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

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Rahsaan Maxwell

The Pro-Immigration Europeans

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PIETRO BIROLI

Genes, Pubs, and Drinks: Gene-environment interplay and alcohol licensing policy in the United Kingdom

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DAVID DOYLE

All is Fair: Redistribution, Distribution, and Retribution

BOCCONI UNIVERSITY
DONDENA RESEARCH MEETING

Dondena Research Meeting — Do.Re.Mee.

Università di Bologna
FRANCESCA BARIGOZZI
Gender wage and longevity gaps and the design of retirement systems
Harvard University
DANIEL SCHNEIDER
The Consequences of Unemployment for Service Sector Workers in the U.S. during COVID-19
Universitat de Barcelona & IBEI
AINA GALLEGO
Automation risk and political preferences before and after the pandemic
University of Maryland
PHILIP COHEN
Host, parasite, and failure at the colony level: COVID-19 and the US information ecosystem
University of South Carolina
SHARON DE WITTE
The social and demographic context and consequences of medieval plague in London
Leiden University
KUTSAL YESILKAGIT
What’s in a Name? The Politics of Name Changes Inside Bureaucracy