Events

We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations.

Upcoming Events

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Webinar

Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students

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Virtual
J-PAL Africa holds a webinar series each year for African students who would like to pursue graduate study in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields in North America or Europe. The webinars are spread throughout the year and aim to provide comprehensive information to African students on what...
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Conference

Uncovering What Works: Supporting the Last-Mile Delivery of Early Childhood Education and Development Programs

to (14 July 2025 - 9:30pm to 15 July 2025 - 4:00am EDT)
Jakarta
J-PAL Southeast Asia is organizing a Research-to-Policy Showcase, "Uncovering What Works: Supporting the Last-Mile Delivery of ECED Programs," on 15 July 2025. The event will convene stakeholders in the early childhood and development sector to exchange knowledge on innovations in the field, share...
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Webinar

Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series – Bridging Health Systems

The Egypt Impact Lab, in collaboration with the Universal Health Insurance Authority (UHIA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Egypt, is hosting the first session of the Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series – Bridging Health Systems . This session will focus on benefit package design, drawing...
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Course

J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course

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Cape Town, South Africa
The J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation.
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Conference

Climate Action Learning Lab Summit

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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Join J-PAL North America as we connect state and local climate leaders, government associations, and academic researchers from across the country to advance evidence for climate action.

Past Events

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Webinar

Advancing Residential Energy Efficiency through Rigorous Evaluation in the Climate Action Learning Lab

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Live via Zoom
This webinar will provide an overview of the J-PAL North America Climate Action Learning Lab and how research can be leveraged to improve jurisdiction energy efficiency programming, showcasing the Weatherization Assistance Program in Illinois.
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Webinar

Advancing Transportation Decarbonization through Rigorous Evaluation in the Climate Action Learning Lab

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Live via Zoom
This webinar will provide an overview of the Climate Action Learning Lab, feature insights from the existing transportation decarbonization evidence base, and explore completed and ongoing randomized evaluations of programs to reduce vehicle miles traveled in San Francisco and Atlanta.
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Launch Event: Hub of Advanced Policy Innovation for the Environment (HAPIE)

The Egypt Impact Lab, J-PAL MENA at AUC, and Community Jameel are officially launching the Hub for Advanced Policy Innovation for the Environment (HAPIE), which is J-PAL MENA's regional Air and Water Lab.
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Webinar

Dentro do Programa MITx MicroMasters® em Dados, Economia, e Design de Políticas (DEDP)

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Live via Zoom
O próximo período do Programa MITx MicroMasters® em Dados, Economia e Elaboração de Políticas está se aproximando rapidamente! Junte-se à equipe do curso DEDP em um webinário para saber mais sobre o programa e ter suas perguntas respondidas ao vivo. Uma gravação do evento será enviada a todos os...
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Webinar

DEDP Webinar: Pursue a credential in the MITx MicroMasters® Program

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Live via Zoom
Join the course team for a live webinar to explore the Data, Economics, and Design of Policy MicroMasters program, gain insights into the upcoming term, and have your questions answered in real time.
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Course

CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia’s Executive Education: Evaluating Social Programs 2024

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Bengaluru, India
Evaluating Social Programs (ESP) 2024 is a three-day in-person course that explores the use of monitoring and evaluation to drive sustainable social impact at scale.
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Workshop or Training

J-PAL LAC Early Work Seminars 2nd Edition: Early Childhood Development Programs

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Zoom
J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean's second edition of the Early Work Seminars is dedicated to supporting the research of scholars working on randomized impact evaluations in the region. Scholars working on impact evaluations of early childhood development or education programs in LAC are welcome...
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Conference

Evidencia sobre evaluaciones en mercados laborales y agencia económica en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

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En vivo vía Zoom