A talk with Matteo Bobba
On April 18th, 2018, Matteo Bobba gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Learning About Oneself: The Effects of Performance... Read More
Blog & News
Blog
A talk with Shanker Satyanath
On February 9th, 2018, Shanker Satyanath gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Cronyism in State Violence: Evidence from Labor Repression During... Read More
A talk with Kent Miller
On February 19th, 2018, Kent Miller gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Strategic Issue Diagnosis by Top Management Teams: A Multiple-Agent model”.... Read More
A talk with Abhijeet Singh
On February 7th, 2018, Abhijeet Singh gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology Aided Instruction in India”. After... Read More
A talk with Sara Lowes
On November 8th, 2017, Sara Lowes gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Her seminar was entitled “Matrilineal Kinship and Spousal Cooperation: Evidence from the... Read More
ENDLESS – My 2017 Summer Research Internship Experience
First word that comes to my mind every time I open my eyes in this land. Everything is GRAND: the Nature, the relationships, the land... Read More
A talk with Lucia Corno
On October 25th, 2017, Lucia Corno gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. Her seminar was entitled “Age of Marriage, Weather Shocks, and the... Read More
A talk with Lorenzo Casaburi
On October 18th, 2017, Lorenzo Casaburi gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Firm and Market Response to Saving Constraints:... Read More
News
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development
A new study in the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series examines how criminal organizations impact economic development. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design centered on gang-created... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Slack and Economic Development
New Podcast Season! NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks – Season 7 Premiere We’re excited to launch Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks podcast! 🔊... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Vaccination Hesitancy in Africa: The Unintended Consequence of a Culture Clash?
On Wednesday, February 26th, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D -105 of the Carcavelos campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Giacomo De... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series! Written by Wayne Sandholtz and Pedro Vicente, this paper examines how public... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Cognitive Consequences of Insecure National Belonging
On Wednesday, February 12th, at 3:30pm (Lisbon time), in Room D -112 of the Carcavelos campus of Nova SBE, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Amma Panin... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Season’s Greetings from NOVAFRICA!
This holiday season, we celebrate the spirit of giving, learning, and collaboration that brings us together. Thank you for being part of our journey in... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: 2025 NOVAFRICA Seminar Series
Get Ready for the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series 2025! Kicking off in February 2025, NOVAFRICA will host an exciting lineup of seminars featuring international researchers in... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: New JDE Paper Published
What matters for the decision to study abroad? A lab-in-the-field experiment in Cape Verde Written by NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Nova School of Business and... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Video of the 2024 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development!
Now available! Video highlights from the 2024 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development held at the Nova School of Business and Economics in June 2024. The... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Targeting Social Assistance with Machine Learning
Episode 11 of Season 4 of NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks with Joshua Blumenstock from the University of California, Berkeley, on his work entitled “Targeting Social... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Does Financial Education Impact School Attainment? Experimental Evidence from Brazil
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Daniele Chiavenato, Ricardo A. Madeira and Victor Vaccaro, this paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA Vacancy: Project Coordinator for Research Project on Entrepreneurship
Are you passionate about field research and project coordination? Are you eager to join an engaging team and gain practical experience while contributing to an... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA PhD Candidate Spotlight
What is it like to be a NOVAFRICA PhD candidate? In today’s NOVAFRICA PhD candidate spotlight, we are excited to hear from Frederica Mendonça, a... Read More