NOVAFRICA News: Last day to submit to the 2022 NOVAFRICA Conference
Last day to submit to the 2022 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development. The event will to take place on June 22-23 at Nova School of Business and Economics campus in Lisbon, Portugal. Send us your work! Mor informations .
NOVAFRICA in the News: Catia Batista analyzes the integration of Ukrainian refugees on RTP TV
Support Ukrainian refugees by integrating them into the labor market in Europe! Catia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA analyzed the impact of Ukrainian and Russian migration flows caused by the war on 360 evening news in RTP TV. Watch the video here.
NOVAFRICA News: PhD Summer School Courses on Economic Development
You can’t miss this year’s Ph.D. Summer School on Economic Development. From June 27th to 30th, Professor David McKenzie, from the World Bank, will teach a course on Practical issues in designing and analyzing field experiments. From July 4th to 7th, Professor Claudio Ferraz, from Vancouver School of Economics and PUC, will teach a course on Political... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Conference call for papers open until March 15
One week to go for the call for papers for the 2022 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development! Join us on June 22-23 at Nova School of Business and Economics campus in Lisbon, Portugal. Submit your work. Know more .
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA supports Female Empowerment!
On 2022 International Women’s Day, NOVAFRICA celebrates and suppports female empowerment. In Mozambique we reduced the gender profit gap by providing female-led businesses with management training and access to mobile money savings. Read the NOVAFRICA working paper to learn how we followed micro-entrepreneurs in Mozambique for 5 years to find a persistent and increasing reduction... Read More
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Artisanal mining in Africa
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Victoire Girard,Teresa Molina-Millán, Guillaume Vic this paper estimates the environmental and wealth impacts artisanal small-scale mining in Africa Title: Artisanal mining in Africa Authors: Victoire Girard (Nova School of Business and Economics and NOVAFRICA) Teresa Molina-Millán (University of Alicante, IZA... Read More
NOVAFRICA in the News: Catia Batista talks about refugee integration on CNN
The impact of the Ukrainian refugee crisis was analyzed by Cátia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA on CNN Portugal. The economics professor and specialist in the area of international migration says that we are facing an unprecedented situation, in just seven days more than one million people left Ukraine due to the war. Europe must... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Mobile Internet and the Rise of Political Tribalism in Europe”
On Wednesday, March 9, 2:30 pm Lisbon time, Room D 012, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrea Tesei from Queen Mary University to present his work on Mobile Internet and the Rise of Political Tribalism in Europe. Author: Andrea Tesei Abstract: Building on recent evidence in and theories of social psychology focusing on online behaviour, we argue and... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Let’s Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines
Let’s Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines! The NOVAFRICA research project developed by Alex Armand, Mattia Fracchia and PedroVicente aims to increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Mozambique. The project was presented to the media at the Nova SBE Press Preview. Watch the video Know more
Crucial days for the future of fisheries
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 which live in low- and middle- income countries. Ignoring the consequences for food security, we are having a dramatic impact on coastal waters. These waters get polluted with organic pollutants... Read More