# Seminars: Economics of Science & Engineering ## expand\_more SortSeminar in the Economics of Science & Engineering **Next Term:** Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 Location**: Via** Zoom (Link is sent to E-list)Meeting Time: Fridays @ 9am ET (Eastern Time) - Time Zones: 9am ET | 2 > 3pm CET | 9pm > 10pm China | - confirm with [World Clock Converte](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20221109T140000&p1=179&p2=33&p3=187&p4=268&p5=136&p6=240&p7=224)r**Description:** Focus on work force and career issues. Topics include: Effects of globalization on work force and innovation, growth of networks in work; impact of career incentives on productivity; university policies; mobility between academe and industry; link between ideas and outputs. **To receive evite with zoom link:** contact Jennifer w/your affiliation, etc: <> **Zoom Recordings:** posted after recorded seminars SortDATESPEAKERSTITLESpring 2026 [**Full Spring Schedule**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/2026-spring-schedule-draft) - *draft* Friday Feb 13 Christos A. Makridis (Arizona State University) [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/makridis-abstractbio-20260206) The Labor Market Effect of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Artists ([PDF](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/makridis-paper-20260206)) [*CESifo Working Paper No. 12368*](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5992400) [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/s-a4DGXiVSP2eE4Hlmp7uFtm1ubNoeUJF41gNPCzGLwApNktcPJLUDI1KN4RI-lD.Wkdu9eML60DxqHnj?startTime=1770991405000) Friday Feb 20 Aleksandra Przegalinska (Kozminksi University Poland + CLJE at Harvard Law School) “[The System’s Shadow: How AI Personas Drive Psychological and Physiological Outcomes](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260220-paper-aleksandra-przegalinska-0)" Linked to PDF ” [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/bio-abstract-przegalinska-20feb2026) Co-Authors + Co-Speakers: - Leon Ciechanowski (Kozminski Univ, Poland; MIT Center for Collective Intelligence) - Anna Kovbasiuk (Kozminski University) - Konrad Sowa (Kozminski University) - Tamilla Triantoro (Quinnipiac University) - Aleksandra Przegalińska (Kozminski Univ + CLJE at Harvard Law School) - Richard B. Freeman (Harvard U + NBER) [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/-tzo3FYQsJ-w-swGEwf9OgmiZprsYo6vPO5fjWCQHcLAVAmjXpPJxi_IPrtW7NBT.ppNQl5sVygir94LH?startTime=1770991405000) Friday Feb 27 Marek Kwiek (University of Poznan, Poland) Title: "Measuring Individual Productivity in Science. Top Performing Classes Across 38 OECD Countries" (SSRI paper to be loaded) [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/bio-abstract-marek-kwiek) [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/vOGf7f-WwhP7y8CjCaisicTup9BctrnWo902igjKDV-_nSuZWmkpnAAZ0mK5narD.AZ7AiLhy5OR8gPU3) Friday Mar 6 George J. Borjas (Harvard Kennedy School and NBER) “The H-1B Wage Gap, Visa Fees + Employer Demand" [NBER WP 34793](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34793) [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260307-george-borjas-bio-abstract) Fri Mar 13 Wei Huang (Peking University, National School of Development) “Symbolic Salience and High-Stakes Performance: Evidence from Administrative Identifiers” [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/wei-huang-rev-abstract-and-bo) [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/0WL7xEX5KHsz-rvPToxyLuqW-pat4Q2qhbAuyzb6i1o9oong_73fC9Lrmg7a2-GX.JgGwRSfTULX1OCK7) Fri Mar 20 *No Seminar* Fri Mar 27 tbd Dingkang Lin (Nanjing University, PhD Candidate) "How Did the Trump Administration’s “China Initiative” Impact U.S.-China Collaboration and Research on Artificial Intelligence?" [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260327-dingkang-lin-abstract-bio) [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/eb50_DXW8Mx7Qcr7MZxsiiqTQZ4Rj3RnZRJTF27ctxKtxsvjnNgxBeaIlvTD6PwD.3-WfPU4X5YX2nYlH) Fri April 3 Eungik Lee (Federal Reserve Bank NY) with co-authors Sueyoul Kim (Korea Development Inst (KDI) and Ginger Zhe Jin (U Maryland and NBER) "Does Generative AI Crowd Out Human Creators? Evidence from Pixiv" ([NBER WP 34733](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34733)) [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260403-rev-eungik-lee-et-al-abstract-and-bio) Fri April 10 Galit Eizman (Harvard Kennedy School) and Yuxuan Xiong (UCLA) "The Effect of Agglomeration on Higher Education and Local Labor Markets" [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/galit-eizman-bio-abstract-10-april-2026) *** [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/zum2HPaQsgbFjBQSITlK5sL6N82F-OXV1K78uRl0NPGmwarpHXiu0EX_Pwo_6Zyh.Nx8YOxC-IF-Ca6qK) Fri April 17 Kevin Boudreau (Northeastern University and NBER) "Field Experiments in the Science of Science: Lessons from Peer Review and the Evaluation of New Knowledge" [NBER WP 34811](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34811) / [SSRN](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6025114) Link [Abstract + Bio](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260417-bio-abstract-kevin-boudreau) Fri April 24 Izabela Grabowska (Kozminski University and Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility (CRASH) "AI-Motivated Skilled Migration from Overseas in the European Union: Skill Recognition, Satisfaction, and Labour Market Integration " [Abstract + Bio - revised](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260424-rev4-grabowska-bio-abstract) [Link to paper draft](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20260424-paper-rev-grabowska-reinold-rahimli) **Co-Authors + Co-Speakers** Julia Reinold (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Institute for Employment Research (IAB)) Nurlan Rahimli (Kozminski University, Doctoral School) [**Recording**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/JIz7Wo6P6OBiCi1QYT27vJc7SdhfNrUXsRTgpew3SakYc-xuWonrNuqolNZzgi9c.cmE8K9CMkXJKU6Tb?startTime=1777036030000) end of Spring 2026 **DATE** **SPEAKERS** **TITLE** Fall 2025 Fri Oct 3 at 9am James Bessen (Boston University, Technology & Policy Research Initiative) TITLE: "[The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are Not Getting Harder to Find](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5242171)" [Abstract + Bio:](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/bessen-bio-abstract) [*ZOOM RECORDING*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/maxk9P_ABhjWkE414K8YM_DzvMBnho7M_KZid-PrnGegC6Xp4KqiEuS93_N7vJBJ.GfuhQsGdNEYpZ90E)*:* Fri Oct 10 Richard Freeman (Harvard University) TITLE: "[End of US Leadership in Global Sci?](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/freeman-ppt)" (PPT) ABSTRACT + BIO: [*ZOOM RECORDING*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/H8hA_vKgghOosl3TVu-GYZEzjC0T9C-3DtK6PxXl8oGC9SptKy6FeW5pImGm5HQw.pN19DMpYsm-9Sxm_)*:* Fri Oct 17 Joseph Emmens (MIT) TITLE: Teams and Text: Disentangling Team Knowledge Space [ABSTRACT + BIO: ](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/emmens-bio) [*ZOOM RECORDING*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/CKPFbxQLu5LKcnn9K4XyIYXPUrDwYhjySBzJo4lnsKIAO-gBj3elUxDwHzUO-SQgmeGV7XF-SVxw3vFs.OpG-jWYmbUOkT3f3?eagerLoadZvaPages=sidemenu.billing.plan_management&accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=my_recording&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fharvard.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2F1QyTy36u5ei6Y4yaQC5FMVIixpKpSsXfgtZJkSomiNlQbgbmwz9fkd5O6I8-PPHm.wi-qRHuPPflH6UcK): Fri Oct 24 Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School) TITLE: Anticipating Sputnik Moments [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/angrist-josh-bio-and-abstract20251024): [*ZOOM RECORDING:*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/WQoWImtMDNc3gPjyDzLI7OhiNRfKc9-UOPVbGOKj5xzmDjWbVASNmmZvtMJx4YQ.KHTMhuSnROG2xrWt) Fri Oct 31 Shixiang Tang (Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Lab + Dept of Information Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong) TITLE: [Many Heads Are Better Than One: Improved Scientific Idea Generation by A LLM-Based Multi-Agent System](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.09403) [ABSTRACT + BIO: ](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/shixiang-bio) [*ZOOM RECORDING:*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/-Ws_04vTgVB7PY2SRrSF7MuVKQun7NlwI9BJaePZS6BhpQZ9n8FEm3NMpZ8hFaRC.eCRIOePsJEb5tu21) Fri Nov 7 Sifan Zhou (School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China) TITLE: [Attracting Stars, Enhancing Ventures: Local Talent Policies and Entrepreneurship Quality](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/sifan-paper-2025) [ABSTRACT + BIO:](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/sifan-bio-2025-rev) Fri Nov 14 Connie Xu (Harvard University) TITLE: [Where Discovery Happens: Research Institutions and Fundamental Knowledge in the Life-Sciences](https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w33996/w33996.pdf) [ABSTRACT + BIO:](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/connie-xu-bio) [*ZOOM RECORDING:*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/EAYIOq7FSw8Bd9D78iY6txq4THgprsr6tdPvb41F7uzmkk5q8Ex53t50q9wQDQrA.qfV4bhHCdtWU8zwV?startTime=1763128877000) Fri Nov 21 Christina Nguyen (MIT, Sloan School of Management) TITLE: [When Low Performance Takes Root:](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/nguyenchristinapaper) [Deadwood and Delay at the U.S. Patent Office](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/nguyenchristinapaper) [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/nguyenchristinabio-abstract): [*ZOOM RECORDING:*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/g3h2gY6--FEexG5tuEogq0-qlfoMfCvgdRcJMh9Lg86GptyAv6mslEMYxDxVqA54.AHBMwID-gh0bxeUE) Fri Nov 28 Holiday Fri Dec 5 Randol Yao (MIT, Sloan School of Management) TITLE: [Patent Visibility and the Diffusion of “Trapped Knowledge”](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/randol-yao-paper-dec-5) [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/randol-yao-bio-and-abstract-0): [*ZOOM RECORDING:*](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/KC6pYuH0Gwpyj81brafVWKgI_B6LHKpNCnk8ElSaxH4HtLd0Enp2yF7Wvjp17vtS.4qj04hTyJyUgdsP3) Spring 2025 Feb 7 @ 9am George Borjas (HKS and NBER) TITLE: [**"Idealogical Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration** (PDF)"](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.07_borjas-george_rev_idealogical_bias_est._impact_immmigration_0.pdf?m=1737754688) [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.07_post_rev1_abstractbio_georgeborjas_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1737753382) [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/V7opFFYN4d9A7Z6eJGy7RBh34pqqzuiL3dTcfhd7g_l0J9CwpUkc4SjoQB7KVYt5.D0QJa3jo3K2hOSkc?startTime=1738936905000) Feb 14 @ 9am David Deming (HKS and NBER) TITLE: **"**[**Technological Disruption in the Labor Market (PDF)"**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.14_deming-david_tech_disruption_in_lm_nber_wp_33323.pdf?m=1737052024) [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.14_post_abstractbio_david_deming_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1737322765) [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/IGiNlI13j8TVAxh9-rypkpRDtBeQnabljsmNcMqzVkwBw3WZcmb0780oIPsr99LJ.DlLxEWflNmEr0lK0) Feb 21 @ 9am Sifan Zhou (Xiamen University) TITLE: "Piecerate Pay for Science" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.21_post_abstractbio_sifan_zhou_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1737131217) [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/I-SZcvBpG5unkoHuhL-cpeaNdTnvYW3wNQr37gGAxb_Tzg0_b9X6DK1bGaKfIlTE.e3uIGsAF-Ka-v5fR) Feb 28 @ 9am Marek Kwiek (UNESCO and Univ of Poznan, Poland) TITLE: **"**[**Quantifying Attrition in Science: A Longitudinal Study of Scientists in 38 OECD Countries (PDF)**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.28_kwiek-marek_quantify_attrition_in_sci_-_38_oecd_higher_ed_2024.pdf?m=1737051927)**" (**[**Springer LINK**](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-024-01284-0)**)** [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.02.28_post_abstractbio_mark_kwiek_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1737132967) [**ZOOM RECORDING**](//harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/IwnFQQs2M-3jmiIWIHDgN_xXqEpIHnF_y1QsuH3zNmR2z_JKfLfiRyAlKcIKKCMV.11j1_3Vr03FdOOe3) Mar 7 @ 9am Ryan Hill (Northwestern Kellogg) TITLE: “Priority Races in Science: Evidence from Structural Biology" RELATED LINKS: [**https://carolynstein.github.io/files/papers/scooped.pdf**](https://carolynstein.github.io/files/papers/scooped.pdf) [**https://carolynstein.github.io/files/papers/comp\_qual.pdf**](https://carolynstein.github.io/files/papers/comp_qual.pdf) [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.03.07_post_abstractbio_ryan_hill_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1740008074)**:** [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/8zwSQPuWUmhkZD5xK-s_UqW7HUI7Na8djOMRQyXo7zpgvs0Yaz1xv_zuIYQSecmj.rZQJila5h9oNG_6K) Mar 14 @ 9am Giovanni Peri (UC Davis and NBER) TITLE: "[**The Contribution of Foreign Master's Students to US Start-Ups (PDF)**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.03.14_peri-giovanni_contribution_foreign_ms_students_to_us_start-ups_nber-wp33314.pdf?m=1737226445)" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.03.14_post_abstractbio_giovanni_peri_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1737229267) [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/FbF3Z2ARyGjOdRfbcYar1svSyx9DerbKrIJmdwGGUoEzJyb6A_U0PYXYm0tbTS-W.6pPjIxI1O9n0cxM6) Mar 21 **No Seminar - Spring Break** Mar 28 @ 9am Petra Moser (NYU Stern and NBER) TITLE: **"**[**Inquality in Science: Who Becomes a Star? (PDF)**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2025.03.28_moser-petra_rev_who_becomes_star_ineq_in_sci_sbbi.pdf?m=1738613497)**"** [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/moserabstractbio20250328) - rev April 4 @ 9am Andrés F. Castro Torres (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), TITLE: “Talking at Cross Purposes. The Divergence of the Development and Social Inequalities Literatures, 1960-2024” [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/castrobioabstract20250404) - rev [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/25TEsCr9uO5FKpTfrCCNSenvjTLpf2NhZlyMwP_dEE2p1g-Nqj6Cc99zmh90AOyk.Bz-CZfkRcAn5NKGW) April 11 @ 9am Alberto Corsini (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) TITLE: “Structuring PhD Programs: More Control, Better Outcomes?” [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/corsinibio-and-abstract20250411) - rev [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/9IPbhLyXUbEe6RVtKOwhYPlQwxZBRVjrvUscQshQ-NmjcXU0u9hvu0kakPTyGz92vuEGcafUTPZPN65w.E5pg42YrED8APexc?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fharvard.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FaQn9_P-X0tTl1b3svKNA0WLgWsZBZ7zmWcvgSBy-09GpdyLrfjPo017M521N_zRd.xxv5v1GwNnuw4QNQ) April 18 @ 9am Ashley Nune*s* (Harvard, Research Associate, Dept of Economics) and Megan Yeo (Harvard College) TITLE: “Bigger aircraft, fewer emissions? Enumerating the climate impact of jet electrification” [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20250418nunesyeobioabstract): No Recording April 25 @ 9am Pierre Boutros (University of Côte d'Azur) [**"When One Teaches, Two Learn: The Bidirectional Learning Process Supervisor-PhD Student" (Maastricht PDF - REV**](https://unu-merit.nl/publications/abstract.php?id=9846)**)**" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/resource/20250425boutros-pierreabstractbio): [**ZOOM RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/2TZRQjBT2FiqH8ZU6CB5AlStZXq24lSFm7zFLvmnJ0thP5iYd9YyBDoOSZH1aa4J.mzlyLl7Wk569aTuI) end of Spring 2025 Fall 2024 Fri: Sept 13 @ 9am Matthew Gibson (Williams College) "[**Employer Market Power in Silicon Valley**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.09.13_gibson-matthew_emplmktpowersiliconval_ec2888.pdf?m=1725719743)" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.09.13_post_abstractbio_matthew_gibson_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1725719703) RECORDING - not available for this seminar Fri: Sept 20 No Seminar Fri: Sept 27 @ 9am Andrew Simon (University of Virginia) **"**[**Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?**](https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/300479/1/188797959X.pdf)**"** [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.09.27_post_abstractbio_andrew_simon_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1726167126) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/VAxQkx_BwdfODBd2l1IoVZMW4JQAACn0Ag14hRN6khXMd1eoZRW6hr5-kX7OLXJo.99yIeIr5SJJ045Hh?startTime=1727442136000) Fri: Oct 4 @ 9am Jose Julian Prieto (The Pennsylvania State University) Global Environment Governance and Formation of an Epistemic Community: Scientific Response to the Water, Energy, and Food Nexus" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.10.04_post_abstractbio_julian_prieto_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1727103252) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/PxUHvRVubCIsx3YDbiMwDfYK-_aghxzrLSig0RS1vsB00CI_2_8_yxCETmydY-fk.GC1PjHAw8BTxkpbx) Fri: Oct 11 @ 9am Donna K. Ginther (University of Kansas + NBER) "[**The Rise of Teamwork and Career Prospects in Academic Science**](https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w32827/w32827.pdf)**"** [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.10.11_post_abstractbio_donna_k_ginther_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1725829730) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/DxxX731sBajpIN_KfR8vCC-hbd-wclyin2Xn7cCw5VwYbKiWVgJKRXD-yP2hcwoZ.B1FZd_bl6j3z_BoJ) Fri: Oct 18 @ 9am Nicolas Robinson-Garcia (University of Granada, Spain) "Collaboration or Teamwork? Investigating Work Distribution in Science Through Contribution Statements" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.10.18_abstractbio_robinsongarcia_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1724893435) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/xoVIqB7Rkm_NV6bajCRF0RzUoG39GzrfhTKk34Zd8-IhLUx4E4gYc-oR9J6qJ0f0.vGvPMmBcSS2xFFs5) Fri: Oct 25 @ 9am Neus Palomeras (Charles III University of Madrid) "From Invention to Innovation: The Role of Corporate Inventors in Bringing their Technologies to the Market" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.10.25_post_abstractbio_neus_palomeras_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1726858836) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/sb1bHthd4-PDWx-fpXVt61R-G29OL2-uUgwmPDL5fiLYuHquVEzyBQHU5k3NZtEL.uPRCQTKCLY3X3B9T) Fri: nov 1 @ 9am Caroline S. Wagner (John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University) "What China's Rise in Science Tell Us About Policy for Science" RELATED READINGS: [**Science & the Nation-State: What China's Experience Reveals About the Role of Policy in Science**](https:/academic.oup.com/spp/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/scipol/scae034/7695479?redirectedFrom=fulltext) *Science + Public Policy Journal* 17 June 2024 *Impact of Social Sciences Blog*, "[**China Shows that Science Is Not Dependent Upon Liberal Democracy**](https:/blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/09/10/china-shows-science-is-not-dependent-on-liberal-democracy/)" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.11.01_rev_post_abstractbio_caroline_wagner_sbbi-seminar_0.docx?m=1729802013) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/HIsHrk6Z4xEt8vV_bXN7i2eiCUO7AHt6rxg17s0GgUfPKI7UTLfAjXbypMTk2oim.7AL3tH_n7xx8TMY2) Fri: Nov 8 @ 9am Daniel Yue (Georgia Tech, Scheller College of Business) "I, Google: Estimating the Impact of Corporate Involvement on AI Research" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.11.08_post_abstractbio_daniel_yue_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1726004586) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/wA5HO8oKa8MIpZJcM9eZUDSi5KWmP4Qgi-kRGet5TGM7Q3F4VZbIcbguUaQQOP-7.HbWvCjQquEGl5q3m) Fri: Nov 15 @ 9am Nadya T. Bliss (Arizona State U), Bruce H. Dunson (Metrica), Erick C. Jones (U Nevada), Percy A. Pierre (U Maryland) and Ruby Zhang (Harvard) [**"A Plan to Promote Defense Research at Minority-Serving Institutions**](https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27838/a-plan-to-promote-defense-research-at-minority-serving-institutions)**"** [**ABSTRACT + BIO - revised**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.11.15_post_rev3_abstractbio_dunson-zhang-et-al_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1731592241) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/5-C0wckRdp-RYefMH5bph_Jx7QMn2qhovCkob8v8pO5mOIGMcPbBeaPxh0j-zY-N.BpIioZXbLTmlbmVv) Fri: Nov 22 @ 9am Raviv Murciano- Goroff (Boston University) [**Building a Wall Around Science: The Effect of U.S.-China Tensions on International Scientific Research**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.11.22_murciano-goroff_building_a_wall_around_science_nberw32622.pdf?m=1729775964) [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.11.22_post_rev_abstractbio_raviv_murciano-goroff_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1729776530) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/n8bk9NVXo69-KA_npcR3Qla0oq1c89HcmW0JTGsZa2v2tKkOpW8kYCjfjwoxahtg.yNYQpmI_0X7JIzcX) Fri: Dec 13 @ 9am Wei Huang (NSD, Peking University) "Shaping Success: How CAS Journal Rankings Drive Chinese Academic Publications" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.12.13_post_rev_abstractbio_wei_huang_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1731867429) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/17qlOK3Q5iAfEH8jPUYd8Q7aAtA7cd1WiiZTUjqttJ_FNz-8p2K9V6mR1vCNXZyx.fyM-HvQhKI5c5jaO) Spring 2024 Fri: Feb 2 @ 9am Da Gong (UC Riverside) "Formation and Evolution of Beliefs: Famine Experience and Trust in Neighbors" (paper joint with Zhian Hu and Chuanchuan Zhang) [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.02.02_abstractbio_da_gong_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1706489887) VIDEO RECORDING Fri: Feb 9 @ 9am Martina Viarengo (Geneva Graduate Institute) "Labor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland" (paper joint with Tobias Muller (UNIGE) and Pia Pannatier (UNIGE) [**ABSTRACT + BIO:** ](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.02.09_abstractbio_martina_viarengo_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1706637303) VIDEO RECORDING: Fri: Feb 16 @ 9am Zhenyu Gong (Brandeis U, Intl Business School) "Revisiting Causes and Rates of Patent Depreciation" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.02.16_abstractbio_zhenyu_gong_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1706635106): VIDEO RECORDING: Fri: Feb 23 @ 9am David Kaiser (MIT) "Secret Clocks: The U.S. Military, Einstein's Relativity, and the Global Positioning System" [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.02.23_abstractbio_david-kaiser_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1706307803) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/sSPTpZx_F_vwjGIpPfQlCluQPlrHlKT5-1eYnlCOkybDIpITHHbP72x1ptWn28Pu.-SknudTLgWzzeHOI) Fri: Mar 1 @ 9am Ashish Arora (Duke Univ, Fuqua School of Business) "[**The Effect of Public Science on Corporate R&D**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/arora-ashish_2024.03.01_effect_publicsci_on_corprd_w31899.pdf?m=1706393226)**"** [**ABSTRACT + BIO:** ](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.03.01_draft_abstractbio_ashish_arora_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1709312255) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/6ywuO_aPZPU1SkgqWiERIfwZYohToMUJGV6ivy2WbSpjwrNygz3npKD1hjHdynUU.7N8a-rMZR2gQt8Ol)**:** Fri: Mar 8 @ 9am Ana Lucia Kassouf (Univ of Sao Paulo) "Overcoming Obstacles: Addressing the Underrepresentation of Researchers from Developing countries in Development Research" **Presentation based on 2 papers:** 1. [Underrepresentation of developing country researchers in development research](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2021.1965528) 2. [Demand Side Obstacles to Publishing Economics Research: A View from the South](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14649934221131734) [**ABSTRACT + BIO**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.03.08_abstractbio_ana_kassouf_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1708096236) : [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/LfD7mRlDnlXJAOC4iHj2DpnMljBt0jMG_PA1lUKt_Yupzs1rSyORZddvQK3dvOekpew7dCNdt3QTtdGF.D1FmeEFy56v1rrAD?autoplay=true)**:** Fri: Mar 16 Spring Break Fri: March 22 Ashley Nunes (Harvard Law School and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) "Climate Impacts of Critical Mineral Supply Bottlenecks for Electric Vehicle Deployment" Background Paper Preprint: "[**Enumerating the climate impact of disequilibrium in critical mineral supply**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15368)" (with Lucas Woodley, Chung Yi See, Peter Cook, Megan Yeo, Daniel S. Palmer, Laurena Huh, Seaver Wang, Ashley Nunes) [**ABSTRACT + BIO:** ](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.03.22_draft_abstractbio_ashley_nunes_sbbi-seminar_1.docx?m=1709930645) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/BeMMRGXf1e-NP0r04AUtFDAxXj0h4mXxWtVnXWF--BeMG01C0xrKxVZcF2idq9mE.EQA7ROAHEtx0DtED) Fri: March 29 Lianyi Hu (Shanhai Jiao Tong Univ) "[Robots, Routine Jobs, and Rural Workers](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/hu-lianyi_ok-to-post_robots_routine_jobs_and_rural_workers.pdf?m=1709233864)" [**ABSTRACT + BIO:** ](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.03.29_draft_abstractbio_lianyi_hu_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1709250011) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/RrBzvzYrbKA3fJK2HF2UTGmIUv10Elbd1L5nKkvYHWrbcndk47r7sIoODDGSok1D.nvyfz1znFpxgQ1-x)**:** Fri: April 5 @ 9am Maya Durvasula (Stanford Dept of Econ + Law School) **"**[**Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/durvasula-ursula_2024.03.22_clinical_trails_w30575.pdf?m=1706565412)**"** [**ABSTRACT + BIO:** ](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.03.22_abstractbio_rev_maya_durvasula_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1706664985) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/l16tg5IIHVZbwQUzsAKbVCNyYSUq0mWHSxuddsDWOFs0kyo9eODCdhyU59utlfSE.ANutXl6g5ZyZ0LIo)**:** Fri: April 12 @ 9am James Nuzzo (Tachi-Aoi Foundation) “Tachi-Aoi and the Transformation of Womenomics from Rhetoric to Action in Contemporary Japan" [**ABSTRACT + BIO:**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.04.12_abstractbio_james_nuzzo_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1710779852) [**VIDEO RECORDING:**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/KhHkAbA1zUH7pZ25h-aEKxauqghaG8VfWgcaGFKvb4bgHEJSYMD0nYBA6ZWArzlW.NAF7rg7xllsxxRKi) Fri: April 19 @ 9am Hanzhang Zhou (Harvard College and Tsinghua University) **"**[**High and Increasing Institutional Concentration of Award-Winning Economists**](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/draft_for_seminar_decentralization_and_economic_anomaly_5april2024.pdf?m=1712354571)**"** (with Richard B. Freeman, Danxia Xie, Hanzhe Zhang) [**ABSTRACT + BIO:** ](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2024.04.19_abstractbio_han_zhou_sbbi-seminar_0.docx?m=1712356550) [**VIDEO RECORDING**](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/TuAMuZRF7xTSvEjOLkFSvlodBPFsihu3ixyp1bznlGwAc2zmig81oIBizAao3XQO.YJrs3tMcHxEEG2N3)**:** Fall 2023 Fri: Oct 6 @ 9am | Joint with China Economy Seminar Pierre Azoulay (MIT and NBER) "[Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/azoulay_6oct2023_who_stands_on_the_shoulders_of_chinese_scientific_giants_nberw30772.pdf?m=1694908011)." (paper joint with Shumin Qiu and Claudia Steinwender) [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.10.06_abstractbio_azouley-pierre_sbbichina_seminar_.docx?m=1694910220) [VIDEO - recording](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/Lk8eL4kYkLo__w2vFsybWu8vACu-Mmo2cozPEKRIy70WTNlzTgWVPrvqB3kxEoN4.SO-Hf5vOy0ttolFv?startTime=1696597427000) Fri: Oct 13 @ 9am Diego Kozlowski *Universite de Montreal) "The Howard Effect: Institutional Reproduction of Intersectional Inequalities in Science" [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.10.13_abstractbio_kozlowski_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1696004534) [VIDEO - recording](https://economics.harvard.edu/seminars-economics-science-engineering?admin_panel=1) Fri: Oct 20 @ 9am Dariusz Jemielniak (Kozminski Univ + Harvard) and Maciej Wilamowski (Univ of Warsaw) "Academic Publishing Gender Gap in Bibliometric Data -- Unobvious Conclusions" [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.10.20_abstractbio_jemielniakwilamowski_sbbi-seminar__2.docx?m=1697479495) [VIDEO - recording](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/sey74KgVvzQ2r6AGvctqSNaEtVgWtSVOtBgmH7a64dmnjFWEzDGhgk5rbHLJwkCE.386hu3d0qv8s7Orq) Fri: Oct 27 @ 9am Christian Chacua (Growth Lab, Center for Intl Development, Harvard Kennedy School) "Migration and Changes in Research Interest" [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.10.27_abstractbio_chacua_sbbi-seminar_0.docx?m=1697995231) [VIDEO - recording](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/e-mWodGPcsimcOzxMdRraV3cO5D5aEKvrvHxbvu5-7-XeRJXJn7IHXZKZRvtZiRu.9KigPT8eo_2Cu4AJ?startTime=1698412120000) Wed: Nov 1 @ 10am Participants are invited to join the HKS Growth Lab Research Seminar Series **William Boone Bonvillian (MIT),** "[**New U.S. Industrial Innovation Policies**](https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-new-us-industrial-innovation-policies)**."** [ABSTRACT](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.11.01_abstract_boone_hks-growthlabresearchseminar_.docx?m=1697583086) [READ AHEAD DOCUMENT](https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/37-43-Bonvillian-Encompassing-the-Innovation-Panoply-Winter-2022.pdf) Fri: Nov 3 No Seminar Participants are invited to join HKS GL Seminar Series on Wed Nov 1 @ 10am | See above for Seminar details Fri: Nov 10 Holiday: Veterans Day (Sat Nov 11) ##### **Fri: Nov 17** rescheduled due to Zoom failure Fri: Nov 24 Holiday: Thanksgiving Fri: Dec 1 Joey Ravenna (Harvard Law School) and Richard Freeman (Harvard) "Misconduct in Scientific Research: Evidence from Retractions" [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.12.01_abstractbio_ravenna-freeman_sbbi-seminar_0.docx?m=1701032079) [PPT slides](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.12.01_ravenna-freeman_academic_misconduct_presentation_public.pptx?m=1701456772) [VIDEO - recording of 2023.12.01 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/nMnV0wXHeqCGP5lSwif1h1-VP-RPcSYmrREtyAjAaidFo7_Fedsiga5vbUG0x2lK.fnv_wDszgYxD5kZr) Fri: Dec 8 Meijun Liu (Fudan Univ) "Effects of Same-Race Mentorship Preferences on Academic Performance and Survival" [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2023.11.17_abstractbio_liu-meijun_sbbi-seminar.docx?m=1695747253) [VIDEO - recording of 2023.12.08 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/HDBZuIPC_A_0BWKlDQgP2HYnAqof3LoNTyFqNQ2U5K9LtYoJ7QODubmwjlkQ_B2i.lEagzI4kX-yedapL) FALL 2022 Wed: Oct 5 @ 10am JOINT WITH: China Economy Seminar Qingnan Xie (Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School) Paper Joint w/: Richard B. Freeman, Harvard + NBER) ‘’Chinese Diaspora and Returnee Researchers Create and Connect US & China Science" [ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.10.05_xie-qingnan_and_freeman_chinasbbi_seminar_creating_and_connecting_us_and_china_science_0.docx?m=1664282181) [VIDEO - recording of 10/5/22 seminar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK7KYrPRWqo) Oct 12 no seminar Wed: Oct 19 @ 10am, Via ZOOM [China Economy Seminar](https://economics.harvard.edu/seminars-china-economy) Wed: Oct 26 @ 10am via ZOOM JOINT WITH: China Economy Seminar Xiaoying Li (Sun Yat-sen University) “Robot Adoption and Labor Share: Firm-level Evidence from China” (paper joint with Yin Tan (Guangdong Univ of Finance, China) and Richard B. Freeman (Harvard and NBER) [ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.10.26_abstractbio_li-xiaoying_chinasbbi_seminar_robot_adoption_labor_share.docx?m=1666144433) [VIDEO - recording of 10/26/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/NrpXPh3KDxPLpiStWC6JShchYMlsc7TWsWv7AjMEM0zpa6IcMnpkJY6ODzuw73f0.2dG3WWhRLWQZsDSu) Wed: Nov 2 @ 10am via ZOOM JOINT WITH: China Economy Seminar Shule Yu (Fudan Univ, School of Econonomics) ​“How Robots Impact Labor Relations? Evidence from China” (paper joint w/Xueling Yan (Sichuan U) + Richard Freeman (Harvard + NBER) [ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.11.02_abstractbio_yu-shule_chinasbbi_seminar_how_robots_impact_labor_relations_0.docx?m=1667403645) [VIDEO - recording of 11/2/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/MGhdjUv2BLNsrg9MfdyURZuqP_aJJTs_mZ3g4CM_2DbWLE6hmq3kjJg1jYxPa8U4.NKMRr3GukFbbF42r) Wed: Nov JOINT WITH: China Econ Seminar Wei Huang (National School of Development, Peking University) "The Tenure-Track System and Academic Research Productivity: Evidence from Reforms in Chinese Universities" (paper joint w/ Qingfeng Liu (Tsinghua U), Jianwei Xing (Peking U) + Shilin Zheng​ (​CASS) [ABSTRACT + BIO - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.11.09_abstractbio_huang-wei_chinasbbi_seminar_.docx?m=1667401286) Wed: Nov 16 @ 9am: ZOOM [China Economy Seminar](https://economics.harvard.edu/seminars-china-economy) Wed Dec 7 @ 9am: JOINT WITH: China Economy Seminar David Yang (Harvard) TITLE: “Power and the Direction of Research: Evidence from China’s Academia” [ABSTRACT + BIO](https://economics.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/2022.12.07_abstractbio_yang-david_sbbichina_seminar_powerdirection_of_research_evidence_china_academia.docx?m=1669821574) - linked file [VIDEO - recording of 12/7/22 seminar](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/-9wWkDhr3IpgdRyfHoriJXlKQXFQIWR_ZdOoDQUKJhWQyj7N4DkkP3flb7eJoNhZ.pTzyD1p9irGYVmD7) Dec 21 End of Semester | Seminars resume Wed Jan 25 **PREVIOUS Seminars - of note** Friday Oct 1, 2021 @ 10:30am SPECIAL SEMINAR: Mike Handel (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USDOL, Research Analyst) TITLE: "Occupational Projections, Automation, and the Future of Work" [ABSTRACT - linked file](https://economics.harvard.edu/files/econ/files/handel-michael_abstract_sbbi_1oct21.docx?m=1631886905) [​​ZOOM VIDEO RECORDING](https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/H-i7yrE20nYvt1lTOJ70OZVFtqToHHKWviYcol-nkIRXTg1jHo8sP_-6Twmr529AEvY0In5xnPnUokgq.F9lFIshfojnjtPHj?startTime=1633098754000) --- Attachments- [ description 2025.04.04\_POST\_rev\_abstract+bio\_AndresCastro\_sbbi-seminar.docx ](/sites/g/files/omnuum5991/files/2025-03/2025.04.04_POST_rev_abstract%2Bbio_AndresCastro_sbbi-seminar.docx) - [ description 2025.04.25\_POST\_abstract+bio\_PierreBoutros\_sbbi-seminar.docx ](/sites/g/files/omnuum5991/files/2025-04/2025.04.25_POST_abstract%2Bbio_PierreBoutros_sbbi-seminar.docx) - [ description 2025.04.04\_POST\_rev\_abstract+bio\_AndresCastro\_sbbi-seminar.docx ](/sites/g/files/omnuum5991/files/2025-03/2025.04.04_POST_rev_abstract%2Bbio_AndresCastro_sbbi-seminar.docx) ---