PhD Defences: December 2013

26 November 2013

The year ends with four PhD defences at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. On 5 December, Marina Petrovic defends her thesis on “Social Assistance and Activation… Old Policy Solutions to Social Exclusion”. On 16 December, Kristine Farla presents her work on “Empirical Studies on Institutions, Policies and Economic Development”. And on 18 December we first have Flavia Pereira de Carvalho on “Brazilian Multinationals, Economic Structure and Innovation”, and then Anant Kamath on “Information Sharing through Informal Interaction in Low-tech Clusters”. See the events calendar for the abstracts and more details.

EVENTS CALENDAR

The Seduction of Applied Conformity
Dr. Chalres Efferson, University of Lausanne
category: Joint UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar
venue: Conference room (0.16 & 0.17)
time: 12: - 13:
abstract

17-21

Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies
category: workshop
venue: Rabat, Morocco
abstract

25-26

Smart Specialization Strategies: Contemporary Challenges of its Design and Implementation
category: Conference
venue: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
abstract | More information

I3U Final Conference
Pierre Mohnen et al., UNU-MERIT
category: External event
venue: Auditorium Nowotny COV2, Place Rogier 16, Brussels.
time: 09:00 - 17:00
abstract | More information

Social Assistance and Remittances and Their Role in the Fight Against Poverty
Jennifer Waidler,
category: PhD defence
venue: Aula, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht
time: 16:00 - 17:30
abstract