Seminar Series

DONDENA SEMINAR SERIES - FALL 2026
Unless otherwise specified, 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

FOR INFORMATION
Carlo F. Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy
tel. +39 025836.3303 dondenaresearch@unibocconi.it www.dondena.unibocconi.it

7 SEPTEMBER
Causal Meta-Analysis by Integrating Multiple Observational Studies with Multivariate Outcomes
Subha Guha Dartmouth College

14 SEPTEMBER
Beyond Data Abundance: Methodological Advances for Epidemic Modeling 
Eugenio Valdano INSERM

21 SEPTEMBER
Political Violence and Family Bereavement in Gaza 2000-2025 
Diego Alburez-Gutierrez MPIDR

28 SEPTEMBER
Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks 
William Brady Kellogg School of Management 
joint with the Department of Cognitive Science

5 OCTOBER
Who Can have a Baby? Social Norms and the Right to Reproduce 
Leticia Marteleto University of Pennsylvania

12 OCTOBER
Promises, Policies, and Accountability: Evidence from Brazilian Mayors 
Claudio Ferraz University of British Columbia and PUC-Rio

19 OCTOBER
When Commemoration Backfires: Commemorative Exclusion and Minority Electoral Mobilization 
Gizem Arikan Trinity College Dublin

26 OCTOBER
The Idea of Growth 
Daniel Markovits Yale Law School

2 NOVEMBER - ROOM AS01
Inequality Effects of Bureaucracies’ Coping with Overload 
Eva Thomann University of Konstanz 

9 NOVEMBER
Railways and Health in Colonial India 
Maanik Nath Utrecht University 

16 NOVEMBER
Temporal Distortion in the Effects of Climate Shocks on School Attendance in Nigeria
Liliana Andriano University of Southampton

23 NOVEMBER
Women's Rights in Early Modern France 
Paula Gobbi Université Libre de Bruxelles

30 NOVEMBER
From Youth to Lifelong NEETs: A Social Investment Tool to Quantify the Economic and Social Cost of Exclusion 
Massimiliano Mascherini Eurofound

14 DECEMBER
Labour market demand and attitudes towards immigration 
Sergi Pardos-Prado University of Glasgow

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Matthew Kraft

This ninth appointments of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Matthew A. Kraft, Associate Professor of Economics at Brown University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; on his academic paper titled "Taking Teacher Evaluation to Scale: The Effect of State Reforms on Achievement and Attainment"

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/91275653871 

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar - David Lazer

This seminar will feature a presentation by professor David Lazer, distinguished professor of political science and computer and information science at Northeastern University and director of the Lazer Lab, on his academic paper titled "The Emergent Structure of the Online Information Ecosystem".

The seminar will take place in hybrid mode on the 21st of April, you may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/99259451269

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Leticia Arroyo Abad

This eighth appointments of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Adriana Leticia Arroyo-Abad, Associate Professor of Economics at City University of New York - Queens College; on her academic paper titled "The Migration Roots of Development: Colonization, Human Capital, and Institutions in the Americas"

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/94551484433

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Francesco Cinnirella

This seventh appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Francesco Cinnirella, Professor of Economics at the University of Bergamo, Italy; on his academic paper titled "Economic growth and productivity: Italy and the role of knowledge"

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/91204322914

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - Jan Vogler

This sixth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Jan Vogler, assistant professor in quantitative social science at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz; on his academic paper titled "Bureaucracy and Democracy: The Importance of Public Services to Citizens’ Lives and Trust in Government"

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/94248133466

ROENTGEN ROOM 3.B3.SR01 + ZOOM MEETINGS
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DONDENA Seminar Series Spring 2023 - José Manuel Aburto

This fifth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by José Manuel Aburto, demographer in the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science; on his academic paper titled "Unequal trends in causes of death drive life-expectancy differences during COVID-19"

 

You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/96224926561

Co-organized with CERGAS - Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management

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