Headstart for EfD's 14th Annual Meeting
Over 400 participants have registered for EfD's Annual Meeting! The first webinar featured keynote speaker Uvashi Narain, Lead Economist at the World Bank. A long list of recognized speakers are to…
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Researchers from the Marine Program at EfD Colombia publish two articles in collaboration with national marine institute
EfD Colombia participates in the Marine Program with two investigators: Jorge Marco, (postdoctoral assistant) and Diego Valderrama (senior research fellow). In Colombia, the Marine Program…
Insects: Promising solutions for environment and development challenges
Insects are the most diverse life forms on earth. They can be a solution to some of the world’s most urgent problems, such as climate change, malnutrition, poverty, and waste management. Meet Menale…
WinEED October seminar focused on the intersection of gender and energy
T he Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED) collaboration held their monthly seminar series on October 29 in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI)…
How to write an award-winning thesis
What’s the secret behind writing an award-winning thesis? What are the criteria? What does it take? The chair of EfD’s Research Committee, Vic Adamowicz, knows the answers. He will announce this year…
”We provide suggestions on how to mitigate climate change”
Jan Steckel leads the Climate and Development group at the prestigious MCC in Berlin. He emphasizes that mitigating climate change can entail development trade-offs that need to be understood, and…
“We can open doors to policy makers”
Urvashi Narain is a Lead Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. According to her, EfD and the World Bank can benefit greatly from working closer together. Meet one of four prominent keynote…
“Women’s work-life is not a women’s issue”
She is dividing her time between the Indian Statistical Institute in Delhi, the International Growth Centre’s India program, and the Institute of Labour Economics in Bonn. Currently, she is leading…
Prof E Somanathan appointed to Lancet Task Force
Prof. E Somanathan has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Green Recovery. The Task Force will focus on how economic recovery plans can support the…
How to reduce plastics in the oceans
EfD researcher Fredrik Carlsson is interviewed on the topic "Mapping the path of plastics to reduce ocean emissions". The article, which is published on the University of Gothenburg's website, gives…