The Reducing Conflict and Improving Performance in the Economy research programme is pleased to be hosting its first online course for the spring of 2025, which will be taught by a series of lecturers and experts in the field.
About the course
What? The course is designed around a series of eleven 60-minute lectures with 15 minutes for Q&A. These lectures aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the links between conflicts, economic growth, and public policies. Centered around ReCIPE's research themes, the course will explore key topics related to economies in fragile and conflict settings.
Why? While conflict has become an ever more pressing global problem, important gaps in our understanding remain, and few graduate programmes offer courses specifically dedicated to the topic. This virtual course provides an opportunity to introduce as wide an audience as possible to conflict in the context of fragile economies.
For whom? The course is open free-of-charge to all interested participants. It is accessible to those at the master's degree level with a background in economics, but prior knowledge on conflict is not required. Course materials (syllabus, lecture presentations, and recorded lectures) will also be available after the fact on the ReCIPE website.
How to attend? Register for the webinar series here.
When? March 6 - May 29, one Thursday lecture a week (except Thursday 27 March and Thursday 1 May) at 3pm London time (GMT through March dates, GMT+1 for April and May dates). See full course schedule below.
Course overview:
|
Topic |
Lecturer(s) |
Dates |
Times |
|
Introduction - Recording |
Dominic Rohner (Geneva Graduate Institute, CEPR) |
March 6th |
3pm GMT |
|
Theme 8: Peacemaking, peacebuilding and reconstruction - Recording |
Lisa Hultman (Uppsala University) and Salma Mousa (University of California) |
March 13th |
3pm GMT |
|
Theme 3: Institutions, democracy and peace - Recording |
Hannes Mueller (CSIC, BSE, CEPR) |
April 3rd |
3pm BST |
|
Theme 1: Public policies and peace - Recording |
Austin Wright (University of Chicago) |
April 10th |
3pm BST |
|
Theme 7: Ethnic diversity and nation-building - Recording |
Saumitra Jha (Stanford University) and Oyebola Okunogbe (World Bank, CEPR) |
April 17th |
3pm BST |
|
Theme 9: Gender, inequality and conflict - Recording |
Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia, CEPR) |
April 24th |
3pm BST |
|
Theme 6: Information and conflict |
Maria Petrova (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, BSE, CEPR) and Augustin Tapsoba (TSE) |
May 8th |
3pm BST |
|
Theme 2: Private and public investment for peace |
Michele Di Maio (Sapienza University of Rome) and Uwe Sunde (LMU, CEPR) |
May 15th |
3pm BST |
|
Theme 5: Climate change, natural resources and conflict |
Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE, CNRS, CEPR) |
May 22nd |
3pm BST |
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Theme 4: Geoeconomics |
Eoin McGuirk (Tufts University) |
May 29th |
3pm BST |