Laboratory for Effective Antipoverty Policies at @Unibocconi. Rigorous scientific research to improve the lives of the poor. Use #leapdevelopment to reach out!
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@LEAPdevelopment 10th anniversary kick off today! Great talk by @AnneKaring => New evidence on antibiotic misuse: pharmacies play a pivotal role in AMR risk, but blunt restrictions can reduce overuse while increasing undertreatment!
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@LEAPdevelopment 10th anniversary: second talk in the health section - How should health insurance be designed? See Lorenzo Casaburi paper on health insurance in Uganda!
Join us on June 17! Fatoumata Diawara will be our guest! @FatouMusic_ Link to register here: events.unibocconi.eu/index.p…
@LEAPdevelopment turns 10! If you’re an NGO, foundation, policy makers, researcher or simply interested in development, we’d love to see you on June 17 at Bocconi University. Details below 👇
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Development economists? Don’t forget to submit your application!!!
📢Apply for the 25th Summer School in International and #Development #Economics: Economic Development in the Age of Big Data and #AI
⌛Deadline: 4 May
📆1-4 September | 📍Tuscany, Italy
Lecturers: @thesamasher & @paulnovosad
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A special thanks to our local partners: Un Sole per Tutti & Aguidie Guinea for their incredible work supporting adolescent empowerment and immigrant integration unsolepertutti.com @elianalaferrara @giac_bat @CornoLucia @LEAPdevelopment @Unicatt
🆕 Can providing information reduce risky migration?
Today on VoxDev, @giac_bat (@RF_Berlin), Lucia Corno (@Unicatt) & @elianalaferrara (@Kennedy_School) outline an informational intervention on the risks of irregular migration in Guinea: voxdev.org/topic/migration-u…
Join us through the brand-new LEAP/CLEAN Predoc Program!
This joint program is hiring full-time predocs starting Summer 2026, working with faculty from @LEAPdevelopment and @unit_crime at @Unibocconi. Deadline: 10 Feb 2026
More info➡️ leap.unibocconi.eu/vacancies…
#research #predoc
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JMC: for those not familiar w/ the Italian system, this is similar to a 4-year post-doc (no teaching!), after which the candidate can apply for a 5-6 yrs AP that automatically transitions into tenure. Deadline Nov.30! @unicatt @leapdevelopment @RoyalEconSoc @EAYEconomists 👇
Are you a JM candidate interested in Development/Labor/Applied micro? Come to work w/ us in Milan! @Unicatt @LEAPdevelopment
Look fwd to read your JM paper!
econjobmarket.org/positions/…
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Are you a JM candidate interested in Development/Labor/Applied micro? Come to work w/ us in Milan! @Unicatt @LEAPdevelopment
Look fwd to read your JM paper!
econjobmarket.org/positions/…
Apply!
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Join us as a Research Assistant in Milan 🇮🇹 and help evaluate education policies 📚✨
📩 Send CV + cover letter: [email protected]
⏰ Applications reviewed from Sept 8 👉 tinyurl.com/yr8nud5j
Passionate about research in development economics? I am hiring a predoc for the next academic year at @LEAPdevelopment & @Unicatt! Apply before May 20! 👇
leap.unibocconi.eu/vacancies…..
Come and join our research group!
Passionate about research in development economics? I am hiring a predoc for the next academic year at @LEAPdevelopment & @Unicatt! Apply before May 20! 👇
leap.unibocconi.eu/vacancies…..
Apply to this year summer school in the beautiful Toscany! #LeapDevelopment @LdA_CentroStudi
We are very thrilled to announce that the call for applications for the 24th Summer School (2nd to 5th September) in #International and #Development #Economics is now OPEN!
The speakers will be Mathieu Couttenier and Mathias Thoenig.
Further info: t.ly/cCMSP
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This is a fantastic pre-doc opportunity! @michelacarlana is a great mentor and an outstanding researcher! Joint her and her team at @LEAPdevelopment
PRE-DOC OPPORTUNITY @LEAPdevelopment @Unibocconi!
Join us to work on education-related projects in Italy, Finland, and Chile. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Start date: between April and September.
Detailed information available here: michelacarlana.com/wp-conten…
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6 Feb.: International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. Thanks to the incredible activists I’ve met during my research. Your relentless fight against FGC is changing lives! #AmazonianInitiativeMovement #LeapDevelopment #EndFGM
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Are you based in Boston? Join the effort to make a difference: volunteer for the Homeless Census! Collecting data on homelessness is crucial for designing efficient public pulicies! More info here:
boston.gov/departments/housi…
Registration here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1aHb…
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Thank you all for coming! So great to see how our community is growing! @LEAPdevelopment #leapdevelopment
Last work trip of the year: Bocconi’s @LEAPdevelopment Christmas meeting in beautiful Milan’s Villa Invernizzi (yes, those are flamingos by the fountain!)
Great opportunity for PhD students interested in doing research in development! Apply Apply Apply!
On the JM with a paper on Development? We open a 2 years post doc position at @LEAPdevelopment. Come to work with us! Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/…
A joint policy event @Unibocconi, @GENERALI and @UNDP
📍 SDA Bocconi, Auditorium Grande
⏲️5.45pm - 6.30pm
We are glad to invite you to the event "Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World. Presentation of the 2023/24 Human Development Report"
Registrations at the link➡️events.unibocconi.eu/index.p…
📆7th November - Bocconi University
#LEAPdevelopment
