Courses List
DELoS courses will be held throughout the first year. They are organized in three terms, each of them comprising 6 weeks of courses and two weeks of exams:
- the first term (November-December) focuses on levelling the playing field providing (i) a refresh of micro, macro, statistics and econometrics basics, (ii) some topics in micro, macro and econometrics, and (iii) an introduction to research methods in social sciences;
- the second term (January-March) focuses on (i) research methods relevant for the two curricula and (ii) some topics in development economics and local systems;
- the third term (April-May) focuses on advanced research topics in development economics and local systems.
The course list is as follows (41st cycle):
| First term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
| Agricultural household models | 6 | Donato Romano | DEV |
| Analysis of poverty and inequality | 10 | Renato Paniccià | DEV |
| Development Macroeconomics | 12 | Marco Missaglia | DEV |
| Econometrics 1 | 12 | Leonardo Grilli | DEV, LOC |
| Economic Growth | 8 | Donato Romano | Roberto Martino | DEV |
| Economy-wide Models for Policy Analysis: I/O and SAM | 14 | Donato Romano | Benedetto Rocchi | DEV |
| Environmental and climate economics | 6 | Luc Savard | DEV |
| Local Industrial Development | 12 | Marco Bellandi | LOC |
| Math refresh (TBC) | 6 | Gianluca Iannucci | DEV |
| Microeconomic Data for Empirical Research | 14 | Donato Romano | DEV |
| Qualitative Market Research | 6 | Silvia Ranfagni | LOC |
| Strategic Management and organisation theories foundation | 12 | Tommaso Pucci | Daria Sarti | LOC |
| SEMINARS | DEV, LOC | ||
| Second term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
| Agricultural household models | 4 | Donaro Romano | DEV |
| Analysis of poverty and inequality alleviation policies | 12,5 | Luca Tiberti | DEV |
| Behavioral Economics | 10 | Chiara Rapallini | DEV |
| Development and Environment | 8 | Simone Borghesi, Elisa Ticci | DEV |
| Econometrics 2 | 14 | Fabrizio Cipollini | DEV |
| Economics and GIS | 10 | Andrea Matranga | DEV |
| Educational Interventions and Inequalities | 4 | Lucia Mangiavacchi | DEV |
| Food and nutrition security | 6 | Donaro Romano | DEV |
| Innovation eco-systems and startup | 8 | Niccolò Innocenti | LOC |
| Labour Markets | 6 | Gianna Claudia Giannelli | DEV |
| New paths of local developments and cultural creativity | 15 | Luciana Lazzeretti, Stefania Oliva | LOC |
| Population studies in low and high income countries: concepts, theories and methodological approaches | 8 | Valentina Tocchioni, Elisa Brini | DEV |
| Social network analysis | 7 | Francesco Capone | DEV, LOC |
| Spatial Analysis and GIS Lab | 6 | Filippo Randelli | Lucia Ferrone | DEV, LOC |
| SEMINARS | DEV, LOC | ||
| Third term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
| Cultural norms in economic development | 6 | Sylvain Dessy | DEV |
| Data science for regional science: an introduction | 4 | Rafael Boix | DEV, LOC |
| Economics of Conflicts and Peace | 18 | Donato Romano et al. | DEV |
| Economics of Migration | 8 | Anzelika Zaiceva | Mauro Lanati | DEV |
| Innovation policies | 10 | Annalisa Caloffi | LOC |
| Global value chains | 8 | Giorgia Giovannetti | DEV, LOC |
| International Business and Entrepreneurship | 7 | Simone Guercini | LOC |
| Local development in LDCs | 12 | Mario Biggeri | DEV, LOC |
| SEMINARS | DEV, LOC |
Last update
10.03.2026