Events

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

    Research Seminar – AI-generated Production Networks: Measurement and Applications to Global Trade

    Online Only
    • 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: 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 […]

    Research Seminar: Demand & Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms

    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: 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 […]

    Research Seminar – Urban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis

    Online Only
    • 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: 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 […]