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
NOVAFRICA Seminar: The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low Information Races
On Wednesday, October 4th, at 3.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 132 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Katherine Casey from Stanford University to present her work... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
On Friday, September 15th, at 3.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Leonardo Bursztyn from the University of Chicago, to present... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Welcome our new Resident Members!
Join us in welcoming the new NOVAFRIA Resident Members, Professors Priscila de Oliveira and Pedro Pires! Professor Priscila de Oliveira is joining the Nova School... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA migration project on TV
NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Nova School of Business and Economics Professor Catia Batista was on SIC Notícias TV to discuss her recent study evaluating policies... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Victoire Girard published in the Economic Journal
The paper “Mineral Resources and the Salience of Ethnic Identities” written by Victoire Girard, NOVAFRICA and Nova SBE Research Faculty, joint with Nicolas Berman and... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Eurafrican Forum is back at Nova SBE
We are delighted to share that NOVAFRICA is once again a partner of the Eurafrican Forum. The event is back and will take place on... Read More