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Professor Andrea Guariso Publishes in American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsProfessor Andrea Guariso, with M Björkman (SSE), J Svensson (SU), and D Yanagizawa-Drott (University of Zurich), has published the paper titled "Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda" in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Department of Economics Professor receives Provost’s Teaching Award
Professor Tara Mitchell’s exceptional teaching efforts and achievements were recognised formally with a Provost’s Teaching Award. The awards are Trinity’s principal means of celebrating academic staff who have made an outstanding contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence.
Department of Economics hosts Public Lecture by Professor Edward Glaeser of Harvard University
Professor Edward Glaeser will discuss the role that cities play in the world from the success of urban areas in the west to the rapid transformation of the developing world in urbanized areas. Public lecture taking place in the Joly Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin.
Trinity Economist to lead Irish participation in EU energy project
Economist, Professor Eleanor Denny will lead the Irish participation in a large European Commission Horizon 2020 project on decentralised energy production and greater social participation in energy supply which has just been awarded €2.5 million.
Department of Economics hosts Public Lecture by Professor Nathan Nunn of Harvard University
Professor Nathan Nunn provided an overview of a recent literature that suggests a new strategy for how we can help lift the World’s poorest out of poverty. Public lecture took place in the Maxwell Theatre, Trinity College Dublin.