Lecture Series

Doctoral Lecture Series on Cross-Border Labor Mobility

Each year, LISER and the University of Luxembourg organize a Doctoral Lecture Series where leading experts from around the world present their latest research on cross-border labor mobility. These lectures not only train our PhD candidates to excel in their fields, but also broaden the knowledge of Luxembourg’s academic community. 

2025-2026 Lecture Series

All lectures take place at the University’s Weicker Campus.
Registration is free but mandatory, more information and links available in the cards below. This lecture series is Supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (PRIDE19/14302992) and (RESCOM/25/19439574).

Mathias Thoenig

HEC Université de Lausanne

18 SEPTEMBER 2025

"Migration and Conflicts"

Registration closed

Albrecht Glitz

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

16 OCTOBER 2025
"The Assimilation of Immigrants in their Host Countries"
Register

Gianmarco Ottaviano

Bocconi University

13 NOVEMBER 2025
“The Economic Effects of Immigration”
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Cristina Cattaneo

European Institute on Economics and the Environment

19 MARCH 2026

“Climate Change and International Immigration”

Registration not yet open

Catalina Amuedo Dorantes

University of California Merced

02 APRIL 2026
“Immigration Policy and the Immigrant Experience”
Registration not yet open

Samuel Bazzi

University of California San Diego

4 JUNE 2026
“The Cultural Influence of Migrants”
Registration not yet open

Past Editions

2024-2025 Lecture Series

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Mushfiq Mobarak

Yale School of Management 
Development, Health, Remittance
September 2024

 

 

Jackie Wahba

JACKLINE WAHBA

University of Southampton
Return Migration
October 2024

Lidia Farre

LIDIA FARRE

Universitat de Barcelona
Migration, Education and Gender
November 2024

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PHILIPP AGER

Universität Mannheim
The Effect of Immigration Restrictions on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure
January 2025

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DAVID MCKENZIE

World Bank
Identification applied to migration
February 2025

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SANDRA ROZO

World Bank
Forced Migration
March 2025

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KATRIN MILLOCK

Paris School of Economics
Migration as adaptation to climate change
May 2025

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Marco Tabellini

Harvard Business School 
Climate Matching in migration
June 2025

FRANCISCA-ANTMAN

FRANCISCA ANTMAN

University of Colorado
Left Behind, Migration Policies and Education
July 2025

2023-2024 Lecture Series

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Sandra Sequeira

London School of Economics
Economics of Forced Displacement and Socioeconomic Integration
November 2023

Klaus Desmet

Klaus Desmet

Southern Methodist University in Dallas
Identity, Culture and Politics 
December 2023

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Anna Maria Mayda

Georgetown University
Fiscal Impact of Immigration: Empirical Evidence at the Local Level
January 2024

Mariapia Mendola

Mariapia Mendola

Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
Immigration Attitudes, Intergroup Contact and Perspective-taking
February 2024

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Joan Llull

Barcelona School of Economics
Dynamic Labor Market Equilibrium Models of Immigration
March 2024

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TOMAN BARSBAI

University of Bristol
Experimental Approach in Migration and Development
April 2024

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Diego Puga

CEMFI, Madrid
Benefits and Costs of Big Cities
May 2024

Stelios Michalopoulos

Stelios Michalopoulos

Brown University
The Songs of Refugees
June 2024

2022-2023 Lecture Series

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Fabio Mariani

Université catholique de Louvain
Migration, Institutions and Group Competition
September 2022

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Mathias Lerch

Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Migration and Demography in Sending and Receiving countries
November 2022

Jesus Fernández-Huertas Moraga

Jesus Fernández-Huertas Moraga

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Residential segregation and immigrant integration
November 2022

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Paola Giuliano

UCLA Anderson School of Management
Long-Term Effects of Immigrants in America
December 2022

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Dominik Hangartner

ETH Zurich
Access to and Consequences of Citizenship
January 2023

Giovanni Peri

Giovanni Peri

University of California at Davis
Immigration, Innovation and the Labor Market (March 2023)

sascha-becker

SASCHA BECKER

Monash University
Forced Migration in History
April 2023

Caglar Ozden

Caglar Ozden

World Bank
Migrants, Refugees and Societies
May 2023

2021-2022 Lecture Series

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Conference

14th international Conference on Migration and Development

September 2021

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ToMmasso Frattini

University of Milan
Labor Market Integration of Refugees
October 2021

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CATIA BATISTA

Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Migration and Development: Lessons from RCT
November 2021

joan-monras

Joan Monras

Barcelona School of Economics
Immigration and Wage Dynamics
December 2021

Patricia Cortes

PATRICIA CORTES

Boston University
Immigration and Females’ Labor Supply
March 2022

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Michael Siegenthaler

ETH Zurich
Impact of Commuting Flows and Labor Market Discrimination
April 2022

Clement-Imbert

Clément Imbert

University of Warwick
Migration and Firms
May 2022

DANY BAHAR

DANY BAHAR

Brookings Institution
Migration, Innovation and Technology Diffusion
June 2022

2019-2020 Lecture Series

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Hillel Rapoport

Paris School of Economics
Immigration, Culture and Redistribution
September 2019

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MICHEL BEINE

University of Luxembourg
Cross-Border Mobility of Students
October 2019

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Giovanni Facchini

University of Nottingham
Political Economy of Migration Policies
November 2019

Klaus Desmet

Klaus Desmet

Southern Methodist University in Dallas
Global Welfare Gains of Labor Mobility (December 2019)

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SIMONE BERTOLI

Université Clermont-Auvergne
Determinants of Migration Decisions
February 2020

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Frédéric docquier

LISER
Borders and the World Income Distribution
March 2020

Giovanni Peri

Giovanni Peri

University of California at Davis
Growth and Inequality Effects of Immigration (April 2020)

christina-gathmann

Christina Gathmann

University of Heidelberg
Citizenship and Immigrants’ Integration
May 2020

ACROSS is a project supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (14302992). 
We thank the FNR for its invaluable support for this initiative.