Frank Neffke

Frank Neffke has been a team leader at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna since July 2021. Before joining the Hub, Frank was the Growth Lab’s Research Director. He joined the Growth Lab at Harvard’s Center for International Development as a Research Fellow in 2012.

His research focuses on economic transformation and growth, from the macro-level of structural change in regional and national economies to the micro-level of firm diversification and the career paths of individuals. This research has shed light on topics ranging from structural transformation and new growth paths in regional economies, economic complexity and the role of cities, local labor markets, the importance of division of labor, human capital and teams in modern economies, the consequences of job displacement and the future of work.

Before joining CID, Frank worked as an assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

He holds a Ph. D. in Economic Geography from Utrecht University and Master degrees in Econometrics and Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam.

Matté Hartog

Matte Hartog joined the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2015. He served as a Visiting Fellow in 2014. 

His research focuses on the role of knowledge diffusion through external sources in fostering structural change of economies. For new economic activities to develop in countries, cities and firms, an influx of new capabilities is often necessary, which can be obtained through the inflow of organizations (for instance, multinational companies) and people from elsewhere. Matte particularly focuses on economic development in Colombia and Mexico.

He graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master degree in Local Economic Development and from Utrecht University with a Master degree in Human Geography and Planning, and conducted PhD research on economic development in Colombia, Finland, The Netherlands and Sweden. 

For more information, please see his Harvard Scholar page

Michele Coscia

Michele Coscia is currently an associate researcher at CID and assistant professor at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU). He joined the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2011.

Michele obtained his Master in Digital Humanities (2008) and his PhD in Computer Science (2012) from the University of Pisa. He then spent seven months conducting research at Northeastern University’s Center for Complex Network Research, led by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi.

He is trained in data mining and his research is focused primarily on Complex Network analysis, particularly on multidimensional networks, i.e. networks expressing multiple different relations at the same time. At CID, his research focuses on human mobility and its relationship to the diffusion of knowledge and as a barrier to economic inclusion. At ITU, he focuses on developing new algorithms for network analysis and on the critical evaluation of their state of the art.

Juan Pablo Chauvin

Juan Pablo Chauvin is a Research Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. His research focuses on the economic development cities and regions, with a focus on understanding the connections between labor markets, housing markets, and the industry composition of places. In the past, he has been a consultant with the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GiZ), the World Bank, the OECD, and the private sector; advising local and national governments in South America, Asia, the MENA region and Southeast Europe. He has also been an instructor at the Harvard Kennedy School and at Ecuadorian Universities. He holds a PhD in Public Policy and a Master in Public Administration – International Development from Harvard, a Master in Public Policy from FLACSO – Ecuador, and B.A.s in Sociology and Economics from Universidad San Francisco de Quito.