Frontiers in Global Development

The Frontiers in Global Development seminar, co-hosted by the Department of Politics, Department of Economics, and the Batten School, with the generous support of the Bankard Fund. The talks will be variously hosted by Politics, Economics, and Batten – so times and locations (including a mix of virtual and in-person) will vary.  For more information please reach out to Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner.

Current and Past Series

2021-2022

Jishnu Das

Professor, Georgetown University
Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets

Pavitra Suryanarayan

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Hollowing out the State

Kanika Mahajan

Assistant Professor, Ashoka University
Aggregate Shocks, Domestic Trade Collapse and Regional Realignment

Daniela Scur

Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Organizational Capacity and Profit Shifting

Renuka Sane

Associate Professor, NIPFP
Unshrouding product-specific attributes through financial education

Melissa Lee

Assistant Professor, Princeton University
From Pluribus to Unum? The Civil War and Imagined Sovereignty in 19th Century America

Claudio Ferraz

Professor, University of British Columbia
Internet, Social Media, and the Behavior of Politicians: Evidence from Facebook in Brazil

Shoumitro Chatterjee

Assistant Professor, Penn State
No Country for Dying Firms: Evidence from India

Aaditya Dar

Assistant Professor, ISB Hyderabad
Irrigation and the Spatial Pattern of Local Economic Development in India

2017-2018

Kelsey Jack

Tufts University
Seasonal liquidity, rural labor markets, and agricultural production: Evidence from Zambia

Christopher Blattman

University of Chicago
Pushing crime around the corner? Estimating experimental impacts of large-scale security interventions

Adrienne Lucas

University of Delaware
Tools for Teaching: Leveraging Technology to Improve Classroom Content Delivery

2018-2019

Mark Dincecco

University of Michigan
Internal Conflict, Elite Action, and State Failure: Evidence from China, 1000-1911

Irfan Nooruddin

Georgetown University
Political Leadership and Sovereign Debt Ratings

2020-2021

Seema Jayachandran

Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
Upcoming Talk by

Teresa Molina

Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii
Upcoming Talk by

Aprajit Mahajan

Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Expanding Financial Access Via Credit Cards: Evidence from Mexico

Shaoda Wang

Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Citizen Participation and Government Accountability: National-Scale Experimental Evidence from Pollution Appeals in China

Siwan Anderson

Professor, University of British Columbia
Marriage, Commitment and Unbundling Gendered Norms

Rachel Brule

Assistant Professor, Boston University
Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India

Avidit Acharya

Associate Professor, Stanford University
Building Trust in Government: The Opportunities and Challenges of Adverse Shocks

Francis Annan

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
Misconduct and Reputation under Imperfect Information

Prashant Bhardwaj

Professor, University of California San Diego
In Utero Exposure to Industrial Disasters: A Case Study of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Ken Opalo

Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
The Cyclical Electoral Impacts of Programmatic Policies: Evidence From Education Reforms in Tanzania

Imran Rasul

University College London
How Do Workers and Firms Search and Match in Low-income Labour Markets? Evidence from a Six-Year Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

Ray Fisman

Slater Family Professor in Behavioral Economics, Boston University
Investing in influence: Investors, portfolio firms, and political giving

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