Events

  • Research Seminar – Forecasting Macroeconomic Dynamics Using a Calibrated Data-Driven Agent-Based Model

    HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab's 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: Samuel Wiese, University of Oxford Whether attending in person or virtually, please register in advance. Abstract: In the last few years, economic agent-based models have made the transition from […]

    Research Seminar – Procuring Low Growth: The Impact of Political Favoritism on Public Procurement and Firm Performance in Bulgaria

    HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab's 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: Mihaly Fazekas. Associate Professor, Central European University Whether attending in person or virtually, please register in advance. Authors: Mihaly Fazekas, Viktoriia Poltoratskaya, Marc Schiffbauer, and Bence Tóth Paper Abstract: This […]

    The Social and Environmental Consequences of the Twin Energy-Digital Transition

    HYBRID - Zoom / Perkins, Rubenstein 429 at HKS
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab's 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: Aurélien Saussay, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics Whether attending in person or virtually, please register in advance. Abstract: We analyze the […]

  • Can South Africa’s Government of National Unity Deliver?

    HYBRID - Zoom / Wexner W-434AB
    • Development Talks
    • Growth Lab

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries, regions, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. […]

    Diversifying from Oil: Aspirations and Results of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

    HYBRID WEXNER L-230, HKS / Zoom
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries, regions, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. […]

  • 2025 Summer Internship Informational Lunch

    Wexner 434 AB

    Each year, the Growth Lab offers students exciting opportunities to work with its research teams on applied projects around the world, often embedded with local governments and project counterparts. Opportunities for summer 2025 include work on the Growth Lab’s Bolivia, Nigeria, New Mexico, Baltimore, Azerbaijan, Morocco and Meghalaya projects. We are hosting a pizza lunch […]

    Research Seminar – From Labor to Intermediates: Firm Growth, Input Substitution, and Monopsony

    HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
    • Academic Research Seminars
    • Growth Lab

    The Growth Lab's 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: Matthias Mertens, postdoctoral associate at MIT FutureTech Whether attending in person or virtually, please register in advance. Paper Abstract: (Matthias Mertens with Benjamin Schoefer from UC Berkeley) […]

    Leading Green Growth with Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag

    Zoom

    As the world transitions to a lower carbon economy, new industries, markets, and paths to economic prosperity are emerging. Join Harvard faculty Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag for a 1-hour webinar on how the current energy transition is reshaping economic opportunity around the world—opening new doors for some and posing threats to others—and explore what […]

    Research Seminar: Trade, Innovation and Optimal Patent Protection

    HYBRID Perkins Rubenstein 429 / Zoom
    • Academic Research Seminars

    The Growth Lab's 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: Thomas Sampson, Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics Whether attending in person or virtually, please register in advance.  Paper Abstract: Intellectual property rights are a […]

  • Faculty Webinar: Strategies for Inclusive Growth

    Zoom (registration information below)

    Join Ricardo Hausmann and Matt Andrews for a one-hour webinar on the rapidly evolving paths to economic prosperity and how rethinking economic policy, from design to implementation, can advance shared prosperity for all.  This webinar will include topics covered in the upcoming executive program Strategies for Inclusive Growth.Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann is the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political […]

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