European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics

PhD Defense of Federico Gallina
Essays on Trade Agreements

Ladéfense de thèse se déroulera en hybride :

enprésentiel au local R42.4.110 et en digital via ce lien Teams

Please find the full announcement and further details in the attached PDF.

Jury:
Georg Kirchsteiger – President, ECARES, ULB
Paola Conconi – Co-supervisor, Oxford University
Glen Magerman – Co-supervisor, ECARES, ULB
Mattia Nardotto – Secretary, ECARES, ULB
Gianluca Orefice – Université Paris-Dauphine
Mathieu Parenti – Paris School of Economics

FACULTE SOLVAYBRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

Soutenance publique de thèse pour l’obtention du grade de Docteur en sciences économiques et de gestion de :

  Ignacio MARRADE ARTIÑANO

 qui présentera et défendra publiquement une dissertation originale intitulée :

The Local Impact of Global Firms

 Le mardi 11 septembre 2026 à 16h

 La défense de thèse se déroulera en hybride :  

en présentiel au local R42.4.110 et en digital via ce lien Teams

Vous trouverez l’annonce complète ainsi que de plus amples informations dans le PDF ci-joint.

Le jury sera composé comme suit :

Georg KIRCHSTEIGER– Président du jury, ECARES, ULB

Paola CONCONI – Promoteur, Oxford Univ. & ECARES

Glenn MAGERMAN –Secrétaire, ECARES, ULB

Philip USCHEV – ECARES, ULB

JoseVASQUEZ – London School of Economics

Marcelo OLARREAGA – University of Geneva

Prof. Olivier Bargain (Bordeaux University)

“Terror and Conservative Shifts: Cross-Design Evidence”
Co-authored with Alpaslan Akay (University of Gothenburg) and Niclas Knecht (Bordeaux University).

Registration deadline: September 10, 2026.

Public PhD defense – Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

Morgane RIGAUX

Thesis: “Essays in Household Economics: Resource Allocation, Family Structure, and Women’s Economic Rights”

Hybrid defense: in person and via Microsoft Teams.
Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34390780619018?p=N8oe9gXu3c3QR0lwte

Jury:
• Georg Kirchsteiger – President of the jury, ECARES, ULB
• Thomas Demuynck – Co-supervisor, ECARES, ULB
• Paula Gobbi – Co-supervisor, ECARES, ULB
• Bram De Rock – ECARES, ULB
• Fabio Blasutto – ECARES, ULB
• Axel Dreher – Heidelberg University
• Marc Goñi – University of Bergen

Elise Viadere will publicly defend her PhD thesis entitled “Essays on Retail Electricity Market Design” on Friday, 25 September 2026 at 4:00 PM.

  💻 Hybrid format – one jury member will participate online  

Jury:
Estelle Cantillon (ULB, Supervisor)
Mattia Nardotto (ULB, Secretary)
Marten Ovaere (UGent)
Mar Reguant (IAE-CSIC & Barcelona School of Economics)
Philip Ushchev (ULB)
Guntram Wolff (ULB, Chair)

Title :  Do Elections Moderate orPolarize Political Rhetoric?

Tito Boeri, Nina Nikiforova, Guido Tabellini

Abstract : The paper develops atheory of electoral competition with targeted political communication and testsit empirically. The authors analyze Twitter/X posts from 367 political leadersin 21 countries between 2013 and 2022, comparing populist and non-populistpoliticians. Using a structural model of speech (building on the Gentzkow,Shapiro and Taddy approach), they find that political rhetoric grows morepolarized as elections approach, driven by two mechanisms: politiciansemphasize issues tied to their political "type," and within eachissue they adopt more extreme language.

Public defense of Giovanni Paolo Mariani.

On site. Clémence will send written comments.
Expected duration: about 2 hours.
Drink in the lounge afterwards, organized by Giovanni Paolo.