Seminar Series

DONDENA SEMINAR SERIES - SPRING 2026
All seminars will take place in hybrid mode from 12:45 to 2:00PM (CET) at Bocconi University Room 3.B3.SR01 via Röntgen 1, Milano

Please note that on January 26th, February 2nd, February 9th, and February 23th the seminar will be held in in Room 4-E4-SR03, Via Röntgen 1.

FOR INFORMATION
Carlo F. Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy
tel. +39 025836.6620 dondenaresearch@unibocconi.it www.dondena.unibocconi.it

26 JANUARY -  Room 4-E4-SR03
CAN GENERATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY BE A THING?
Alberto Aletá Casas Universidad Zaragoza

2 FEBRUARY - Room 4-E4-SR03
STATE DEPENDENCY, EDUCATION, AND PROTEST: EVIDENCE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.
Neil Ketchley Oxford University

9 FEBRUARY -  Room 4-E4-SR03
AN AGENCY PERSPECTIVE ON IMMIGRATION FEDERALISM
Asya Magazinnik Hertie School

16 FEBRUARY
FOLLOWING CELLS AFTER GENE THERAPY: FROM GENES TO POPULATIONS.
Danilo Pellin Harvard Medical School

23 FEBRUARY -  Room 4-E4-SR03
FROM TRENDS TO MECHANISMS: A THEORY-INFORMED FRAMEWORK FOR MORTALITY FORECASTING
UgoFilippo Basellini MPIDR

2 MARCH
UNEQUAL LUCK: CHANCE AS A MECHANISM OF EDUCATIONAL 
Fabrizio Bernardi UNED

9 MARCH
CASUL META-ANALYSIS BY INTEGRATING MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES WITH MULTIVARIATE OUTCOMES.
Subha Guha Dartmouth College

16 MARCH
TBD
Jeremy Ferwerda Dartmouth Collage

23 MARCH
THE GREATER OF ALL PLAGUES: HOW ECONOMIC INEQUALITY SHAPED POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM PLATO TO MARX
David Lay Williams DePaul University

30 MARCH
STATUS, INCOME, AND REDISTRIBUTIVE PREFERENCES: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
Pavi Suryanarayan LSE 

13 APRILE
THE LONG-RUN PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
Julián Costas-Fernández University of Surrey

20 APRILE
RE-USING ADMINISTRATIVE AND STATISTICAL DATA FOR THE CREATION OF LONGITUDINAL POPULATION INFRASTRUCTURES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
Diego Ramiro Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CSIC)

27 APRILE
POLICY SIGNALS, CULTURAL NORMS, AND THE MISALLOCATION OF TALENT
Alessandra L. González DUKE University

4 MAY
GEOGRAPHIES OF HEALING: THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF COLONIAL-ERA HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN BRITISH AFRICA
Jutta Bolt University of Groningen 

11 MAY
HAVING A CHILD THROUGH MEDICALLY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION: A SOCIAL STRATIFICATION PERSPECTIVE 
Alice Goisis University College London (UCL) 

18 MAY
SUGAR, HARDSHIP, AND AFTERMATH OF SLAVERY
Marie Beigelman King’s College

25 MAY 
HOW TO STUDY YOUTH GENDER POLARIZATION 
Kevin Munger European University Institute (EUI)


                 

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Dan-Olof Rooth

This fourth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Dan-Olof Rooth, professor of Economics at SOFI, Stockholm University; on his academic paper titled "Language Proficiency and Hiring of Immigrants: Evidence from a New Field Experimental Approach"

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/92864465508

Room 3.B3.SR01- Roentgen
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CIVICA Research Seminar - Iacopo Iacopini

"The role of higher-order interactions in the dynamics of social contagion and norm change"

 

CIVICA Research brings together researchers from eight leading European universities in the social sciences to contribute knowledge and solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. The project aims to strengthen the research & innovation pillar of CIVICA, the European University alliance. CIVICA Research is co-funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program

Co-funded by the Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme of the European Union

www.civica.eu

info@civica.eu

Twitter: @CIVICA_Research

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Albert Esteve Palós

This third appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Albert Esteve Palós Director of the CED and Professor at the Dept. of Sociology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB); on his academic paper titled "Lifetime exposure to coresident kin across societies"

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/99731613428

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Florian Foos

This second appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Florian Foos, Associate Professor in Political Behaviour in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); on his academic paper titled Red Zones: Forced Displacement and Support for Radical Right Parties

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/97983684980

 

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Anthony LePinteur

This first appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Anthony Lepinteur, Research Scientist at the Department of Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Luxembourg; on his academic paper titled “Job insecurity, savings and consumption: an Italian experiment”

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/91390369985

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series FALL 19/12/2022

This fourteenth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series Fall 2022 will feature a presentation from Viola Angelini, Professor in the Economics of Household Behaviour at the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance of the University of Groningen; on her academic paper titled "Giving with a warm hand: evidence on estate planning and inter vivos transfers"

Please note that the seminar will be in a hybrid format - presence + Zoom meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/98218912844 

ROENTGEN ROOM 2-E4-sr03 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series FALL 15/15/2022

This thirteenth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series Fall 2022 will feature a presentation from Professor Luca Flabbi, in the Economics Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; on his academic paper titled Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development

Please note that the seminar will be in a hybrid format - presence + Zoom meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/94575557990

This seminar has been co-organized with Bocconi's AXA Lab for Gender Equality

Roentgen Room 3.B3-SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series FALL 12/12/2022

This twelfth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series Fall 2022 will feature a presentation from Giorgia Menta, post-doctoral researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER); on her academic paper titled Depression and Early Retirement Age: Causal Evidence from a Gene-Environment Setup

Please note that the seminar will be in a hybrid format - presence + Zoom meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/94419456584

ROENTGEN ROOM 3-B3-SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series FALL 5/12/2022

This eleventh appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series Fall 2022 will feature a presentation from professor Manuela Stranges, Associate Professor of Demography at the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance “Giovanni Anania”, University of Calabria; on her academic paper titled Subjective Wellbeing: economic, social and legislative factors”

Please note that the seminar will be in a hybrid format (presence + Zoom meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/97667549323

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.E4.SR03 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series FALL 29/11/2022

This extra tenth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series Fall 2022 will feature a presentation from Professor Monica Helen Green, fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, specialized in the history of infectious diseases in the pre-modern European period; on her academic paper titled "A New Definition of the Black Death: Genetic Findings and Historical Interpretations"

Please note that the seminar will be in a hybrid format (presence + Zoom meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/91877851612