Tinbergen Institute
Amsterdam
When
Friday 6 November 2026
Registration from 09:30
Where
Roeterseiland campus, building E
Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam
Visitor information and directions
1 day 7 papers 8 posters Networking
The fourth Dutch Development Economics Network PhD Workshop will bring PhD researchers together at the Tinbergen Institute in Amsterdam on Friday 6 November 2026. The final programme includes seven paper presentations, each with an assigned discussant, and eight posters, alongside a networking activity and time to exchange ideas over coffee and lunch.
Research spans agricultural extension, health insurance, food security, menstrual norms, air pollution, electricity consumption, and schooling and crime. The day will close with dinner at Axum restaurant from 18:00 to 20:00, followed by drinks nearby at participants’ own cost.
Programme
Friday 6 November 2026. All times are local to Amsterdam.
Arrival and welcome
- 09:30–09:55 Walk-in, registration, coffee & tea
- 09:55–10:00 Welcome — Tijmen Henkes
Presentation session 1
Chair: Alvaro Hopkins Barriga
- 10:00–10:35 Stellamaris Aju, Wageningen University Making Expertise Visible: Experimental Evidence from Agricultural Extension in Nigeria Discussant: Remco Oostendorp, VU Amsterdam
- 10:35–11:10 Sean Geoffrey Richardson, Erasmus University Rotterdam – ISS Health Insurance and Household Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from Rural Kenya Discussant: Kritika Saxena, University of Groningen
- 11:10–11:40 Coffee break
Presentation session 2
Chair: Juan Segnana
- 11:40–12:15 Philipp Schirmer, VU Amsterdam / Tinbergen Institute Food security in and around refugee camps Discussant: Calumn Hamilton, Wageningen University
- 12:15–12:50 Alexandra Geis, University of Groningen Menstrual Norms: Experimental Evidence from Nepal Discussant: Lisa van Dongen, Radboud University Nijmegen
- 12:50–13:35 Lunch
- 13:35–14:15 Networking activity
Presentation session 3
Chair: Ebenezer Kontoh
- 14:15–14:50 Shashank Misra, Tilburg University A Road to Toxic Air: The Golden Quadrilateral Project and Air Pollution Discussant: John Cruzatti, Erasmus University Rotterdam – ISS
- 14:50–15:25 Tiruwork Tadesse, United Nations University – MERIT Making electricity consumption visible in multifamily homes: evidence from a field experiment Discussant: Peter Lanjouw, VU Amsterdam
- 15:25–15:55 Coffee break
Poster session
15:55–16:55 · Chair: Kaira Gräler
- Yutong Jiao, Wageningen University Access, Adoption, and Use: E-commerce Engagement and Diets in Rural China
- Sarah Leuthold, University of Amsterdam / Tinbergen Institute Climate Change, Migration and Marriage
- Jiwei Chen, Erasmus University Rotterdam – ISS Revisiting the Renewable Energy-Growth Nexus: Insights from a Meta-Regression Analysis
- Ade Febriady, University of Groningen Poverty amid Progress: The Hidden Cost of a Cold Shock in Mongolia
- Carla de Oliveira Palacios, Tilburg University The Electoral Returns to Public Housing: Evidence from Venezuela
- Ivan Velasquez Abril, United Nations University – MERIT Urban Cable Cars and Higher-Education Choice
- Annika Brown, Utrecht University Sharing the Classroom: The Costs of Expanding Access to School
- Anne Lieke, Radboud University Nijmegen How Serious Is It, and Would Anyone Know? Adolescents’ Own and Perceived Community Views of Child Exploitation in GRACE, a Global Research Study on Child Exploitation
Presentation session 4
Chair: Samin Nikkhah Bahrami
- 16:55–17:30 Emiliano Galvarriato, Radboud University Nijmegen When a Foreign Drug Epidemic Comes to the Sierra: Opium Poppy, Schooling and Crime in Mexico Discussant: Eleonora Nillesen, United Nations University – MERIT
Closing and dinner
- 17:30–17:40 Closing words — Tijmen Henkes
- 17:45 Departure to the restaurant — 15-minute walk
- 18:00–20:00 Dinner at Axum restaurant — table booked for 18:00
- 20:00 onwards Drinks nearby — at participants’ own cost