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
HOW RESPONSIVE IS LOCAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUENCY PREFERENCES?
Asya Magazinnik Hertie School
16 FEBRUARY
FOLLOWING CELLS AFTER GENE THERAPY: FROM GENES TO POPOLATIONS.
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
TBD
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 APRILE
THE LONG-RUN PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
Julián Costas-Fernández University of Surrey
20 APRILE
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 APRILE
POLICY SIGNALS, CULTURAL NORMS, AND THE MISALLOCATION OF TALENT
Alessandra L. González DUKE University
4 MAY
GEOGRAPHIES OF HEALING: THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF COLONIAL-ERA HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN BRITISH AFRICA
Jutta Bolt University of Groningen
11 MAY
TBD
Alice Goisis University College London (UCL)
18 MAY
EXPERIENCE OF SLAVERY, TRANSITION TO FREEDOM
Marie Beigelman King’s College
25 MAY
HOW TO STUDY YOUTH GENDER POLARIZATION
Kevin Munger European University Institute (EUI)
Civica Research Seminar Series: Pedro Ramaciotti Morales, Sciences Po
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
The seminar will be held in presence, in room 3-B3-sr01 - Roentgen Building
This tenth appointment of the Dondena Seminar Series 2023 will feature a presentation by Alícia Adsera, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Economics at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and director of graduate studies at the Office of Population Research (Princeton University); on her academic paper titled “The Value of Democracy”.
You may follow the seminar online via ZOOM Meetings at the following link: https://unibocconi-it.zoom.us/j/93598941532
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
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"
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