Events

  • Programming + Pizza // Visualizing Economic Data with Metroverse & Viz Hub

    HKS Library Commons
    • Growth Lab

    **This event was originally scheduled for Oct. 25th** Speakers: Annie White (Senior Product Manager), Steven Geofrey (Front-End Software Developer), Brendan Leonard (Back-End Developer and Data Specialist), and Nil Tuzcu (UX/UI & Data Visualization Designer) make up the Development & Design Team at the Growth Lab. At this session of Programming + Pizza, Annie and her team […]

  • Research Seminar: Author Location & Attention on Open Science Platforms / Evidence from COVID-19 Preprints

    Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall, HKS / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Speaker: Megan MacGarvie,  Associate Professor, Boston University/Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research Abstract: Online platforms such as preprint servers have become an important way to disseminate […]

    Research Seminar: Academic Science and Corporate Innovation

    Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall, HKS / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Speaker: Seungryul Ryan Shin, Post-Doctoral Researcher at Cornell University. Abstract:  This study examines how academic science shapes the dynamics of corporate innovation. An experiment that as-good-as-randomly exposes academic […]

  • Research Seminar: Dynamic industrial policy for climate change

    Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall, HKS and virtual
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Speaker: Gregory Nemet, Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Abstract: We need a new approach to climate policy that puts innovation and adoption of low carbon technologies at the […]

    Research Seminar: Superstar Teams- The Micro Origins and Macro Implications of Coworker Complementarities

    Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall, HKS / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

      The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.   Speaker: Lukas Freund, PhD candidate in Economics and Gates scholar at the University of Cambridge Abstract: Modern production frequently involves teamwork among employees specialized in different tasks. […]

    Development Talk: Order Without Design / Rethinking the Role of Government in City Development

    Nye B&C (T-520) / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's Development Talks is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in international development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Alain Bertaud, Senior Fellow, New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management; Distinguished Visiting […]

    The Fastest Route to Specialization? Evidence from the Expansion of the Italian Highway System

    Belfer L1 Weil Town Hall, HKS / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Speaker: Sara Bagagli, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics at Harvard University Abstract: I analyze the effects of a large public transportation infrastructure investment on the industrial structure of […]

  • Venezuelan Migrants in Brazil: Children and Family Experiences with Education and Social Services

    S216, CGIS South, Zoom (registration information below)
    • Growth Lab

    Speaker: Gabrielle Oliveira, Jorge Paulo Lemann Associate Professor of Education and of Brazil Studies, Harvard Graduate School of Education Moderator: Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education An unprecedented number of Venezuelans have left behind the worsening economic and social crisis at home to look for better future prospects. Brazil is hosting about […]

    Research Seminar: Uncovering Commercial Activity in Informal Cities

    Virtual/ Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Speaker: Neave O'Clery, Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London Abstract: Knowledge of the spatial organization of economic activity […]

    Research Seminar: Structural Change in Export Activities: An Exploration Using Occupations Data

    Zoom (registration information below)
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.Speaker: Hagen Kruse, PhD candidate and Research affiliate of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre @University of GroningenAbstract: Traditionally, comparative advantage in exporting is measured at the level of […]

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