08 SEP > 09 SEP
Lisbon meeting institutions and political economy - NOVA SBE
The Lisbon Meeting on Institutions and Political Economy aims at bringing together scholars from Economics and Political Science who share methodologies and/or research topics.
This is the first of a series of annual events jointly organized by the Nova School of Business and Economics and the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Professors Pedro Magalhães (ICS), Susana Peralta (NOVA SBE), Jaime Reis (ICS) and José Tavares (NOVA SBE) created this project and organized this first edition.
This year's meeting takes place at NOVA SBE’s Palacete Henrique de Mendonça on 8 and 9 September.
Throughout the two days of the event participants will present and discuss papers in topics such as the micro-level analysis of violent conflict, the issue biases in representative democracies (How do governments choose which issues to address? How well do their choices match popular preferences?), the political economy of multi-layered governments (EU institutions, national and local governments; devolution and accountability) and the political economy of development (historical roots of development, democracy, corruption, natural resources, ethnic and civil conflict).
Closing Session - Keynote Speaker - Paul Collier, Oxford University
Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, 9 September, 6:30 pm
Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University. His research covers the causes and consequences of civil war; the effects of aid and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural-resources rich societies.
Paul Collier is the author of several books. In “The Bottom Billion”, published in 2008 and awarded with several prizes, he has shown clearly what is happening to the poorest billion in the world, why it is happening and what can be done to stop the tragedy of persistent poverty in a world of plenty.
