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
EVALUATING THE POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY OF HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRATION: DO AFFORDABILITY SHOCKS PROMPT ELECTORAL BACKLASH?
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 APRIL
THE LONG-RUN PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
Julián Costas-Fernández University of Surrey
20 APRIL
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 APRIL
POLICY SIGNALS, CULTURAL NORMS, AND THE MISALLOCATION OF TALENT
Alessandra L. González DUKE University
4 MAY
"COUNCILS AND INDIRECT RULE 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)
22 JUNE
TBD
Theo Araujo University of Amsterdam
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
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
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
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
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
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
"The role of higher-order interactions in the dynamics of social contagion and norm change"
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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
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
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