Speaker: Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.About the Speaker: Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. […]

Speaker: David Deming, Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, HKS; Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE. About the Speaker: David Deming is a Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Faculty Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social […]

The Growth Lab is thrilled to announce the launch of our Viz Hub, a portfolio of award-winning, interactive visualizations powered by our research and discoveries. Join us on Tuesday, September 15th at 12PM EST for the official launch of the Viz Hub featuring Growth Lab Director Ricardo Hausmann, Senior Software Product Manager Annie White, and […]

Join us on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, for the “The Growth Lab’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery” event as a part of Harvard’s WorldWideWeek. The event will feature a discussion with Growth Lab Faculty Director Ricardo Hausmann and COVID-19 Task Force members about the research we conducted around the epidemic and its potential impacts. We will also […]

On Tuesday, Nov. 10th at 12pm EDT, Harvard's Growth Lab invites members of the Harvard community to attend "Joining the Growth Lab: A Behind the Scenes Look." Learn more about what it's like to be a Growth Lab Research Fellow with short presentations by Nikita Taniparti, Tim O'Brien, Semiray Kasoolu, and Frank Muci. They will describe their experience in this […]

Speakers: Simona Iammarino, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Ecnoomics and Political SciencePhilip McCann, Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, Sheffield University Management SchoolFrank Neffke, Research Director, Growth Lab Please register in advance for this event.  The long-term development paths of countries and regions are shaped by a never-ending process of restructuring, with some countries […]

On Thursday, Nov. 19th at 8:30 am EDT, Harvard's Growth Lab invites you to attend "Joining the Growth Lab: A Behind the Scenes Look." Learn more about what it's like to be a Growth Lab Research Fellow with short presentations by Nikita Taniparti, Tim O'Brien, Semiray Kasoolu, and Frank Muci. They will describe their experience in this role where they contribute to the core research agenda of the […]

Speakers: Frank Neffke, Research Director, Growth LabGary Gereffi, Emeritus Professor of Sociology; Director, Global Value Chains Center, Duke UniversityDavid Rigby, Professor, University of California-Los Angeles Please register in advance for this event.  The long-term development paths of countries and regions are shaped by a never-ending process of restructuring, with some countries and regions achieving fast growth […]

This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish translation. To register click here. Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School;  Francisco Cox Vial, lawyer and member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, appointed by the United […]

This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish translation. To register click here. Speaker: Luis Almagro, General Secretary of the Organization of the American States (OAS); María Gabriela Ponce, Professor, and researcher of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Catholic University “Andrés Bello”, Venezuela.Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University, […]