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How strongly can media affect public perceptions? In an article published on the Journal of Public Economics, Nicola Mastrorocco (TCD Economics) and Luigi Minale (UC3M) tackle this question and examine the role of media in affecting individual´s perceptions about crime.

Professor Chris Blattman, Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago´s Pearson Institute and Harris Public Policy, will speak on The reasons for Wars at the TIME Annual Keynote Lecture, October 11th at 17:30 in the Maxwell Lecture theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin. Closing remarks: Mary McCarthy, Irish Aid.

The Conference in Development Economics, funded by Irish Aid, took place on the 21st and 22nd of September at the London School of Economics. The conference featured presentations on various topics in development economics, from scholars from leading universities and institutions across the globe.

Professor Andrea Guariso, with Bert Ingelaere (University of Antwerp) and Marijke Verpoorten (University of Antwerp), has published the paper titled "When Ethnicity Beats Gender: Quotas and Political Representation in Rwands and Burundi" in Developement and Change.

Dr Kopecky is a macroeconomist with work studying population aging, entrepreneurship, and international economics. Current research is on the life cycle risk profiles of individuals, and their effects on entrepreneurship and the equity premium as populations age.