Programme

General schedule for the 5 days programme:

The Summer School combines lessons on substantive topics in the morning, with methodological workshops in the afternoon. It also foresees that participants present their own research and fosters feedback and exchange with more senior colleagues.

  • Morning session (9:00-12:00): lecture on substantive topics by senior researcher.
  • Afternoon session I (13:30-15:30): methodological workshop by leading researcher.
  • Afternoon session II (16:00-18:00): seminar for the presentation of current research by participants.

Detailed schedule for the 5 days programme:

Date Speaker Topic
Monday 2nd - morning Wiemer Salverda
(University of Amsterdam)
Establishing trends in income and wealth inequality
Monday 2nd - afternoon Michael Gebel
(University of Mannheim)
Methods of analysing time trends in social inequality
Tuesday 3rd- morning Ive Marx
(University of Antwerp)
Effective and ineffective policies affecting inequalities
Tuesday 3rd - afternoon Giorgio Cutuli
(University of Trento)
Introduction to Panel models
Wednesday 4th - morning Tony Fahey
(University College Dublin)
Social impacts of Changing Inequalities
Wednesday 4th - afternoon Free   
Thursday 5th - morning Brian Burgoon
(University of Amsterdam)
Political Impacts of Changing Inequalities
Thursday 5th - afternoon Loris Vergolini
(IRVAPP)
Policy evaluation: methods and applications
Friday 6th - morning Daniele Checchi
(University of Milan)
Educational inequality and income inequality
Friday 6th - afternoon Stefano Verzillo
(University of Milan)
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