Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics (cod. 8408)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the class, students will have a thorough view of the main directions of current research in economics. It will have attained the ability to develop critical and original views on both empirical and theoretical directions of research.

Course contents

Series of research seminars in all fields of Economics held weekly over the a.y. by invited speakers at the Department of Economics.  Online seminars offerd by national and international research institutions might be included, upon suggestions or approval by the Degree Coordinator.

Readings/Bibliography

EuHEA Seminar Series

The EuHEA Seminar Series aims to foster exchange between health economists across different countries and institutions and present cutting-edge research in all areas of health economic.

PROGRAM: https://dse.unibo.it/en/research/seminars/euhea-seminar-series-program

When: Wednesdays, 2:30 - 3:30 pm (CET)

Where: On-line (Zoom)

Research Seminars

Weekly seminars held by established and emerging scholars from around the world, invited to present their research and discuss ideas with faculty members and PhD students.

PROGRAM: https://dse.unibo.it/en/research/seminars/research-seminars-program

When: Tuesday on line via Teams

Internal Seminars

Reserved to departmental and visiting faculty, researchers, co-authors, and PhD students to present advanced research. The setting is slightly less formal than Research Seminars.

When: Wednesday on line via Teams 

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Prometeia Talks organized in May 2021.

Online seminars organized by the AEA in 2021.

Assessment methods

A list of the seminars is available at this link: https://dse.unibo.it/en/research/seminars (all are valid for the activity except the "PhD seminars").

Students choosing this activity should attend ten seminars, then prepare a report for 3 of them to be sent to Prof. F. Barigozzi by the end of June, together with the list of all the attended seminars.

The three reports will provide a summary and a synthetic critical assessment of the methods and results of the papers presented in the selected seminars. (Minimum length: one page; maximum length: two pages for each chosen seminar).

Links to further information

http://www.dse.unibo.it/en/events

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Barigozzi

SDGs

No poverty Quality education Gender equality Decent work and economic growth

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.