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 
joint with MiSPS

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

16 NOVEMBER
TBA 
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

Karolinska Institutet
KEITH HUMPHREYS
Natural history models of breast cancer  - understanding disease progression and screening sensitivity
Bocconi University
DO.RE.MEE
MIT
ANNE MCCANTS & DANIEL SELIGSON
Nature, Culture and Development
Yale University
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GREGORY A. HUBER
Makers and Takers: How We (Don't) Tax the Poor Reduces Support for Taxing and Redistribution
London School of Economics and Political Science
JOAN ROSES
Title: Unequal Mortality during the Spanish Flu
London School of Economics and Political Science
COSTA-i-FONT JOAN
Title:  Health and income inequality aversion after Covid-19
Universidad de los Andes - Joint with Università di Bologna
RAQUEL BERNAL
Title: The effects of a project and play-based early education program on medium term developmental trajectories of young children in a low-income setting.
University of Chicago
JOHN CLEGG
Title: Carceral Legacy of Slavery
Toulouse School of Economics
MOHAMED SALEH
Title: Export Booms and Net Fertility in a Malthusian Economy Evidence from the Lancashire Cotton Famine
Lund University
JAN TEORELL
Title: Bargaining delays in polarized parliamentary democracies