Previous events - Page 18

Department seminar. Martin Dufwenberg is a Karl & Stevie Eller Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Arizona. He will present the paper: "Threats+" (written with Flora Li and Alec Smith).

Department seminar. Fatih Guvenen is the Curtis L. Carlson professor of economics at the University of Minnesota. He will present the paper: "Skewed Business Cycles" (written with Sergio Salgado and Nicholas Bloom).

This lecture has unfortunately been cancelled. 

What would it mean to tell the stories of trees? How can we represent them in ways that do not rely on problematic forms of ventriloquism, which reinscribe inequalities, and which do not rely on various forms of empathy or sympathy? This talk by Dalia Nassar, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, aims to outline a theory of representation that aims to respond to these questions in relation to trees.

Stefano Coretta (Edinburgh) will give a guest lecture about why the IPA vowel chart doesn't work

Department seminar. ?rem G¨¹?eri is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, at the University of Oxford. She will present the paper: "Dynamics of Financing Frictions for R&D."

Dr Bonnie Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, and author of The Metamorphosis of Autism (Manchester University Press). She has a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, and has held a research fellowship at King¡¯s College, London's Centre for Medical Humanities. She has lectured in the international history of child sciences, psychology and eugenics. In addition to her academic work, she writes for popular publications such as Aeon Magazine, and has appeared on BBC television. 

Open lectures by this year's Abel Prize winner Luis Caffarelli and three other specially invited matematicians.

Invited speaker Professor Jussi Taipale will present at the NCMM Tuesday Seminar on the topic ¡°Towards predicting gene expression from sequence¡±.

Department seminar. Johannes Haushofer is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. He will present the paper: "The Comparative Impact of Cash Transfers and Psychotherapy on Psychological and Economic Well-being" (written with Robert Mudida and Jeremy Shapiro).

What happens when political priorities, cultural squabbles and business interests undermine public health efforts during a pandemic? In this breakfast seminar, Professor Emily Mendenhall will discuss how people responded to COVID-19 in Okoboji, a small town in the American Midwest. 

Department seminar. John Finlay is a postdoc at Columbia Business School. He will present the paper: "Exporters, Credit Constraints, and Misallocation."

Nate Young has made an app that could make the lives of those interested in sound change in Scandinavian a lot easier. Come and see the beta version presented!

In this talk, Stuart Earle Strange, assistant professor of anthropology at Yale-NUS College, Singapore, will explore the contradictions between law, sovereignty, animal agency, and the sacred in Singaporean wildlife conservation.

Department seminar. Hessel Oosterbeek is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. He will present the paper: "Spillovers of field of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors."

How does health inform foreign policies? And how can health¡¯s role in policy decision-making be strengthened? In this breakfast seminar, Professor Ronald Labont¨¨ will share his experiences from studying Canadian global health diplomacy over the last decade.

Department seminar. Dario Tortarolo is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Nottingham and a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He will present the paper: "Can VAT Cuts Dampen the Effects of Food Price Inflation?" (written with Youssef Benzarti and Santiago Garriga).

Eric Turkheimer is a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, known for his research on the complex interplay between genetics and environmental factors in human behavior. His work has challenged the traditional nature vs. nurture dichotomy, demonstrating instead that genetic and environmental factors interact in complex and dynamic ways to shape human development and behavior. His influential "Three Laws of Behavior Genetics" have become a cornerstone of the field, guiding researchers and shaping public understanding of the interplay between genes and environment. He is currently the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.

Erlend Myklebust (University of Oslo)

Professor & PI of Learning, Elvira Brattico, from Aarhus University and University of Bari Aldo Moro, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series

Department seminar. The title of the seminar: "Wage formation, wage leadership and inflation in Norway." Professor Steinar Holden, Assistant Professor Martin Blomhoff Holm and Professor Marcus Hagedorn, University of Oslo, will each give a presentation on this current topic. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion.

In this final seminar, Tommas M?l?y will present the draft of his PhD thesis, which traces the sequencing of the cod¡¯s genome and the virtual lab-space in which genomes are digitally reconstructed and analyzed.

In the fourth and last Welcome to the Anthropocene lecture, Dr. Stephanie Roe, a WWF¡¯s Global Climate & Energy Lead Scientist, will discuss the technical, economic, political, and social approaches for mitigating climate change and other key challenges of the Anthropocene.

This talk by Alessandro Iandolo examines the USSR's involvement in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as aid donor, trade partner, and political inspiration for the first post-independence governments in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali. 

Department seminar. John Van Reenen is Ronald Coase School Professor at the London School of Economics and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). He will present the paper: "Ray of Hope? China and the Rise of Solar Energy".