Our Events
Our events are the place where we get the chance to speak with researchers and professionals at the frontier of knowledge. Events are open to the entire Bocconi Community. Did you know that the Economic Society has also hosted a Nobel laureate? Subscribe to our newsletter not to miss future initiatives!
Past Events
Thursday December 5th 2024
Why Nations Prosper and Fail
Lessons from the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Guests:
Vincenzo Galasso, Bocconi University
Mara Squicciarini, Bocconi University
Thursday November 14th 2024
Platforms, Data, and Networks
Challenges of Competition Policy in the Digital Economy
Guests:
Prof. Massimo Motta, UPF
Dr. Benoit Durand, RBB Economics
Dr. Paolo Ramezzana, Compass Lexecon
Prof. Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University
Wednesday April 10th 2024
Exploring Wealth and Inequality in the West
A conversation with Prof. Guido Alfani
Guests:
Guido Alfani, Bocconi University
Tuesday December 5th 2023
Understanding Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Lessons from the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Guests:
Tito Boeri, Bocconi University
Paola Profeta, Bocconi University
Thursday 25th May 2023
Historical Economics as the New “New Growth Theory”
Guests:
Alberto Bisin, New York University
Elisa Borghi, Bocconi University
Wednesday 10th May 2023
Non-Tariff Barriers and Consumer Prices
Evidence from Brexit
Guests:
Jan David Bakker, Bocconi Unviersity
Thursday 4th May 2023
Shaping Institutions
Guests:
Satoshi Fukuda, Bocconi University
Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Religiosity or Science
Evidence from the Great Influenza Pandemic
Guests:
Mara Squicciarini, Bocconi University
Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Market Power and Competition in Digital Markets
Guests:
Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University
Massimo Motta, Pompeu Fabra University
Wednesday 2nd March 2022
The Nerds, the Cool and the Central
Peer Education and Teen Pregnancy in Brazil
Guests:
Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University
Monday 22nd November 2021
The Credibility Revolution: A Scientific Approach to Economic Policy
Lessons from the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Guests:
Tito Boeri, Bocconi University
Tuesday 11th May 2021
Uncertainty Spillovers for Markets and Policy
A Nobel Lecture by Lars P. Hansen
Guests:
Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Massimo Marinacci, Bocconi University
Wednesday 20th March 2019
The Economics of Uncertainty
A Nobel Lecture by Lars P. Hansen
Guests:
Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Francesco Giavazzi, Bocconi University
Wednesday, 4th December 2019
Identity, Beliefs and Political Conflict
An Open Seminar with Prof. Nicola Gennaioli
Guests:
Nicola Gennaioli, Bocconi University
Monday 16th April 2018
Economics and Economists
An Open Discussion
Guests:
Tommaso Monacelli, Bocconi University
Monday 5th March 2018
Challenges for Fiscal Policies
Guests:
Carlo Cottarelli, Bocconi University and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Thursday 12th April 2017
From Weber to Kafka
Political Activism and the Emergence of an Inefficient Bureaucracy
Guests:
Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University
Thursday 17th November 2016
On the Origins of Gender Roles
Women and the Plough
Guests:
Alberto Alesina, Harvard University
Thursday 27th October 2016
Returns to Elite Education
Guests:
Massimo Anelli, Bocconi University
Wednesday 27th April 2016
The Political Economy of Reforms in Post-Communist Countries
Guests:
Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po
Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University
Friday, 6th November 2015
in partnership with Act Bocconi
Europe and Greece
Guests:
Yanis Varoufakis, University of Athens
Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University
Danilo Taino, Corriere della Sera
Wednesday, 14th October 2015
The Future of the Eurozone
Some Thoughts
Guests:
Tommaso Monacelli, Bocconi University