The PhD program includes two curricula, focusing on the following topics:

 

Development economics:

• analysis of poverty and inequality, labour markets and informality, population and household economics, agriculture and rural development, gender economics, social protection, conflicts
• macroeconomics of development, financial crises, global economic integration and regulation
• international trade, international finance, global value chains, migration, international cooperation and foreign aid
• natural resource management, sustainable development, climate change, shocks and resilience
• evaluation of the impact of policies and programs, program and project management

 

Local development:

• industrial and spatial economics and policy, entrepreneurship
• business economics and management, organization theory
• economics of innovation, inter-organizational network analysis
• industrial district and cluster theory, urban and regional economics, sustainable local development patterns
• culture, creativity and innovation in local systems
• firm internationalization, multinational networks, global value chains

 

last update: 29-May-2020