Events

  • 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 […]

    Research Seminar: Deconstructing Human Capital to Construct Nestedness

    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: Hyejin Youn is an associate professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), and an external faculty at Santa Fe […]

    Development Talk: Easy to Say, Hard to Do / Leading Economic Change in Wyoming

    Location: Democracy Lab (R-414) (Harvard Community) / Zoom
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Josh Dorrell, CEO, Wyoming Business Council Moderator: Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban […]

    Research Seminar: Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Alternative Data Sources to Study Migratory Phenomena

    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: Stefano M. Iacus is the Director of Data Science and Product Research at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. He is working closely with the […]

  • Research Seminar: Tackling the UK’s Regional Economic Inequality: Binding constraints and avenues for policy intervention

    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.Location: Weil Town Hall, Belfer, HKS/ZoomWhether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come, […]

    Development Talk: Access to Power / Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan

    Nye C, Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Ijlal Naqvi, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean (Curriculum and Teaching) at the School […]

    Webinar: Leading Green Growth

    Zoom (registration information below)

    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: Robot Adoption, Organizational Capital and the Productivity Paradox

    Weil Town Hall, Belfer, HKS/Zoom
    • 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.Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar […]

    Development Talk: Greening Economic Development / What Does It Take?

    Bell Hall (B-500) / Zoom (registration information below)
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Amir Lebdioui, Assistant Professor in the Political Economy of Development, SOAS University of London […]

    Development Talk: Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder

    Malkin Penthouse / Zoom (registration info below)
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy.Speaker: Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, HKS MPA 2009Moderator: Pablo Andrés Neumeyer, […]

    Development Talk: Investment in the Energy Transition / Global and Domestic Dimensions

    L-230 Gundle Family Classroom / Zoom
    • Development Talks

    The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working in economic development. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both the practice of development and analytical work centered on policy. Speaker: Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Moderator: Akshay Mathur, Edward […]

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