Young Economists' Meeting

Therese Nilsson is a Professor of Economics affiliated with the Department of Economics at Lund University and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). She also serves as an Academic Programme Advisor for the Trade Policy Training Institute in Africa (TRAPCA). Her research primarily lies at the intersection of health and education economics, with additional contributions to cultural and institutional economics.

Eugen Dimant is an Associate Professor of Practice in Behavioral & Decision Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and a Visiting Professor at Stanford University. His research lies at the intersection of behavioral economics, sociology, and political psychology, with a focus on social norms, polarization, and their effects on social preferences and cooperation. He also studies institutions and large-scale social outcomes such as corruption, crime, and migration, often using experimental and applied empirical methods. From 2022–2023, he served on the White House Behavioral Science Team, working on large-scale RCTs related to the opioid epidemic.