FIT Activities - Coffee with...

FIT Activities - Coffee with...

Welcome to the Coffee with... video series, where we sit down with esteemed scholars visiting FAIR and NHH over a cup of coffee to discuss their research and insights. Enjoy a fascinating conversation and gain valuable knowledge from some of the brightest minds in the field.

Coffee with Oriana Bandiera on Cash Subsidies, Education, and Poverty

In this episode of Coffee with..., Oriana Bandiera delves into the significance of selecting a research topic driven by genuine interest. She shares insights into the transformative potential of conditional cash subsidies for education and their potential to break the cycle of poverty. Bandiera also explores the intricacies of job allocation, specialization, and diversity in the context of economic development.

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Coffee with Janet Currie on Pollution, Health Disparities, and Environmental Justice

In this Coffee with... session, Janet Currie addresses the critical issue of pollution's impact on health, with a specific focus on racial disparities. She highlights her work in environmental justice, healthcare access inequalities, and mental health. Furthermore, Currie discusses racial disparities in health, such as differences in birth weight, premature births, and mortality due to heart disease.

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COFFEE WITH JOE HENRICH ON CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

In this Coffee with... episode, Joe Henrich presents insights from his book, The WEIRDest People in the World. He challenges the representation of European descent populations in behavioral economics and psychology studies, explores the role of genes in cultural evolution, discusses the origins of individualistic societies in Europe, and emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration in research.

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Coffee with James Heckman on social mobility and child development

In this episode of Coffee with... Kjell G. Salvanes sits down with James Heckman (Nobel Prize laureate and Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago). They discuss his findings on social mobility in Denmark, the importance of understanding the power of sorting, and critical factors to understanding developmental processes worldwide. Heckman also emphasizes the importance of social interactions and the role of love in child development.

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COFFEE WITH ORAZIO ATTANASIO ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS ON FUTURE INCOME

FAIR Insight Team invites you to the twelfth episode of "Coffee with...". In this interview with Orazio Attanasio and Kjetil Bjorvatn, Attanasio shares his insights on how to use data on subjective expectations on future income and how researchers rather than assuming something about the relationship between people - for example - income and people's expectations on their future income, they ask them directly.

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COFFEE WITH Ghazala Azmat ON ICT and student performance

Coffee with... is a video series where FIT interviews leading scholars visiting FAIR and NHH over a cup of coffee.

In this video, you can see Aline Bütikofer in conversation with Professor Ghazala Azmat on information and communications technology and student performance. 

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Coffee with John List on the Voltage Effect

Coffee with... is a video series where FIT interviews leading scholars visiting FAIR and NHH over a cup of coffee.

In this video, you can see Kjetil Bjorvatn in conversation with Professor John List on his new book "The Voltage Effect".

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COFFEE WITH Flavio cunha ON development of children

Coffee with... is a video series where FIT interviews leading scholars visiting FAIR and NHH over a cup of coffee.

In this video, you can see Researcher Julian Vedeler Johnsen in conversation with Flavio Cunha on how parents can best promote the development of their children.

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COFFEE WITH ALBERTO ALESINA ON SOCIAL MOBILITY

We are so saddened about the passing of Alberto Alesina. He has been a great inspiration for our research and we honor his memory with great gratitude.

Last year we had the pleasure of sitting down with Alberto Alesina. In this video you can see him in conversation with Professor Kjetil Bjorvatn on inequality, social mobility and preferences for redistribution in the United States and Europe.

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COFFEE WITH ANNA AIZER ON THE INHERITANCE OF POVERTY

FAIR Insight Team invites you to the seventh episode of "Coffee with...".

In this video you can see Researcher Julian Vedeler Johnsen in conversation with Anna Aizer on the inheritance of poverty.

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COFFEE WITH LISE VESTERLUND on gender gaps

FAIR Insight Team invites you to the sixth episode of "Coffee with...".

In this video you can see Professor Kjetil Bjorvatn in conversation with Lise Vesterlund on gender gaps.

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COFFEE WITH GEORGE LOEWENSTEIN on behavioral economics

FAIR Insight Team invites you to the fifth episode of "Coffee with..."

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COFFEE WITH MARIANNE BERTRAND on cultural distance

FAIR Insight Team invites you to the fourth episode of "Coffee with..."

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COFFEE WITH SANDRA E. BLACK on policy advice

FAIR Insight Team welcomes you to the third episode of "Coffee with..."

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COFFEE WITH PETER DIAMOND on pension design

FAIR Insight Team welcomes you to the second episode of "Coffee with..."

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COFFEE WITH EDWARD MIGUEL on Climate and conflict

FAIR Insight Team welcomes you to the first episode of "Coffee with..."

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