Nobel Prize Lecture in Economic Sciences

Every year the Stu­dent Asso­cia­ti­on of Eco­no­mics in coope­ra­ti­on with the Facul­ty of Eco­no­mics invi­tes all stu­dents to the Nobel Pri­ze Lec­tu­re in Eco­no­mic Sci­en­ces at Lud­wig Maxi­mi­li­an Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich. The event aims at giving insight into the work of the lau­rea­tes and dif­fe­rent eco­no­mic rese­arch fields.

This year, the Nobel Memo­ri­al Pri­ze in Eco­no­mic Sci­en­ces was awar­ded to Abhi­jit Baner­jee (MIT), Esther Duf­lo (MIT) and Micha­el Kre­mer (Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty) for their con­tri­bu­ti­on to deve­lo­p­ment eco­no­mics and the fight against poverty.

We are hap­py to announ­ce that this year’s lec­tu­re will be held by Clé­ment Imbert from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Warwick.
One of his are­as of exper­ti­se lies in the field of deve­lo­p­ment eco­no­mics, wit­hin he has worked and publis­hed tog­e­ther with the laureates.

He is also an affi­lia­te of JPAL, a rese­arch cen­ter foun­ded by Abhi­jit Baner­jee and Esther Duf­lo. It brings experts in the com­bat against pover­ty with a spe­cial empha­sis on lar­ge sca­le expe­ri­ments. Their work has reached over 400 mil­li­on peop­le around the world sin­ce its incep­ti­on a deca­de ago.

The event is on Decem­ber 19th at 6pm in room B101 (Geschwis­ter-Scholl-Platz 1).