NOVARICA 2021 Summer Research Internships
This year the NOVAFRICA Summer Research Internships will take three students to work on research projects in Africa! They will be collaborating in two ongoing... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: The Migrant Crisis in Spain
Thousands of migrants, many of them minors, have crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Catia Batista, scientific director of NOVAFRICA, analyzed... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Africa Day & SDGs, a conference with the eyes on the future
The NOVAFRICA Student Group is organizing the AFRICA DAY & SDGs with the goal to contribute with ideas that can help to implement these objectives... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Benchmarking a Child Nutrition Program against Cash: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda”
On Wednesday, May 19th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrew Zeitlin from Georgetown University to present his work on Benchmarking a... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: new article published in the Journal of Development Economics.
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA members, Pedro C. Vicente and Matilde Grácio for their article ”Information, get-out-the-vote messages, and peer influence: Causal effects on political behavior in... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence”
On Wednesday, May 12th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Manisha Shah from UCLA to present her work on Two Sides of Gender: Sex,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Political Influences on Police Responses to Crime”
On Wednesday, May 5th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Katherine Vyborny from Duke University to present her work on Political Influences on Police... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria”
On Wednesday, April 28th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Oyebola Okunogbe from World Bank to present her work on Does Exposure... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Search Cost, Intermediation, and Trade: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Agricultural Markets”
On Wednesday, April 21th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Craig McIntosh from University of California to present his work on Search... Read More
NOVAFRICA Webinar: “Fight fire with finance: a randomized field experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia”
On Wednesday, April 14th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ryan Edwards from Australian National University to present his work on Fight... Read More