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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture I: Causal Inference I
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260915T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260915T160000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture I (Lecture 1)\nLecturer: Lo
 nneke Nillesen\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Causal inference – the Re
 mix\, Ch. 4 Potential Outcomes and Randomization\, sections 4.1 – 4.2 (f
 allacies\; potential outcomes)\n- Stein\, D.\, & Valters\, C. (2012). Unde
 rstanding theory of change in international development.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture II: Causal Inference II
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260916T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260916T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture II (Lecture 2)\nLecturer: L
 onneke Nillesen\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Causal inference – the R
 emix\, Ch. 4 Potential Outcomes and Randomization\, sections 4.3 – 4.5 (
 perfect vs bad doctor\; randomization\; SUTVA).\n- Duflo\, Glennerster & K
 remer (2008)\, section 8.2 (Hawthorne and John Henry effects)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-1.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture I: Systems and evolutionary economi
 cs: a history and theory view
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260922T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260922T123000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture I (Week 1\, 1
 .1)\nLecturer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Held during the September Research We
 ek as "Thematic session 1: Innovation and development" (Research Week prog
 ramme: 10:30–12:30\; coursework spreadsheet: 11:00–13:00).\n\nRequired
  / core readings:\n- Freeman\, C. & C. Perez\, 1988\, Structural Crises of
  Adjustment\, Business Cycles and Investment Behaviour\, in G. Dosi et al.
  (eds.) Technical Change and Economic Theory\, Francis Pinter\, London 198
 8\, pp. 38-66\n- Fagerberg\, J and B. Verspagen\, 2021\, Technological rev
 olutions\, Structural Change and Catching Up\, in N. Foster-McGregor et al
  (eds.)\, New Perspectives on Structural Change\, Oxford University Press.
 \n- Berger\, S. (Ed.). (2009). The Foundations of Non-Equilibrium Economic
 s: The principle of circular and cumulative causation (1st ed.). Routledge
 . https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873731\, Especially Chapter 6 by P.A. O
 ’Hara (Check Google Scholar for a preprint)\n\nPlus 12 additional readin
 gs (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture3@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture III: Randomized designs
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260923T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260923T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture III (Lecture 3)\nLecturer: 
 Lonneke Nillesen\nNote: Held during the September Research Week as "Themat
 ic session 2: Policy evaluation".\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Causal i
 nference – the Remix\, Ch. 7 Instrumental Variables\, section 7.5 (Local
  Average Treatment Effect)\n- Duflo\, Glennerster & Kremer (2008)\, sectio
 ns 5 and 6 (design\, compliance\, externalities\, attrition) and 7.2 (mult
 iple outcomes)\n- Bhatt\, M. P.\, Heller\, S. B.\, Kapustin\, M.\, Bertran
 d\, M.\, & Blattman\, C. (2024). Predicting and preventing gun violence: A
 n experimental evaluation of READI Chicago. The Quarterly Journal of Econo
 mics\, 139(1)\, 1-56.\n- McKenzie\, D.\, & Puerto\, S. (2021). Growing mar
 kets through business training for female entrepreneurs: A market-level ra
 ndomized experiment in Kenya. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
 \, 13(2)\, 297-332.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture I: Introduction to the course
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260929T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260929T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture I (Session 1)\nLecturer: Bruno Mar
 torano\nNote: Held during the September Research Week as "Thematic session
  3: Human development". The coursework spreadsheet gives Monday 28 Septemb
 er 14:00–16:00\; the course manual and the Research Week programme give 
 Tuesday 29 September 09:00–11:00.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-1.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture I: Technical Change\, Structural Change
  and Economic Development
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260929T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260929T160000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture I (Week 1\, 1.2)\nLecture
 r: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Held during the September Research Week as "Thema
 tic session 4".\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Amsden\, A. H. (2001). Ind
 ustrializing Late. In Amsden\, A. H.\, editor\, The Rise of “the Rest”
 : Challenges to the West from Late Industrializing Economies\, chapter 1\,
  pages 1–28. Oxford University Press.\n- Dosi\, G.\, & Nelson\, R. R. (2
 010). Technical Change and Industrial Dynamics as Evolutionary Processes. 
 In B. H. Hall & N. Rosenberg (Eds.)\, Handbook of the Economics of Innovat
 ion (Vol. 1\, pp. 51–127). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(
 10)01003-8\n- Fagerberg\, J.\, Srholec\, M.\, & Verspagen\, B. (2010). Inn
 ovation and economic development. Handbook of the Economics of Innovation\
 , 2(1)\, 833–872. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(10)02004-6\n\nPlus 
 16 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Tutorial1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Tutorial I: RCTs and causal inference
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261001T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261001T160000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Tutorial I (Tutorial 1)\nLecturer: 
 Matilde João Mota\nNote: Exercises are released at least 3 working days b
 efore the tutorial\; read and think them through beforehand\, answers are 
 not handed in.\nNote: Part B uses data from a visa lottery study on migrat
 ion from Tonga to New Zealand (Table 1 in the exercise sheet).\n\nRequired
  / core readings:\n- Olken\, B. A. (2007). Monitoring Corruption: Evidence
  from a Field Experiment in Indonesia. Journal of Political Economy\, 115\
 , 200–249. (Part A of the exercises)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture II: Poverty
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261002T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261002T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture II (Session 2)\nLecturer: Franzisk
 a Gassmann\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Alkire\, S.\, Foster\, J. (2011
 ). Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. Journal of Public Ec
 onomics\, 95:467–487.\n- Ravallion\, M. (2016). The Economics of Poverty
 . Oxford University Press. Chapters 3 and 5.\n- Ruggeri Laderchi\, R.\, Sa
 ith\, R.\, Stewart\, F. (2003). Does it Matter that we do not Agree on the
  Definition of Poverty? A Comparison of Four Approaches. Oxford Developmen
 t Studies\, 31(3):243–274.\n\nOptional:\n- Foster\, Greer\, Thorbecke (1
 984)\, ‘A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures’\, Econometrica\, 52(
 3)\, pp. 761–766.\n- Sen\, A. (1976)\, ‘Poverty: an Ordinal Approach t
 o Measurement’\, Econometrica\, 44\, 219– 231.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture4@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture IV: Difference in Differences
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261005T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261005T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture IV (Lecture 4)\nLecturer: E
 manuele Pugliese\nNote: Slides of 5 October cover fixed effects\, 2×2 dif
 ference-in-differences\, event studies and synthetic control. The course m
 anual (10 September) calls this lecture “DID design I”.\nNote: Empiric
 al application papers: TBC in the course manual (to be announced).\n\nRequ
 ired / core readings:\n- Causal inference – the Remix\, Ch. 9 Difference
 -in-Differences Fundamentals\, sections 9.1 – 9.6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-2.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture II: Properties of technical change 
 as an evolutionary process
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture II (Week 2\, 
 2.1)\nLecturer: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Moved from Wednesday 7 to Tuesday 6 
 October (lecture slides dated 6 October). Time not given in the sources.\n
 \nRequired / core readings:\n- Dosi\, G.\, & Nelson\, R. R. (2010). Techni
 cal Change and Industrial Dynamics as Evolutionary Processes. In B. H. Hal
 l & N. Rosenberg (Eds.)\, Handbook of the Economics of Innovation (Vol. 1\
 , pp. 51–127). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(10)01003-8\n
 - Fagerberg\, J.\, 2005\, Innovation: A guide to the literature\, in: Fage
 rberg\, J.\, Mowery\, D. and R.R. Nelson (eds)\, Oxford Handbook of Innova
 tion\, Oxford University Press.\n- Metcalfe\, J. Stan\, 2014\, Capitalism 
 and Evolution\, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 24 (1): 11–34. https:/
 /doi.org/10.1007/s00191-013-0307-7.\n\nPlus 11 additional readings (see th
 e website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture5@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture V: Propensity Score Matching
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261007T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261007T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture V (Lecture 5)\nLecturer: Em
 anuele Pugliese\nNote: Slides of 7 October cover controls\, stratification
 \, matching\, propensity score matching and matched difference-in-differen
 ces. The course manual (10 September) calls this lecture “DID design II
 ” and lists the difference-in-differences readings below.\nNote: Empiric
 al application papers: TBC in the course manual (to be announced).\n\nRequ
 ired / core readings:\n- Causal inference – the Remix\, Ch. 10 Complex D
 iff-in-Diff Designs\, sections 10.2 and 10.7 – 10.14\n\nOptional:\n- htt
 ps://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/new-synthesis-and-key-lessons-r
 ecent-difference-differences-literature\n- https://blogs.worldbank.org/imp
 actevaluations/what-are-we-estimating-when-we-estimate-difference-differen
 ces\n- https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/did-you-see-beta-beta
 -who-part-1\n- https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/did-you-see-b
 eta-beta-who-part-2\n- https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/revis
 iting-difference-differences-parallel-trends-assumption-part-i-pre-trend\n
 - https://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/revisiting-difference-diff
 erences-parallel-trends-assumption-part-ii-what-happens
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Tutorial2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Tutorial II: Difference-in-differences and propen
 sity score matching (replication)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261008T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Tutorial II (Tutorial 2)\nLecturer:
  Matilde João Mota\nNote: Exercises are released at least 3 working days 
 before the tutorial\; read and think them through beforehand\, answers are
  not handed in.\nNote: Stata replication on a synthetic dataset modelled o
 n Grosjean\, Masera and Yousaf (2023). Required readings are the ones the 
 exercises cite directly (marked * in the do-file)\; the rest are suggested
  background.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Grosjean\, P.\, Masera\, F.\,
  & Yousaf\, H. (2023). Inflammatory Political Campaigns and Racial Bias in
  Policing. The Quarterly Journal of Economics\, 138(1)\, 413–463. https:
 //doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjac037\n- Goodman-Bacon\, A. (2021). Difference-in-
 differences with variation in treatment timing. Journal of Econometrics\, 
 225(2)\, 254–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014\n- Calla
 way\, B.\, & Sant’Anna\, P. H. C. (2021). Difference-in-Differences with
  multiple time periods. Journal of Econometrics\, 225(2)\, 200–230. http
 s://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2020.12.001\n- Smith\, J. A.\, & Todd\, P. E
 . (2005). Does matching overcome LaLonde’s critique of nonexperimental e
 stimators? Journal of Econometrics\, 125(1–2)\, 305–353. https://doi.o
 rg/10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.04.011\n\nPlus 10 additional readings (see the w
 ebsite).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-2.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture II: What is (socio)-economic developmen
 t and how is it linked to innovation and technological change?
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261008T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261008T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture II (Week 2\, 2.2)\nLectur
 er: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Week 2 is listed as 06–08 October in the integ
 rated outline of 5 October: ETI on Tuesday 6\, SED on Thursday 8 October (
 also the date in the lecturer’s course calendar). Time follows the outli
 ne’s Thursday slot.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Fagerberg\, J.\, Srh
 olec\, M.\, & Knell\, M. (2007). The competitiveness of nations: Why some 
 countries prosper while others fall behind. World development\, 35(10)\, 1
 595-1620.\n- Szirmai\, A.\, 2015\, Developing countries and the concept of
  development\, in A. Szirmai\, Socio-economic development\, Chapter 1\, Ca
 mbridge University Press.\n- O’Rourke\, K. H.\, & Williamson\, J. G. (20
 05). From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade\, industrialisation and distribution sin
 ce 1500. Journal of Economic Growth\, 10(1)\, 5-34.\n\nPlus 5 additional r
 eadings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S3@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture III: Causes and consequences of poverty
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261009T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261009T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture III (Session 3)\nLecturer: Franzis
 ka Gassmann\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Haushofer\, F. and E. Fehr (20
 14)\, On the Psychology of Poverty\, Science\, 344:862–867. DOI: 10.1126
 /science.1232491\n- Robles Aguilar\, G.\, Sumner\, A. (2020). Who are the 
 world’s poor? A new profile of global multidimensional poverty. World De
 velopment\, 126:1–15.\n- Ravallion\, M. (2016)\, Are the world’s poore
 st being left behind?\, Journal of Economic Growth\, 21:139–164.\n- da C
 osta\, L. P.\, Dias\, J. G. (2015). What do Europeans Believe to be the Ca
 uses of Poverty? A Multilevel Analysis of Heterogeneity Within and Between
  Countries. Social Indicators Research\, 122\, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.
 1007/s11205-014-0672-0\n- de Bruijn\, E. J.\, Antonides\, G. (2022). Pover
 ty and economic decision making: a review of scarcity theory. Theory and D
 ecision\, 92\, 5–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-021-09802-7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S4@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture IV: The ideal global poverty measure?
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261009T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261009T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture IV (Session 4)\nLecturer: Franzisk
 a Gassmann\nNote: Tutorial: each fellow presents their ideal global povert
 y measure (max. 12 minutes)\, applied to real-world data. The readings lis
 ted are given as inspiration.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Pu\, C. J.\,
  Lambin\, E. F.\, Kusimakwe\, I.\, Gichia\, K.\, Seme\, A.\, Otupiri\, F.\
 , Davis\, J. (2024). How poverty is measured impacts who gets classified a
 s impoverished. PNAS 121(7). doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316730121.\n- Ravallion
 \, M. (2016). The Economics of Poverty. Oxford University Press. Chapter 7
 .\n- Ravallion\, M. (2016). Toward better global poverty measures. Journal
  of Economic Inequality\, 14:227–248.\n- Ravallion\, M. (2020). On measu
 ring global poverty. Annual Review of Economics\, 12:167– 88.\n- Samman\
 , E. (2013). Eradicating global poverty: a noble goal\, but how do we meas
 ure it? Working Paper 2. London: ODI.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture6@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture VI: Regression Discontinuity Design
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261013T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261013T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture VI (Lecture 6)\nLecturer: E
 manuele Pugliese\nNote: Lecturer’s plan for lectures 4–6 (slides of 5 
 and 7 October): latent confounders (fixed effects\, difference-in-differen
 ces)\, observable confounders (controls\, propensity score matching\, doub
 ly robust estimators)\, exogenous variation (regression discontinuity\, Ba
 rtik instruments).\nNote: Empirical application papers: TBC in the course 
 manual (to be announced).\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Causal inference
  – the Remix\, Ch. 6 Regression Discontinuity\, sections 6.1 – 6.4 and
  6.7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-3.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture III: Science
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261014T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261014T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture III (Week 3\,
  3.1)\nLecturer: Tommaso Ciarli\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Arthur Dia
 mond\, "Economics of Science" in Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (
 eds.)\, "The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics"\, 2008\, 2nd Edition\, 
 Palgrave Macmillan UK. Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.\n
 - Bloom\, N.\, Jones\, C. I.\, Van Reenen\, J.\, & Webb\, M. (2020). "Are 
 Ideas Getting Harder to Find?" American Economic Review\, 110(4): 1104-114
 4.\n- Fortunato\, S.\, Bergstrom\, C. T.\, Börner\, K.\, Evans\, J. A.\, 
 Helbing\, D.\, Milojević\, S.\, … Barabási\, A. L. (2018\, March 2). S
 cience of science. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Sc
 ience. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0185\n- Stephan\, P. E. (2010). 
 The Economics of Science. Handbook of the Economics of Innovation\, 1(1 C)
 \, 217–273. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(10)01005-1\n\nPlus 12 add
 itional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-3.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture III: Innovation-based growth theory
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261015T120000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture III (Week 3\, 3.2)\nLectu
 rer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Moved to the morning: 10:00 start according to 
 the integrated outline of 5 October. End time not stated (shown as two hou
 rs in the calendar file).\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Verspagen\, B.\,
  2005\, Innovation and Economic Growth\, in: Fagerberg\, J.\, Mowery\, D.C
 . and Nelson\, R.R. (eds)\, The Oxford Handbook of Innovation\, Oxford: Ox
 ford University Press\, pp. 487-513\n- G. Silverberg and B. Verspagen\, 19
 95\, Long Term Cyclical Variations of Catching Up and Falling Behind. An E
 volutionary Model\, Journal of Evolutionary Economics\, vol 5\, 209-227\n-
  Cantner\, U.\, & Verspagen\, B. (2025). The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank prize 
 in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel\, Journal of Evolutionary E
 conomics\, 35(5)\, 807- 808.\n\nPlus 5 additional readings (see the websit
 e).\n\nEnd time not given in the sources\; shown as two hours.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Tutorial3@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Tutorial III: Replication exercise: regression di
 scontinuity
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261015T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261015T180000
LOCATION:Room not announced
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Tutorial III (Tutorial 3)\nLecturer
 : Matilde João Mota\nNote: Moved from 09:00–11:00 to 16:00–18:00 beca
 use of the clash with the Socio-Economic Development lecture (announced to
  the cohort\; not yet in the course files).\nNote: Exercises are released 
 at least 3 working days before the tutorial\; read and think them through 
 beforehand\, answers are not handed in.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S5@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture V: Inequality
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261016T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261016T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture V (Session 5)\nLecturer: Bruno Mar
 torano\nNote: Moved from 11:00–13:00 to 09:00–11:00 (announced to the 
 cohort\; not yet in the course files). The announcement gave only the new 
 start time\; the two-hour length and the room are unchanged unless announc
 ed otherwise.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Atkinson (2015)\, Inequality
  What Can be Done?\, chap 1 “Setting the Scene”\n- Justino\, P. and B.
  Martorano (2016) Drivers and dynamics of inequalities worldwide (an intro
 duction to Part I)\, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002459/245907e.
 pdf\n- Stiglitz\, J. (2013)\, The Price of Inequality\, chap 4 “Why it m
 atters”\, London\, Penguin\n- Dietrich\, S.\, Giuffrida\, V.\, Martorano
 \, B.\, & Schmerzeck\, G. (2022). COVID-19 policy responses\, mobility\, a
 nd food prices. American Journal of Agricultural Economics\, 104(2)\, 569
 –588. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12278\n- Dietrich\, S.\, Giuffrida\, 
 V.\, Martorano\, B.\, Schmerzeck\, G.\, & Tiberti\, M. (2023). Lost in agg
 regation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty esti
 mates. UNU- MERIT Working Paper No. 035. https://www.merit.unu.edu/publica
 tions/wppdf/2023/wp2023-035.pdf\n- Martorano\, B.\, Perra\, E.\, & Tiberti
 \, M. (2023). Spatial inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa us
 ing night-time lights data. UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 032. https://www.m
 erit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2023/wp2023-032.pdf\n\nOptional:\n- Alfani
 \, G. (2024). Inequality in history: A long-run view. Journal of Economic 
 Surveys\, 1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12616\n- Alvaredo\, F.\, B
 ourguignon\, F.\, Ferreira\, F. H.\, & Lustig\, N. (2023). Seventy-five ye
 ars of measuring income inequality in Latin America.\n- Chancel\, L.\, Cog
 neau\, D.\, Gethin\, A.\, Myczkowski\, A.\, & Robilliard\, A. S. (2023). I
 ncome inequality in Africa\, 1990–2019: Measurement\, patterns\, determi
 nants. World Development\, 163\, 106162.\n- World Inequality Report 2018. 
 https://wir2018.wid.world/\n- Milanovic\, B. (2024). The three eras of glo
 bal inequality\, 1820–2020 with the focus on the past thirty years. Worl
 d Development\, 177\, 106516.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Lecture7@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Lecture VII: Other topics in evaluation
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261021T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261021T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Lecture VII (Lecture 7)\nLecturer: 
 Lonneke Nillesen\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Laajaj\, R.\, & Macours\,
  K. (2021). Measuring skills in developing countries. Journal of Human Res
 ources\, 56(4)\, 1254-1295.\n- Jayachandran\, S.\, Biradavolu\, M.\, & Coo
 per\, J. (2023). Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to desi
 gn a five-question survey module for women’s agency. World Development\,
  161\, 106076. Open access.\n- McKenzie\, D. (2025). Designing and analysi
 ng powerful experiments: Practical tips for applied researchers. World Ban
 k Policy Research Working Paper 11176 (free).\n- Evans\, D. K.\, & Popova\
 , A. (2016). Cost-effectiveness analysis in development: Accounting for lo
 cal costs and noisy impacts. World Development\, 77\, 262-276.\n- Asiedu\,
  E.\, Karlan\, D.\, Lambon-Quayefio\, M.\, & Udry\, C. (2021). A call for 
 structured ethics appendices in social science papers. PNAS\, 118(29). Fre
 e as NBER WP 28393. [ethics\; use its template for your own ethics appendi
 x]\n- Glennerster\, R. (2017). The practicalities of running randomized ev
 aluations: Partnerships\, measurement\, ethics\, and transparency. Handboo
 k of Field Experiments\, Vol. 1\, 175-244. Free at https://www.povertyacti
 onlab.org/sites/default/files/research-paper/Practical-issues-in-RCTs_Glen
 nerster.pdf\n- Muralidharan\, K.\, & Niehaus\, P. (2017). Experimentation 
 at scale. Journal of Economic Perspectives\, 31(4)\, 103-124. Open access.
 \n\nOptional:\n- Stantcheva\, S. (2023). How to run surveys: A guide to cr
 eating your own identifying variation and revealing the invisible. Annual 
 Review of Economics\, 15\, 205-234. Free as NBER Working Paper 30527.\n- D
 haliwal\, I.\, Duflo\, E.\, Glennerster\, R.\, & Tulloch\, C. (2013). Comp
 arative cost-effectiveness analysis to inform policy in developing countri
 es. Education Policy in Developing Countries\, 285-338.\n- Williams\, M. J
 . (2020). External validity and policy adaptation: from impact evaluation 
 to policy design. The World Bank Research Observer\, 35(2)\, 158-191.\n- D
 uflo\, E.\, Banerjee\, A.\, Finkelstein\, A.\, Katz\, L. F.\, Olken\, B. A
 .\, & Sautmann\, A. (2020). In praise of moderation: Suggestions for the s
 cope and use of pre-analysis plans for RCTs in economics. NBER WP 26993.\n
 - Deaton\, A.\, & Cartwright\, N. (2018). Understanding and misunderstandi
 ng randomized controlled trials. Social Science & Medicine\, 210\, 2-21 (o
 pen access).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-4.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture IV: Networks\, complexity\, diffusi
 on & industrial dynamics
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261021T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261021T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture IV (Week 4\, 
 4.1)\nLecturer: Tommaso Ciarli\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Conway\, S.
  & Steward\, F. (2009) Innovation from a Network perspective. in Managing 
 and shaping innovation (eds. Conway\, S. & Steward\, F.) 63–120 (Oxford 
 University Press).\n- Geroski\, P. A. (2000). Models of technology diffusi
 on. Research Policy\, 29(4–5)\, 603–625.\n- Dosi\, G.\, Lechevalier\, 
 S.\, and Secchi\, A.\, 2010\, Introduction: Interfirm heterogeneity–natu
 re\, sources and consequences for industrial dynamics. Industrial and Corp
 orate Change\, 19(6):1867–1890.\n\nPlus 18 additional readings (see the 
 website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-4.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture IV: Structural Change\, Structural Tran
 sformation\, and “Economic Complexity”
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261022T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261022T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture IV (Week 4\, 4.2)\nLectur
 er: Bart Verspagen\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Fagerberg\, J.\, 2000\,
  Technological progress\, structural change and productivity growth: a com
 parative study\, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics\, vol. 11\, pp. 3
 93–411\n- Szirmai\, A.\, & Verspagen\, B. (2015). Manufacturing and econ
 omic growth in developing countries\, 1950–2005. Structural change and e
 conomic dynamics\, 34\, 46-59.\n- Lavopa\, A. & A. Szirmai\, 2021\, Struct
 ural Change as a Modernization Process\, in N. Foster-McGregor et al (eds.
 )\, New Perspectives on Structural Change\, Oxford University Press.\n\nPl
 us 6 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S6@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture VI: From Correlation to Causality: Evalua
 ting Education Policies Using the “Laboratory” of Education Systems
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261023T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261023T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture VI (Session 6)\nLecturer: Kristof 
 De Witte
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-Office@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Policy Evaluation Office hour: Walk-in office hours to discuss the 
 Pre-Analysis Plan
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261024
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
LOCATION:Room 3.09
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation · Office hour (Lecture 8)\nLecturer: 
 Lonneke Nillesen\nDate or time not confirmed: see notes.\nNote: Time not g
 iven in the sources.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-5.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture V: Innovation systems: national\, s
 ectoral\, regional
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261028T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261028T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture V (Week 5\, 5
 .1)\nLecturer: Bart Verspagen\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Freeman\, C.
 \, 1995 The ‘national system of innovation’ in historical perspective.
  Cambridge J. Econ. 19\, 5\n- Pavitt\, K. (1984). Sectoral patterns of tec
 hnical change: towards a taxonomy and a theory. Research policy\, 13(6)\, 
 343-373.\n- Lundvall\, B.-Å. (ed.). (1992). National systems of innovatio
 n: Toward a theory of innovation and interactive learning. Pinter.\n- Nels
 on\, R. R. (Ed.). (1993). National innovation systems: a comparative analy
 sis. Oxford University Press.\n- Cooke\, P.\, Uranga\, M. G.\, & Etxebarri
 a\, G. (1997). Regional innovation systems: Institutional and organisation
 al dimensions. Research policy\, 26(4-5)\, 475-491.\n- Malerba\, F. (2002)
 . Sectoral systems of innovation and production. Research policy\, 31(2)\,
  247-264.\n\nPlus 8 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-5.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture V: Modelling structural change\, innova
 tion and economic development
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261029T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261029T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture V (Week 5\, 5.2)\nLecture
 r: Tommaso Ciarli\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Ciarli\, T. (2012) “St
 ructural Interactions and Long Run Growth: An Application of Experimental 
 Design to Agent Based Models.” Revue de l’OFCE\, Debates and policies 
 124: 295-345.\n\nPlus 15 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S7@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture VII: Financing and inequality in health a
 nd healthcare
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261030T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261030T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture VII (Session 7)\nLecturer: Wim Gro
 ot
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-6.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture VI: Technological paradigms and tra
 jectories
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261104T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261104T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture VI (Week 6\, 
 6.1)\nLecturer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation 
 by a full-time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: 
 TBC.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Dosi\, G.\, 1982\, Technological para
 digms and technological trajectories: A suggested interpretation of the de
 terminants and directions of technical change\, Research Policy\, 11(3)\, 
 147-162.\n- Verspagen\, B.\, 2007\, Mapping Technological Trajectories as 
 Patent Citation Networks: A Study on the History of Fuel Cell Research\, A
 dvances in Complex Systems\, 10(1):93.\n\nPlus 4 additional readings (see 
 the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-6.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture VI: Appropriate technologies
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261105T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261105T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture VI (Week 6\, 6.2)\nLectur
 er: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation by a full-ti
 me PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: TBC.\n\nRequ
 ired / core readings:\n- Kaplinsky\, R. (2011). Schumacher meets Schumpete
 r: Appropriate technology below the radar. Research Policy\, 40(2)\, 193
 –203.\n- Basu\, S.\, & Weil\, D. N. (1998). Appropriate technology and g
 rowth. Quarterly Journal of Economics\, 113(4)\, 1025–1054.\n- Moscona\,
  J.\, & Sastry\, K. A. (2025). Inappropriate technology: Evidence from glo
 bal agriculture. NBER Working Paper 33500.\n\nPlus 17 additional readings 
 (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S8@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture VIII: Inequality dimensions
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261106T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261106T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture VIII (Session 8)\nLecturer: Bruno 
 Martorano\nNote: Group work: each group gives a 10-minute presentation on 
 one dimension of inequality and acts as discussant for another group (5-mi
 nute discussion). Final readings and groups were assigned in the first ses
 sion\; the readings under "Further" are the manual’s “Other readings
 ”.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Bertrand\, M.\, & Mullainathan\, S. (
 2004). Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field 
 experiment on labor market discrimination. American Economic Review\, 94(4
 )\, 991–1013.\n- Blau\, F. D.\, & Kahn\, L. M. (2017). The gender wage g
 ap: Extent\, trends\, and explanations. Journal of Economic Literature\, 5
 5(3)\, 789–865.\n- Corak\, M. (2013). Income inequality\, equality of op
 portunity\, and intergenerational mobility. Journal of Economic Perspectiv
 es\, 27(3)\, 79–102.\n\nPlus 6 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-7.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture VII: Innovation Indicators
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261111T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261111T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture VII (Week 7\,
  7.1)\nLecturer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation
  by a full-time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter:
  TBC.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Bogliacino\, F.\, Perani\, G.\, Pian
 ta\, M.\, & Supino\, S. (2012). Innovation and development: The evidence f
 rom innovation surveys. Latin American Business Review\, 13(3)\, 219-261.\
 n- Jaffe\, A. B.\, & Trajtenberg\, M. (2002). Patents\, citations\, and in
 novations: A window on the knowledge economy. MIT press.\n- Nagaoka\, S.\,
  Motohashi\, K.\, & Goto\, A. (2010). Patent statistics as an innovation i
 ndicator. In Handbook of the Economics of Innovation (Vol. 2\, pp. 1083-11
 27). North-Holland.\n\nPlus 5 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-7.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture VII: Innovation and production capabili
 ties
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261112T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261112T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture VII (Week 7\, 7.2)\nLectu
 rer: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation by a full-t
 ime PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: TBC.\n\nReq
 uired / core readings:\n- Bell\, M. (2009). "Innovation Capabilities and D
 irections of Development." STEPS Working Paper 33\, STEPS Centre.\n- Fager
 berg\, J.\, Srholec\, M. and B. Verspagen\, 2010\, Innovation and economic
  development\, in B. Hall and N. Rosenberg (eds.)\, The Handbook of the Ec
 onomics of Innovation\, Chapter 20\, Elsevier.\n- Lall\, S.\, 1992\, Techn
 ological capabilities and industrialization\, World Development 20\, 165
 –186.\n\nPlus 17 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S9@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture IX: Gender (in)equality - causes and cons
 equences
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261113T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261113T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture IX (Session 9)\nLecturer: Eleonora
  (Lonneke) Nillesen\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Anderson\, S. (2025). 
 Gender Biased Norms. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5460014\n- Bertrand\, M.
  (2020). Gender in the Twenty-First Century. AEA Papers and Proceedings\, 
 110\, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20201126\n- Jayachandran\, S. 
 (2015). The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries. Annual Rev
 iew of Economics\, 7(1)\, 63–88. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economi
 cs-080614-115404
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-8.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture VIII: Automation and employment
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261118T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261118T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture VIII (Week 8\
 , 8.1)\nLecturer: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentatio
 n by a full-time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter
 : TBC.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Vivarelli\, Marco\, 2007\, Innovati
 on and employment: A survey\, IZA Discussion Papers\, No. 2621\, Institute
  for the Study of Labor (IZA)\, Bonn\, https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de
 :101:1-2008042202\n- Autor\, D. H.\, 2022\, The Labor Market Impacts of Te
 chnological Change: From Unbridled Enthusiasm to Qualified Optimism to Vas
 t Uncertainty. SSRN Electronic Journal (2022). doi:10.2139/ssrn.4122803\n\
 nPlus 27 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-8.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture VIII: Trade\, GVCs\, FDI and developmen
 t
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261119T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261119T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture VIII (Week 8\, 8.2)\nLect
 urer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation by a full-
 time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: TBC.\n\nRe
 quired / core readings:\n- Lall\, S. (2000). The Technological structure a
 nd performance of developing country manufactured exports\, 1985-98. Oxfor
 d development studies\, 28(3)\, 337- 369.\n- Los\, B.\, Timmer\, M. and G.
  de Vries\, 2015\, How global are global value chains? A new approach to m
 easure international fragmentation\, Journal of Regional Science\, vol. 55
 : 66–92\n- Goerg\, H. and D. Greenaway\, (2004). Much Ado about Nothing?
  Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Direct Investment? World Ba
 nk Research Observer\, 19\, 171-197.\n\nPlus 9 additional readings (see th
 e website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S10@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture X: Migration and development
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261120T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261120T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture X (Session 10)\nLecturer: Melissa 
 Siegel\nNote: Watch the Migration Basics playlist before the session\; the
  Migration and Development playlist is for review afterwards.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-9.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture IX: Climate change and sustainabili
 ty
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261125T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261125T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture IX (Week 9\, 
 9.1)\nLecturer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation 
 by a full-time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: 
 TBC.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Acemoglu\, D.\, Aghion\, P.\, Burszty
 n\, L.\, & Hemous\, D. (2012). “The Environment and Directed Technical C
 hange.” American Economic Review\, 102(1): 131–166\n- Unruh\, G. C. (2
 000). Understanding carbon lock-in. Energy policy\, 28(12)\, 817- 830.\n- 
 Porter\, M. E. and van der Linde\, C. (1995). Toward a new conception of t
 he environment-competitiveness relationship. Journal of economic perspecti
 ves\, 9(4)\, 97-118.\n- Jacobsson\, S.\, & Bergek\, A. (2004). Transformin
 g the energy sector: the evolution of technological systems in renewable e
 nergy technology. Industrial and corporate change\, 13(5)\, 815-849.\n\nPl
 us 9 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-9.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture IX: Institutions
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261126T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261126T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture IX (Week 9\, 9.2)\nLectur
 er: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation by a full-ti
 me PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: TBC.\n\nRequ
 ired / core readings:\n- Acemoglu\, D.\, Johnson\, S.\, & Robinson\, J. A.
  (2005). Institutions as a fundamental cause of long-run growth. In P. Agh
 ion & S. Durlauf (Eds.)\, Handbook of Economic Growth (Vol. 1A\, ch. 6\, p
 p. 385–472). Elsevier.\n- Nelson\, R. R.\, & Sampat\, B. N. (2001). Maki
 ng sense of institutions as a factor shaping economic performance. Journal
  of Economic Behavior & Organization\, 44(1)\, 31–54.\n- Chang\, H.-J. (
 2011). Institutions and economic development: Theory\, policy and history.
  Journal of Institutional Economics\, 7(4)\, 473–498.\n\nPlus 22 additio
 nal readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S11@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture XI: Climate change: unequal vulnerability
 \, strategies\, and human behavior
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261127T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261127T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture XI (Session 11)\nLecturer: Sanae O
 kamoto\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Thomas K\, Hardy RD\, Lazrus H\, et
  al. Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social sci
 ence review. WIREs Clim Change. 2019\; 10:e565. https://doi.org/10.1002/wc
 c.565\n- Vollmer\, A.\, S. Ceolotto\, and N. Farrell. 2026. “Nature-Base
 d Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Gui
 delines for Policymakers.” Environmental Policy and Governance 36\, no. 
 3: 422–443. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70056\n- Nielsen\, K. S.\, Colog
 na\, V.\, Bauer\, J. M. et al. Realizing the full potential of behavioural
  science for climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change\, 14\, 322
 –330 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01951-1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-10.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture X: Technological change\, structura
 l change and inequality
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261202T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261202T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture X (Week 10\, 
 10.1)\nLecturer: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation
  by a full-time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter:
  TBC.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Ciarli\, T. and Ràfols\, I. (2019).
  The Relation between Research Priorities and Societal Demands: The Case o
 f Rice. Research Policy\, 48(4):949–967.\n- Ciarli\, Tommaso\, Maria Sav
 ona\, and Jodie Thorpe\, 2021\, Innovation for Inclusive Structural Change
 \, in Jeong-Dong Lee\, Keun Lee\, Slavo Radosevic\, Dirk Meissner\, and Ni
 cholas S. Vonortas (eds)\, The Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch
 - Up in Emerging Economies\, Oxford University Press.\n\nPlus 24 additiona
 l readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:SED-10.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture X: Intellectual property rights and dev
 elopment
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261203T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261203T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture X (Week 10\, 10.2)\nLectu
 rer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation by a full-t
 ime PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: TBC.\n\nReq
 uired / core readings:\n- CIPR\, 2002\, Integrating Intellectual Property 
 Rights and Development Policy.\n- Park\, W. G.\, & Lippoldt\, D. (2005). I
 nternational Licensing and the Strengthening of Intellectual Property Righ
 ts in Developing Countries during the 1990s. OECD economic studies\, 2005(
 1).\n\nPlus 3 additional readings (see the website).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S12@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture XII: The welfare state\, social protectio
 n and poverty
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261204T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261204T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture XII (Session 12)\nLecturer: Franzi
 ska Gassmann\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Alderman\, H. and R. Yemtsov 
 (2013)\, ‘How Can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth?’\, Policy
  Research Working Paper 6437\, The World Bank\, Washington DC. https://ope
 nknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15578\n- Atkinson\, A. B. (1996). Th
 e Economics of the Welfare State. The American Economist\, 40(2)\, 5–15.
  doi:10.1177/056943459604000202\n- Barr\, N. (1992). Economic Theory and t
 he Welfare State: A Survey and Interpretation. Journal of Economic Literat
 ure\, 30(2)\, 741–803. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2727702\n- Barrientos
 \, A. (2012)\, ‘Social Transfers and Growth: What Do We Know? What Do We
  Need to Find Out?’\, World Development\, 40(1)\, pp. 11–20. https://d
 oi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.012\n- Beaulier\, S. and Caplan\, B. (20
 07)\, Behavioral Economics and Perverse Effects of the Welfare State. Kykl
 os\, 60: 485–507. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00382.x\n- De
 vereux\, S. & R. Sabates-Wheeler (2004). Transformative social protection.
  IDS Working Paper 232. Brighton: IDS.\n- Lindbeck\, A. (2006). The Welfar
 e State — Background\, Achievements\, Problems. IFN Working Paper No. 66
 2\, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)\, Stockholm.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S13@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture XIII: Taxation and inequality
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261204T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261204T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture XIII (Session 13)\nLecturer: Bruno
  Martorano\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Piketty (2014)\, Capital in the
  Twenty-First Century\, Harvard University Press\, chap. 14 “Rethinking 
 the Progressive Income Tax”\n- Piketty\, T.\, Saez\, E.\, & Stantcheva\,
  S. (2014). Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elastic
 ities. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy\, 6(1): 230–71.\n- Iva
 nova\, A.\, Keen\, M.\, & Klemm\, A. (2005). The Russian ‘flat tax’ re
 form. Economic Policy\, 20(43)\, 398–444. https://www.imf.org/external/p
 ubs/ft/wp/2005/wp0516.pdf\n- Martorano\, B. (2014). The Impact of Uruguay
 ’s 2007 Tax Reform on Equity and Efficiency. Development Policy Review\,
  32(6)\, 701–714. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dpr.1
 2085\n\nOptional:\n- Diamond\, P.\, & Saez\, E. (2011). The Case for a Pro
 gressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendations. Journal of Ec
 onomic Perspectives\, 25(4)\, pp. 165–190.\n- IMF (2017)\, Fiscal Monito
 r 2017. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/FM/Issues/2017/10/05/fiscal-mo
 nitor-october-2017\n- Martorano\, B. (2018). Taxation and inequality in de
 veloping countries: Lessons from the recent experience of Latin America. J
 ournal of International Development\, 30(2): 256– 273. https://onlinelib
 rary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jid.3350\n- Alstadsæter\, A.\, Johannesen
 \, N.\, & Zucman\, G. (2018). Who owns the wealth in tax havens? Macro evi
 dence and implications for global inequality. Journal of Public Economics\
 , 162\, 89–100.
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UID:ETI-11.1@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Technology & Innovation Lecture XI: Innovation policies
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261209T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261209T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation · Lecture XI (Week 11\,
  11.1)\nLecturer: Bart Verspagen\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentatio
 n by a full-time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter
 : TBC.\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Lundvall\, B.-Å.\, Borrás\, S. (2
 005). Science\, Technology and Innovation Policy. In J. Fagerberg\, D. Mow
 ery & R. Nelson (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Innovation (pp. 599-631)\, O
 xford University Press.\n- Steinmueller\, W. E. (2010). Economics of techn
 ology policy. In B.H. Hall & N. Rosenberg (Eds.)\, Handbook of the Economi
 cs of Innovation (Vol. 2\, pp. 1181- 1218)\, North-Holland.\n- Schot\, J.\
 , & Steinmueller\, W. E. (2018). Three frames for innovation policy: R&D\,
  systems of innovation and transformative change. Research policy\, 47(9)\
 , 1554- 1567.\n\nPlus 4 additional readings (see the website).
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UID:SED-11.2@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Socio-Economic Dev. Lecture XI: Industrial policies
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261210T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261210T153000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Socio-Economic Development · Lecture XI (Week 11\, 11.2)\nLect
 urer: Tommaso Ciarli\nNote: Opens with a 20-minute presentation by a full-
 time PhD fellow (assessed)\, followed by discussion. Presenter: TBC.\n\nRe
 quired / core readings:\n- Juhász\, R.\, Lane\, N.\, & Rodrik\, D. (2024)
 . The new economics of industrial policy. Annual Review of Economics\, 16\
 , 213–242.\n- Warwick\, K.\, 2013. Beyond Industrial Policy: Emerging Is
 sues and New Trends (No. 2)\, OECD Science\, Technology and Industry Polic
 y Papers. OECD Publishing.\n\nPlus 22 additional readings (see the website
 ).
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UID:HD-S14@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture XIV: The political economy of inequality
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261211T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261211T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture XIV (Session 14)\nLecturer: Bruno 
 Martorano\n\nRequired / core readings:\n- Günther\, I. and Martorano\, B.
  (2023). Inequality\, social mobility and redistributive preferences. UNU-
 MERIT Working Paper No. 017. https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/
 2023/wp2023-017.pdf\n- Iacoella\, F.\, Justino\, P.\, & Martorano\, B. (20
 20). Roots of dissent: Trade liberalization and the rise of populism in Br
 azil. WIDER Working Paper 2020/118.\n- Iacoella\, F.\, Justino\, P.\, & Ma
 rtorano\, B. (2021). Do pandemics lead to rebellion? Policy responses to C
 OVID-19\, inequality\, and protests in the USA. WIDER Working Paper 2021/5
 7.\n- Justino\, P.\, Martorano\, B.\, & Metzger\, L. (2024). Can Preferenc
 es for Redistribution Explain the Impact of Austerity on Political Partici
 pation? Evidence from the UK. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
 \n\nOptional:\n- Giuliano\, P. and Spilimbergo\, A. (2024). Aggregate Shoc
 ks and the Formation of Preferences and Beliefs. NBER Working Paper No. w3
 2669.\n- Stantcheva\, S. (2024). Perceptions and preferences for redistrib
 ution. Oxford Open Economics\, 3(Supplement_1)\, i96–i100.\n- Hauser\, O
 . P.\, & Norton\, M. I. (2017). (Mis)perceptions of inequality. Current Op
 inion in Psychology\, 18\, 21–25.\n- Hirschman\, A. O.\, & Rothschild\, 
 M. (1973). The changing tolerance for income inequality in the course of e
 conomic development. Quarterly Journal of Economics\, 87(4)\, 544–566.\n
 - Hvidberg\, K. B.\, Kreiner\, C. T.\, & Stantcheva\, S. (2023). Social po
 sitions and fairness views on inequality. Review of Economic Studies\, 90(
 6)\, 3083–3118.\n- Starmans\, C.\, Sheskin\, M.\, & Bloom\, P. (2017). W
 hy people prefer unequal societies. Nature Human Behaviour\, 1(4)\, 0082.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S15@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture XV: Fellows present their topic
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261218T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261218T110000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture XV (Session 15)\nLecturer: Bruno M
 artorano\nNote: Fellows present their initial ideas for the final research
  proposal: 20-minute slot each (about 10 minutes of presentation\, the res
 t for discussion). Attendance at both sessions is expected\; acting as dis
 cussant is part of the exercise.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-S16@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Human Development Lecture XVI: Fellows present their topic
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261218T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261218T130000
LOCATION:Belvedere Room 3
DESCRIPTION:Human Development · Lecture XVI (Session 16)\nLecturer: Bruno 
 Martorano\nNote: Fellows present their initial ideas for the final researc
 h proposal: 20-minute slot each (about 10 minutes of presentation\, the re
 st for discussion). Attendance at both sessions is expected\; acting as di
 scussant is part of the exercise.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-poverty-measure@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:PRESENTATION: Presentation: your ideal global poverty measure
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261010
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Human Development\nEach fellow presents an ideal global poverty
  measure (max. 12 minutes)\, applied to real-world data: concept and defin
 ition\, choice of indicator(s)\, and the final measure.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-SED-presenter-list@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:DUE: Send the presentation list (ETI and SED)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261023
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation\nOne student emails a si
 ngle list stating who presents in which session (each fellow presents twic
 e\, once per course\, in weeks 6–11).
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:PPE-exam@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:EXAM: Take-home exam\, Public Policy Evaluation
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261026
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Public Policy Evaluation\nWeight 50%. The source gives 25 Octob
 er 2026 (a Sunday) with “no class”\; exact release and submission time
 s are not stated.\nNot confirmed.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-group-work@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:PRESENTATION: Group presentation: dimensions of inequality
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Human Development\n10-minute group presentation on an assigned 
 paper plus discussant role for another group.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-topic-presentation@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:PRESENTATION: Presentation of your research proposal idea
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Human Development\n20-minute slot: about 10 minutes of presenta
 tion\, the rest for comments and questions.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:HD-final@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:DUE: Final assignment: research proposal\, Human Development
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270116
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Human Development\nIndividual short research proposal\, 2\,000 
 words\, with a novel idea and the empirical strategy to address it.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ETI-SED-final@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:DUE: Final integrated essay (ETI and SED)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270124
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Economics of Technology and Innovation\nMax. 5\,000 words\; 60%
  of the grade. Combines the topics and questions of two lectures\, one fro
 m each course\, other than those presented. Final date TBC.\nNot confirmed
 .
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Y1-proposal@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:DUE: PhD proposal submission to the PhD Office
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270521
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Programme\nNo later than 20 May. Max. 4\,000 words excluding re
 ferences and appendices\; requires supervisor endorsement\; submit at leas
 t two weeks before the defence.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Y1-revision@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:DUE: Proposal resubmission (only if “Revision”)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270901
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Programme\nThe welcome presentation gives 31 August for resubmi
 ssion\; the PhD Guide says revisions are normally submitted by mid-August.
 \nNot confirmed.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:sept-event@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:September PhD event (Research Week and Internal Conference)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Skills trainings\, first-year proposal presentations (22–23 S
 eptember)\, Internal Conference (24–25 September).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:reg-p3@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:SBE course registration deadline\, education period 3
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Midnight Dutch time.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:reg-p4@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:SBE course registration deadline\, education period 4
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261128
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Midnight Dutch time.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:xmas@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Christmas holidays
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:The academic calendar prints “25/01/2026 – 01/01/2027”\; 
 read as 25 December.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:coursework-end@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:End of mandatory coursework (semester 1)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Mandatory coursework runs until the end of January\; minimum gr
 ade 6\, required average 7.5.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:carnival@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Carnival
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270213
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:reg-p5@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:SBE course registration deadline\, education period 5
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270220
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Midnight Dutch time.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:march-week@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:March Research Week (mandatory)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270327
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Proposal progress presentations\, higher-year presentations\, s
 kills and methods sessions\; with Dual Career fellows.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:goodfriday@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Good Friday
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270327
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:easter@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Easter Monday
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270330
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:reg-p6@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:SBE course registration deadline\, education period 6
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270417
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:Midnight Dutch time.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:kingsday@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Bridge Day and King’s Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270428
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:liberation@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Liberation Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270506
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ascension@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Ascension Day and Bridge Day
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270508
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:whit@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:Whit Monday
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270518
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:agreement@unu-merit-calendar
DTSTAMP:20261012T103031Z
SUMMARY:PhD Agreement to the PhD Office (after admission to year 2)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271001
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
DESCRIPTION:
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