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 
TRUST IN GENERATIVE AI: EMERGING FINDINGS ABOUT OUR DAILY INTERACTIONS
Theo Araujo  University of Amsterdam