Urban Development and Air Pollution
Recently, NASA released a map of the world depicting the impact of global air pollution. The map, which looks at premature deaths caused by pollution,... Read More
Blog & News
Blog
Positive Effects in Europe and Africa: The Impact of Migration on Local Development
The last weeks’ news have been dominated by the discussion triggered by the Lampedusa catastrophe, and by the aftermath of the typhoon Hayan in South-East... Read More
My Mozambican Experience
Since the completion of my degree, I always felt I needed to be part of something different, outside the normal internships, to bring me a... Read More
NOVAFRICA Research Internship – Summer 2013
This summer, some of NOVAFRICA student group’s members have been in Mozambique to participate in a research project by the center related to the introduction... Read More
An Interview with Gani Aldashev
Our new podcast is ready!!! This time NOVAFRICA Student Group spoke with Gani Aldashev about non-profit organizations, the behavior of donors and why you should... Read More
From the Higgs Boson to the Reality of the World
Early in the 1960s, Peter Higgs hypothesized the existence of a boson that was able to explain the behavior and origin of particles masses, based... Read More
The Official Development Assistance Effectiveness
In 2015, the Millennium Development Goals will end, and from today’s perspective it does not seem that all the targets that have been set will... Read More
Erik Charas Presents NOVAFRICA Seminar
On February 28th, 2013, Erik Charas gave a talk in the INOVA – NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Invited by NOVAFRICA, Erik Charas visited Lisbon to participate... Read More
News
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees
On Wednesday, March 13th, at 3.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room D 005 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Abu Siddique from Royal Holloway University of London to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Empowering Adolescents to Transform Schools: Lessons from a Behavioural Targeting
Episode 5 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Sule Alan, from European University Institute. Our guest talked about her... Read More
2024 NOVAFRICA Conference: Call for Papers OPEN until Feb 15
The submission of papers for the 2024 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development is now open! On June 27 and 28, NOVAFRICA will host the 2024... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Liquidity constraints and capital allocation in Uganda
Episode 4 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Konrad Burchardi, from Stockholm School of Economics. Our guest talked about... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA publications in 2023
2023 was a productive year for NOVAFRICA researchers! Several articles were published in impactful journals about topics including political economy, international migration, natural resources, education,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Do Gender-Neutral Job Ads Promote Diversity? Experimental Evidence from Latin America’s Tech Sector
Episode 3 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Lucia del Carpio, from INSEAD. Our guest talked about her... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities: Theory and Experimental Evidence from India
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, Antonella Bancalari, and Maitreesh Ghatak this... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
Episode 2 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago. Our guest talked about his paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Weiss Family Award to Mattia Fracchia
The Job Market paper of NOVAFRICA PhD candidate, Mattia Fracchia, was awarded the Weiss Family Distinguished Paper Award at The North East Universities Development Consortium... Read More
NOVAFRICA Publication: “Testing classic theories of migration in the lab” now out in the Journal of International Economics!
The paper “Testing classic theories of migration in the lab” by Catia Batista, NOVAFRICA scientific director, and David McKenzie, from the World Bank, is now... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low Information Races
Episode 1 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Katherine Casey from Stanford University. Our guest talked about her paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Can organizations harness performance evidence to motivate workers?
Nova School of Business and Economics PhD candidate Mattia Fracchia addresses this question in a field experiment in Guinea-Bissau. His study finds that Workers revise... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Full-time Predoc Research Assistant Opening
NOVAFRICA is recruiting a full-time PREDOC Research Assistant to work with Professor Cátia Batista. The selected candidate will be responsible for providing support in the... Read More