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
(Note: The seminar hours are 12:00 - 1:45pm)
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
(Zoom meeting)
Natalie Bau will present her paper: Cultural Institutions and Structural Change: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate (With Gaurav Khanna, Corinne Low, and Alessandra Voena)
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Remi Jedwab will be here to present his paper: TBA
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Adam Osman will be here to present his paper: The Demand for Mobility: Evidence from an Experiment with Uber Riders
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Lauren Falcao Bergqui will present her paper: Search Costs, Intermediation, and Trade: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Agricultural Markets (with Craig McIntosh and Meredith Startz)
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Job Market Candidate
TBA
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Job Market Candidate
TBA
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Zoom
Anandi Mani will present her paper: TBA