On the occasion of Africa Day, May 25th, I had the honor of participating in the Sustainable Value Creation Summit hosted by Nova School of... Read More
Read the article by Cátia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, published in the Brotéria magazine and now also in the NOVAFRICA blog about how migration... Read More
This month, we had the opportunity to meet with Nikita Melnikov and discuss his research and work, over a cup of coffee. Nikita Melnikov joined... Read More
Stefan Leeffers, from the Netherlands, is a husband, father of three daughters, a consultant at the World Bank and a PhD candidate in Economics at... Read More
The ocean plays a critical role for global food security. Worldwide, it sustains the livelihood of more than 3 billion people, the vast majority of... Read More
Since the green revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, we have all believed that the development of the African continent involves improving its agricultural productivity.... Read More
International migration flows have been growing in the last decades all over the world. At the same time, anti-migration policies are being widely adopted as... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted the already limited opportunities to emigrate legally from Africa to Europe. Border closures were a mechanism used by most countries to... Read More
Nova SBE is offering the PhD Summer School on Development Economics to students and professionals who wish to advance their curriculum and knowledge. The PhD... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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