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 (38° cycle):
First term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
Analysis of poverty and inequality | 14 | Renato Paniccià | DEV |
Econometrics 1 | 12 | Leonardo Grilli | DEV, LOC |
Development Macroeconomics | 18 | Marco Missaglia | DEV |
Economy-wide Models for Policy Analysis | 24 | Donato Romano, Gino Sturla, Emanuele Ferrari | DEV |
Local Industrial Development | 12 | Marco Bellandi | LOC |
Mathematical Methods of Economic Growth | 12 | Gianluca Iannucci | DEV |
Microeconomic Data for Empirical Research | 18 | D. Romano, Federico Ciani, Antonio Scognamillo, Marco Tiberti | DEV |
Qualitative Market Research | 6 | Silvia Ranfagni | LOC |
Strategic Management and organisation theories foundation | 12 | Tommaso Pucci, Daria Sarti | LOC |
Second term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
Analysis of poverty and inequality alleviation policies | 12 | Luca Tiberti | DEV |
Behavioral Economics | 10 | Chiara Rapallini | DEV |
Data science for regional science: an introduction | 6 | Rafael Boix | DEV, LOC |
Development and Environment | 12 | Simone Borghesi, Elisa Ticci, Gianluca Iannucci | DEV |
Econometrics 2 | 14 | Fabrizio Cipollini | DEV |
Economics of malnutrition - Joint seminar | 8 | Donato Romano, Sebastian Vollmer | DEV |
Innovation policies | 10 | Annalisa Caloffi | LOC |
New paths of local developments and cultural creativity | 14 | Luciana Lazzeretti | LOC |
Poverty Traps, Vulnerability and Resilience | 8 | Donato Romano, Pierluigi Montalbano | DEV |
Social network analysis | 10 | Francesco Capone, Domenico De Stefano | DEV,LOC |
Spatial Analysis and GIS Lab | 6 | Filippo Randelli | DEV, LOC |
Trade and poverty | 4 | Pierluigi Monatlbano | DEV |
Vulnerable Households and children - seminars | 4 | Lucia Mangiavacchi | DEV |
Third term Courses | Hours | Instructor(s) | Curriculum |
Cognitive skills development and school attainment | 6 | David Sahn | DEV |
Cultural norms in economic development | 6 | Sylvain Dessy | DEV |
Data science for regional science: an introduction | 6 | Rafael Boix | DEV, LOC |
Ecosystem and Innovation | 10 | Silvia R. Sedita | LOC |
Global value chains | 8 | Giorgia Giovannetti | DEV |
Institutional Economics and Sustainability | 10 | Ermanno Tortia, Filippo Randelli | LOC |
International Business and Entrepreneurship | 14 | Simone Guercini | LOC |
Local development in LDCs | 10 | Mario Biggeri | DEV, LOC |
Migration | 2 | Simone Bertoli | DEV |
Population studies in low and high income countries: concepts, theories and methodological approaches | 8 | Elena Pirani, Valentina Tocchioni | DEV |
Writing, presenting & publishing in DevEcon | 14 | Derek Headey | DEV |
School of Social Science Seminars | DEV, LOC |
Last update
19.05.2023