NOVAFRICA Vacancy for Research Assistant on Electoral effects project (Remote)
Professor Wayne Sandholtz (Nova SBE) seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Assistant (RA) in the project ”Electoral effects of infrastructure in Mexico and the Dominican Republic”. This project aims to answer a vital question in political economy: when do voters reward governments for providing public goods? It entails the processing and analysis of... 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 driving impactful research and change—through the amazing seminar series and podcasts, working papers and publications, interviews and features, and the 2024 NOVAFRICA conference on economic development. Here’s to a season... 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 development economics at the Nova School of Business and Economics campus in Lisbon, Portugal. These seminars provide a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research, contribute through valuable feedback, and... 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 Economics Professor, Catia Batista, alongside co-authors David Costa, Pedro Freitas, Gonçalo Lima, and Ana Balcão Reis, a new paper was published on Journal of Development Economics (JDE). Key Insights: Financial... 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 conference featured insightful discussions on critical topics on economic growth, policy innovation, and the transformative potential of development research. From engaging keynote presentations to dynamic parallel sessions, showcasing the vibrant... 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 Assistance with Machine Learning”. How can nontraditional data such machine learning and mobile data be used to improve the targeting of humanitarian aid and the poor? What are the potential... 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 analyses how adding integrating financial education into the math curriculum can enhance student intrinsic motivation and improve their achievement. Title: Does Financial Education Impact School Attainment? Experimental Evidence from Brazil... 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 ongoing NOVAFRICA field research project on entrepreneurship? Then consider applying for our open Project Coordinator position to work with Professors Catia Batista (Nova SBE) and Priscila de Oliveira (Nova SBE)... Read More
NOVAFRICA Vacancy for Project Coordinator for Research Project on Entrepreneurship (Mozambique)
Professors Catia Batista (Nova SBE) and Priscila de Oliveira (Nova SBE) seek qualified applicants for a position of Project Coordinator (PC) for an ongoing NOVAFRICA field research project: Experimental evidence on occupational choices of microentrepreneurs in Mozambique (Maputo, Mozambique). This project consists of an RCT to measure the role of information constraints and biased beliefs... 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 PhD student in Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics, as she shares her inspiring journey from macroeconomics to a passion for development economics, sparked by her involvement in... Read More