Harvard Kennedy School
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at Warwick University and at the University of Bonn This is an online only event. Please register in advance. Paper Abstract: This paper leverages […]
All students are welcome to join us for an informational session about the opportunity to participate in a 6-week Growth Lab study Group on Rural Economies. The info session will include an introductory presentation and Q&A by the Growth Lab and virtual participation by the Wyoming Business Council and/or New Mexico Economic Development Department. RSVP […]
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: Lisandra Flach, Professor of Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for International Economics Whether attending in person or virtually, please register […]
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: Fabian Eckert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego Please register in advance. Abstract: After 1980, larger US cities experienced substantially […]
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. […]