News & Events
The 2026 Workshop of the Italian-Brazilian Economics Association (AIBE) is organized jointly with Bocconi University and FGV Ceri. In the 2026 edition, the Workshop places particular emphasis on energy economics as a strategic area of bilateral interest.
As LEAP marks its 10th anniversary, it will host the LEAP Conference, which will take place on 18–19 June at Bocconi University, with leading international scholars working on education, health, inequality, gender, political economy, labor markets, and climate resilience. The conference will feature keynote lectures by Rohini Pande (Yale University) and Asim Khwaja (Harvard Kennedy School).
LEAP marks 10 years of advancing rigorous research to fight poverty. Save the date for the policy event on 17 June at Bocconi University, bringing together global voices to explore how evidence can shape policy, strengthen institutions, and improve lives.
The INSPIRE PhD Student Grant just launched. The program aims to support students engaged in research aligned with the center’s mission.
The INSPIRE Internship Program is dedicated to enthusiastic and motivated Bocconi students who wish to gain first-hand experience in developing cutting-edge empirical research. The selected interns will have the opportunity to work with faculty affiliated with INSPIRE on several projects and will take on substantial responsibilities in program design, implementation, monitoring, research, and evaluation.v
Alexia Delfino and Irene Solmone have obtained a ReCIPE Research Grant for a full-scale RCT in Lusaka, Zambia, exploring the role of legal institutions in promoting business collaboration among entrepreneurs.
Diogo Britto has obtained funding from the Italian Science Fund (FIS) for a project which analyses the individual determinants of access to justice. The project will leverage population-wide data for Brazil along with state-or-art methods for causal inference to advance our understanding about access to courts.
Stefano Fiorin has won a FIS Starting Grant for investigating how social norms and collective behaviors influence women's economic and political participation in three very different contexts: Kenya, Indonesia, and Nepal.
Michela Carlana has won an ERC Starting Grant for the project SOFIA (Stereotypes and Opportunities: Fostering Interactions and Awareness) which aims to study the formation of stereotypes and test policies designed to mitigate educational inequalities, building on insights from behavioral economics and machine learning techniques.
Erika Deserranno has won an ERC Starting Grant for investigating how technology can influence supply and demand of basic services to reduce inequalities and boost growth.