Blog
From PhD Fellow to President: (of Colpensiones, Colombia’s public pension and social security administrator) – Juan Villa
by
Ruby Richardson
November 2018
Four years ago, in 2014, Juan Villa spent three months at UNU-WIDER in our PhD Fellowship Programme. I spoke to him on a sunny September afternoon...
Blog
The UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship – in my experience
by
Shiqi Guo
March 2022
I now work as an assistant professor at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. I visited UNU-WIDER in 2017...
Blog
I was a visiting PhD fellow at UNU-WIDER — this is my experience
by
Virgi Sari
October 2021
Virgi Agita Sari joined UNU-WIDER as a visiting PhD fellow in the summer of 2017. Coming from Indonesia, Virgi joined five other fellows from across...
Blog
Opportunities beyond lecture rooms – widening my career perspectives as a UNU-WIDER PhD fellow
by
Nyemwererai Matshaka
September 2022
It was surreal to take a springtime walk along the harbor in Helsinki on my way to UNU-WIDER’s headquarter offices for the first time. My initial...
Blog
Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz: Shreya Bhattacharya - 2018 PhD Fellow
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UNU-WIDER, Shreya Bhattacharya
March 2019
In the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme. The students, from Ghana...
Blog
WIDER Alumni Amadou Boly shares wisdom for next generation
by
Amadou Boly
December 2023
Amadou Boly is Special Assistant in the Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Complex at the African Development Bank (ADB). Before that, he...
Blog
Progressive research with amazing people in a beautiful sauna-crazy country: Pui Yi Wong - 2018 PhD Fellow
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UNU-WIDER, Pui Yi Wong
March 2019
In the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme. The students, from Ghana...
Blog
Solving the PhD puzzle: My experience as a visiting PhD Fellow
by
Weiwei Chen
March 2020
I am now in my fourth year as a PhD student in development studies at SOAS, University of London, working on my thesis, ‘The Dynamics of Chinese...
Blog
Building connections that matter: UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD and Scholar programmes
Every year about 20 visitors come to Helsinki to find a new home at UNU-WIDER in our Visiting Scholars and PhD Fellowship programmes. Although their...
Workshop
Development economics PhD workshop
14 November 2022
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, 00160,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Project workshop
IGM training on designing enterprise surveys training
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes, on 17 March 2022, a one-day training on designing enterprise surveys. Topics covered include sampling of formal and informal firms, survey design (finding and measuring variables of...
17 March 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Andrea Vaccaro on comparing cross-national measures of state capacity
Andrea Vaccaro gave a presentation for the UNU-WIDER staff on 29 April 2020. The presentation was held as a webinar. Summary: Comparing cross-national measures of state capacity In the last few decades research on state capacity, its causes, and its...
Seminar
Rekha Ravindran on the relationship between structural transformation and income inequality
Rekha Ravindran will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 28 October. Abstract - The relationship between structural transformation and income inequality in developing economies Though industrialization is postulated as the traditional way out of...
28 October 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Joshua Magero Otieno on ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in Kenya
Joshua Magero Otieno will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November. Abstract – Ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in Kenya Perceived or real welfare imbalances fundamentally impacts individuals’ civic participation, inclusivity, national...
20 November 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Alysson Portella on racial social norms and education: “whitening” ideology and students’ performance in Brazil
Alysson Portella will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 6 November 2019. Abstract - Racial social norms and education: “whitening” ideology and students’ performance in Brazil We investigate to what extent racial social norms affect the...
6 November 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Thanh Bui on the intergenerational persistence of human capital in Vietnam
Thanh Bui will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November 2019. Abstract - The intergenerational persistence of human capital in Vietnam This study sets to analyse the impacts of family backgrounds on the educational attainment of the next...
28 October 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event