Drawing on varied empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa, researchers argue that women’s conversion to new Christian churches may be an attempt to pursue emancipation, subtly undermining clan authority.

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🆕Why are so many women in Africa converting to Christianity? Today on VoxDev, Pablo Álvarez-Aragón (University of Bologna), Catherine Guirkinger (Namur School of Economics) & Jean-Philippe Platteau discuss their research on women's religious conversion in Africa: https://ow.ly/Guj850ZaYI4

Le 23 mars, nous accueillerons @lucaschancel.bsky.social à l'Unamur pour la présentation de son ouvrage Energie et Inégalités. Nous vous attendons nombreux ! Infos et inscriptions: events.unamur.be/event/337/ov... @econunamur.bsky.social

📣📆 We are happy to announce our 2-day Summer school on Organizations in Developing Countries that will take place on June 24-25th. We will welcome two great keynotes: Manuel GARCÍA-SANTANA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social (Columbia University).

Yesterday, we were very happy to host the 2025 Winter edition of the UCLouvain/UNamur Doctoral Workshop in Namur! Lots of great presentations and discussions to finish 2025!

We're hiring! 📢 We are opening a full-time assistant professor position in economics with a demonstrated interest in environmental economics. Please share widely! 🔗https://jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2025-12-02.1636013715 #EconSky #EconJobMarket @GuilhemCassan

Congratulations to Jean Marie Baland for winning the Ernest-John Solvay Prize in Social Sciences. This award highlights the excellence of his research and the research quality at the Center for Research in Economic Development, Economics department, Namur. @econunamur.bsky.social

Séminaire DIAL demain de 12h à 13h @univdauphine.bsky.social. Jean-Marie Baland (@econunamur.bsky.social) : "Some thoughts on how to do applied theory in #Development #Economics". dial.ird.fr/evenements/s...

Start of the school year for undergrad students @EconUNamur @econunamur.bsky.social and master students in our joint Master @EconUNamur @econunamur.bsky.social and UCLouvain. I wish you the best, and will do all I can to be of help as new head of the econ departement in Namur.

Les sources de financement de la recherche - UNamur - ADRE

Défense publique - Pablo ALVAREZ ARAGON - 30/06/25

To know more about the econ master of Louvain School of Economics and Namur School of Economics: www.uclouvain.be/en/faculties... @econunamur.bsky.social @ammapanin.bsky.social

Economics School of Louvain | Université catholique de Louvain

Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication

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Thanks @jan_eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social for such a great presentation of your book "the Great Paradox" ! What a chance to have you for the closing lecture of our new course "Using Economic Tools to Solve Global Challenges" taught with @ammapanin.bsky.social !

Next week, students will present their projects via a poster session. To know more about our master please visit: www.uclouvain.be/en/faculties... @econunamur.bsky.social @EconUNamur

The Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship application is starting soon. Reach out if you're interested in joining UNamur's dynamic economics department! For details, visit marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p.... Connect with us on @econunamur.bsky.social @econunamur @UNamur

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary…

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Delighted to welcome michaelheseltine.bsky.social next week to the Methods Seminar at Unamur! He'll present his latest work and delve into NLP techniques and LLMs. Stay updated on future sessions: marketing.egoi.page/1e2e84ny/sig... Join us this week—on site or online! 👇

🤚 Join us for a special lecture by Professor Jan Eeckhout on The Profit Paradox, where he unpacks the growing dominance of large firms and its impact on wages, inequality, and economic growth. www.uclouvain.be/en/research-...

🎙️ DeFiPP Research Seminar by Mathias Dewatripont (ULB) - March 18 ⏲️ Tuesday, March 18, 4:00-5:15 PM Place: Salle Polyvalente (Faculty EMCP) Speaker: Mathias Dewatripont Title: The Morality of Markets