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Regular fees: 250 - 350 EUR
Registration fee: €350 (includes lunches, coffee breaks, and one social dinner). Reduced fee: €250 for participants who attended the previous edition. Participants are expected to attend the full week.
CLOSED (open from 26 January 2026)
Francesco Venturini
Urbino Summer School 2026 (July 6-10) at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo: Economic Growth and Development: Demography and Technology. A collaborative research incubator for PhD students and early-career researchers, focusing on ageing and automation, demographic change and directed technological progress, migration and knowledge diffusion, human capital across demographic regimes, and population policies. Keynote speakers/lecturers include Oded Galor (Brown University, USA), Pietro F. Peretto (Duke University, USA), Markus Eberhardt (University of Nottingham, UK), and Maria Savona (LUISS and SPRU). Venue: Palazzo Battiferri (Urbino, Italy). Registration fee: €350 (includes meals, coffee breaks, and one social dinner). Apply by March 29, 2026 (applications open January 26).
Join the 2nd Urbino Summer School “Economic Growth and Development: Demography and Technology” (July 6–10, 2026), hosted by the Department of Economics, Society, Politics - University of Urbino Carlo Bo. The school examines how demographic change and technological change interact to shape long-run growth and development, combining theoretical insights, empirical evidence, and policy discussion.
Designed as a collaborative research incubator for PhD students and early-career researchers, the program focuses on frontier themes such as: ageing and automation, demographic change and directed technological progress, migration and knowledge diffusion, human capital across demographic regimes, and the growth implications of population policies.
Keynote speakers/lecturers: Markus Eberhardt, Oded Galor, Pietro F. Peretto, Maria Savona.
Venue: Palazzo Battiferri (historic 17th-century building with modern facilities), Urbino (Italy) - a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Registration fee: €350 (includes meals, coffee breaks, and one social dinner). €250 for previous edition attendees. Participants are expected to attend the full week.
How to apply: Send a CV to Antonio Minniti (antonio.minniti@unibo.it). Applications open Jan 26, 2026; deadline Mar 29, 2026. Contacts for additional information: Alessandro Bellocchi and Francesco Venturini.
Via Aurelio Saffi, 42
61029 Urbino , Italy
