(Job Market Presentation)
Zoom: 3:30 -5:00pm
Luan Falcao Daniel Santos will present his paper: Deadly Politics: Political Connections, Intergovernmental Transfers, and Mortality
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
(Job Market Presentation)
Zoom: 3:30 - 5:00pm
Moogdho Mahzab will present his paper: Dishonesty and Public Goods Provision: A Tale of Tax-Evading Politicians
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
(Job Market Presentation)
Zoom: 3:30 - 5:00pm
Divya Pandey will present her paper: Reinforcing Gender Norms or Easing Housework Burdens? The Role of Mothers-in-Law in Determining Women’s Labor Force Participation
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Siwan Anderson (UBC) will present her paper: TBA
Tuesday, November 24 , 2020
Paulina Oliva (USC) will present her paper: TBA
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Francis Annan (Georgia State) will present his paper: TBA
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Raymond Fisman (Boston University) will present his paper: TBA
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Seema Jayachandran (Northwestern Univeristy) will present her paper: TBA
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Teresa Moline (Univ. of Hawaii) will present her paper: TBA
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Aprajit Mahajan (Univ. of California -Berkely) will present his paper: TBA
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Debi Prasad Mohapatra (Univ. of Massachusettes) will be present her paper: TBA
Tuesday, April 12, 2021
Zoom 3:30 - 4:45pm
Shaoda Wang (Univ. of Chicago) will present his paper: TBA
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Sabrin Beg (Univ. of Delaware) will present her paper: TBA
Faculty involved
Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (Politics)
Molly Lipscomb (Batten)
Isaac Mbiti (Batten)
Sheetal Sekhri (Economics)