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Symposium and Inaugural lectore of Professor Matthias Rieger

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam · Rotterdam
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Publisher / Host International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
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Symposium and Inaugural lectore of Professor Matthias Rieger
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On Friday 20 November, Professor Matthias Rieger will deliver his inaugural lecture. For this occasion, the Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management are organizing a symposium on Global Health and Development Economics.
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The event will take place at Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Symposium: Global Health and Development Economics
J7 Open Space, Bayle Building | 11:00-15:00
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This symposium, on the occasion of Professor Matthias Rieger's inaugural lecture, assembles development economists working on global health from the Netherlands and beyond. Research presentations range from social protection and supporting vulnerable populations to the social origins of health inequality and poor mental health.
​Speakers include Harsha Thirumurthy (Division Chief of Health Policy, Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania), Wendy Janssens (Professor Development Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Amma Panin (Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Louvain), as well as Arjun Bedi (Professor Development Economics, International Institute of Social Studies). The symposium is chaired by Igna Bonfrer (Associate Professor of Global Health Economics, ESHPM). The exact programme will follow.
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Inaugural lecture: What Tips the Scale? Global Health Behaviors and Randomized Trials | Aula, Erasmus Building | 16:00-17:00
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The inaugural lecture draws on Matthias Rieger's research using RCTs on how individuals in low-resource settings make health decisions under constraints and how interventions can support health behaviors and outcomes of vulnerable populations. He will also discuss the limitations of field experimental approaches and the challenge of scaling interventions. The ceremony will start promptly at 16:00 hrs in the Aula of the university (Erasmus building). The reception will take place in the same building afterwards.
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Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50,Rotterdam, Netherlands

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