A researcher holds up a chart for participants seated in a classroom in Masaka, Uganda.

Dutch Development Economics Network

Explaining an economic game to farmers in Masaka, Uganda.
by Mariajose Silva Vargas, PhD.

Our mission

Facilitating knowledge exchange and connections among development economists based in the Netherlands.

Our members are researchers from eight participating universities: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Groningen, Nijmegen, Tilburg, UNU-MERIT, Utrecht, VU Amsterdam, and Wageningen. We organize two annual events — a general workshop and one dedicated to PhD students — and we are affiliated to the European Development Economics Group.

Since 2010

Our network in numbers

Every year the workshop moves to another member university. The line on the map follows its route, from Tilburg in 2010 to Nijmegen in 2026. Select a university to meet its coordinator.

  • 15 annual workshops
  • 4 PhD workshops
  • 110+ papers presented
  • 8 universities

Based at one of these universities? Contact your coordinator to join the network.

GroningenAmsterdamUtrechtRotterdamWageningenNijmegenTilburgMaastricht

Radboud University

Natascha Wagner

Professor of Applied Economics and Development

Most recent host

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Community

The people behind the network

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  • Participants at a past network workshop
  • Presentation session at a network event
  • Members of the network during a workshop
  • Discussion between researchers at a network event
  • Group photo from a network workshop
  • Participants at a past network workshop
  • Presentation session at a network event
  • Members of the network during a workshop
  • Discussion between researchers at a network event
  • Group photo from a network workshop
  • Amal Ahmad
  • Jenny Aker
  • Arjun S. Bedi
  • Dirk Bezemer
  • Maarten Bosker
  • Erwin Bulte
  • Francesco Cecchi
  • John Cruzatti
  • Kristina Czura
  • Patricio Dalton
  • Binyam Afewerk Demena
  • Lisa van Dongen
  • Aksel Erbahar
  • Mery Ferrando
  • Jonas Gathen
  • Esther Gehrke
  • Georgina M. Gómez
  • Michelle González Amador
  • Ritika Gupta
  • Calumn Hamilton
  • Wendy Janssens
  • Kacana Khadjavi
  • Olexiy Kyrychenko
  • Joost de Laat
  • Peter Lanjouw
  • Robert Lensink
  • Clotilde Mahé
  • Bruno Martorano
  • Laura Metzger
  • Anna Minasyan
  • Karlijn Morsink
  • Annika Mueller
  • Syed Mansoob Murshed
  • Eleonora Nillesen
  • Remco Oostendorp
  • Marcello Perez
  • Menno Pradhan
  • Matthias Rieger
  • Ruerd Ruben
  • Kritika Saxena
  • Zemzem Shigute Shuka
  • Daan van Soest
  • Robert Sparrow
  • Irene van Staveren
  • Mark Treurniet
  • Maarten Voors
  • Gaaitzen de Vries
  • Margarita de Vries Mecheva
  • Natascha Wagner
  • Marc Witte

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