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24/10/2023
LEAP Student Grants 2023-2024 - Deadline Extended

LEAP invites students to submit proposals for the 2023/2024 call for proposals for LEAP Student Grants (LSG)!

Deadline for applications has been extended to Thursday, 9th November at 23.59pm CET.

26/09/2023
LEAP Student Grants 2023-2024

LEAP invites students to submit proposals for the 2023/2024 call for proposals for LEAP Student Grants (LSG)!

Deadline for applications will be on Friday, 27th October at 23.59pm CEST.

20/09/2023
LEAP to host EUDN Scientific Conference 2024!

We are thrilled to announce that the 2024 edition of the European Development Network (EUDN) Scientific Conference will be hosted by LEAP Bocconi at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

The Call for Papers is out! Submit yours by October 31

13/09/2023
Welcome to three new affiliates to LEAP!

An exciting start of this new Academic Year for LEAP! We are delighted to introduce three outstanding researchers joining our affiliate team, enhancing our commitment to cutting-edge research and advancing our mission to reducing poverty around the world through effective anti-poverty programs.

05/09/2023
LEAP Affiliates Secures Two ERC Starting Grants for frontier research

The Laboratory for Effective Antipoverty Policies (LEAP)at Bocconi University is thrilled to announce the award of two prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants. These grants have been awarded to two LEAP Affiliates, Professor Michela Carlana and Professor Erika Deserranno, to lead transformative projects in their respective fields.

 

Read the official Bocconi press release here

Monday 4th to Thursday 7th September 2023
Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy
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22nd SUMMER SCHOOL IN INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Gender, Labour and Development

Monday 4th to Thursday 7th September 2023

Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy

 

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on gender, labour and development.


For further information and teaching material, please refer to: https://dagliano.unimi.it/

05/07/2023
RaccontaMi, the census of homelessness in Milan

LEAP is proud partner with Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti and Comune di Milano of of RaccontaMi, the census of homeless people in the municipality of Milan. 

05/07/2023
LEAP affiliates win PRIN grant to fight harmful gender norms.

The Italian funding agency PRIN will fund projects by  Lucia Corno, Alexia Delfino and Stefano Fiorin on restrictive gender norms. They will conduct research on misperceptions surrounding FGC, menstruation taboos and breastfeeding policies! Congratulations to our affiliates!

29/06/2023
Science That Fights Educational Poverty

BOCCONI'S LABORATORY FOR EFFECTIVE ANTI POVERTY POLICIES PROVIDES RIGOROUS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE FUNCTIONING OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, WHICH COULD BE REPLICATED ON A LARGE SCALE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
 

06/06/2023 06/06/2023
DISUGUAGLIANZE, INNOVAZIONE E ISTRUZIONE

6 GIUGNO 2023
9.30-17.00
Università Bocconi
Aula Magna
Via Gobbi 5

Please note that registration to this event is mandatory.

You may register at the following link: https://eventi.unibocconi.it/form.php?pt=2