Decisions will be communicated by mid-August. Accommodation in Stellenbosch will be provided for accepted participants.
The keynote will be delivered by @saralowes.bsky.social, drawing on recent work on culture, policy and economic development.
Participation is limited to 20 scholars. PhD students and postdocs are encouraged to apply alongside established researchers.
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The workshop brings together researchers studying the interaction between cultural context and economic policy, especially in development economics, economic history, political economy and applied microeconomics.
Work on African settings is especially welcome, though not required.
We welcome observational, experimental and historical work on questions such as: why policies often have heterogeneous effects when scaled beyond pilots; how interventions alter norms and beliefs over time; and how policy design can better draw on local cultural context.
