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Visit and lecture by Nobel Laureate Christopher Pissarides at IVEM/ESRIG

When:Th 10-10-2019 17:00 - 18:30
Where:Aletta Jacobs Hall, Blauwborgje 4, Groningen


On Thursday October 10 the Nobel Laureate Christopher Pissarides will visit the Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, IVEM (ESRIG).

To celebrate this special Sustainability Day, ESRIG is organizing, together with FEB and Studium Generale, a public lecture in the Aletta Jacobs Hall of the UoG (Zernike Campus).


Christopher Pissarides
Christopher Pissarides

Sir Christopher Antoniou Pissarides is a British-Cypriot economist. He is the School Professor of Economics & Political Science and Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus. He was a corecipient, with Peter A. Diamond and Dale T. Mortensen, of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for their analysis of markets with search frictions.

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Public lecture: Nobel Laureate Chris Pissarides
Public lecture: Nobel Laureate Chris Pissarides