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 (Nov-Dec) 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 (Jan-Feb) focuses on (i) research methods relevant for the two curricula and (ii) some topics in development economics and local systems;
- the third term (Mar-May) focuses on advanced research topics in development economics and local systems.
The course list is as follows (39th cycle):
| First term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
| Agricultural household models | 6 | Donato Romano | DEV |
| Analysis of poverty and inequality | 14 | Renato Paniccià | DEV |
| Econometrics 1 | 12 | Leonardo Grilli | DEV, LOC |
| Development Macroeconomics | 12 | Marco Missaglia | DEV |
| Economy-wide Models for Policy Analysis: I/O and SAM | 12 | Donato Romano | Benedetto Rocchi | DEV |
| Local Industrial Development | 12 | Marco Bellandi | LOC |
| Economic Growth: Mathematics and Empirics | 12 | Gianluca Iannucci | Roberto Martino | DEV |
| Microeconomic Data for Empirical Research | 14 | D. Romano | F. Ciani | A. Scognamillo | M. Tiberti | 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 |
| Analysis of poverty and inequality alleviation policies | 10 | Luca Tiberti | DEV |
| Behavioral Economics | 10 | Chiara Rapallini | DEV |
| Development and Environment | 8 | Simone Borghesi, Elisa Ticci | DEV |
| Econometrics 2 | 14 | Fabrizio Cipollini | DEV |
| Food and nutrition security | 6 | Donato Romano | DEV |
| Innovation policies | 10 | Annalisa Caloffi | LOC |
| New paths of local developments and cultural creativity | 14 | Luciana Lazzeretti, Niccolò Innocenti, 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 | 10 | Francesco Capone | DEV, LOC |
| Spatial Analysis and GIS Lab | 6 | Filippo Randelli | DEV, LOC |
| Vulnerable Households and children | 4 | Lucia Mangiavacchi | DEV |
| Third term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
| Cultural norms in economic development | 4 | Sylvain Dessy | DEV |
| Data science for regional science: an introduction | 6 | Rafael Boix | DEV, LOC |
| Economics of Corruption | 8 | Emma Galli | DEV |
| Economy-wide models for applications | 2 | Marco Missaglia | DEV |
| Ecosystem and Innovation | 4 | Silvia R. Sedita | LOC |
| Entrepreneurship | 4 | Christian Lechner | LOC |
| Gender-aware Macroeconomics | 8 | Marzia Fontana | DEV |
| Global value chains | 8 | Giorgia Giovannetti | DEV |
| Institutional Economics and Sustainability | 8 | Ermanno Tortia, Filippo Randelli | LOC |
| International Business and Entrepreneurship | 14 | Simone Guercini | LOC |
| Labour Markets | 6 | Gianna C. Giannelli | DEV |
| Local development in LDCs | 8 | Mario Biggeri | DEV, LOC |
| Poverty Traps, Vulnerability and Resilience | 22 | Donato Romano, Pierluigi Montalbano, Michele Di Maio | DEV |
| Quantitative Research Methods for Applied Microeconomists | 14 | Marco Letta | DEV |
| Spatial econometrics | 8 | Chung Song | DEV |
Last update
04.04.2024