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MISUM Executive Director launches webinar series In Development Economics with leading international scholars in the field

MISUM is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting Virtual Seminar Series in Development Economics (VDEV), starting on Tuesday 12 May at 5 PM, featuring leading scholars, including two Nobel Laureates.

The webinar series is organized by Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Executive Director of MISUM and Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Stockholm School of Economics, Giacomo De Giorgi of the GSEM Institute of Economics and Econometrics, Gianmarco Leon of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE, Karen Macours of the Paris School of Economics. These virtual seminars will take place on Tuesdays, at least until the end of July.

Invited speakers include:

Seema Jayachandran (Northwestern University)

Elisabeth Sadoulet (Berkeley University of California)

Michael Kremer (Nobel Laureate 2019 - Harvard University)

Chris Udry (Northwestern University)

Pascaline Dupas (Stanford University)

Costas Meghir (Yale University)

Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University)

Esther Duflo (Nobel Laureate 2019 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Tavneet Suri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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