CEN Workshop 2025
The next Copenhagen Education Network workshop will be organized by UDDanKvant and held at Department of Economics at Copenhagen University, Wednesday September 24, 2025.
The workshop will run from noon (including lunch) to around 17:30, followed by dinner.
Keynote speaker
Chris Neilson is a Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on the economics of education, with particular interest in how school choice and information interventions affect student outcomes and inequality. He combines structural modeling with large-scale data collection from admission systems, surveys and field experiments to study education systems in both developed and developing countries. Neilson has advised governments and institutions around the world on the design of education policies and is recognized for his innovative use of data and technology in the public sector.
Read more about Chris Neilson.
Programme
| 12.00-12.30 | Lunch and Welcome |
| 12.30-13.10 | Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen (University of Copenhagen): Removing Phones from Classrooms Improves Academic Performance. |
| 13.10-13.50 | Alena Bičáková (CERGE-EI): Unpacking the Countercyclicality of Post-Secondary Enrollment in the United States. |
| 13.50-14.00 | Break |
| 14.00-15.00 | Keynote Speaker Chris Neilson, Yale University |
| 15.00-15.20 | Break |
| 15.20-15.40 | Nadja Eifler (Rockwool Fonden and University of Copenhagen): Gender bias in teaching evaluations: evidence from student TAs. |
| 15.40-16.00 | Jens Dietrichson (VIVE): School-based language, math, and reading Interventions for executive functions in children and adolescents: A systematic review. |
| 16.00-16.20: | Jeppe Søndergaard (University of Copenhagen): Peer Effects In High School Application |
| 16.20-16.40 | Break |
| 16.40-17.20 | Jacob Richard Bøggild Strabo (University of Copenhagen): The Allocation of Talent with Perfect and Imperfect Information. |
| 17.20-17.40 | Constance Frohly (Sciences Po): Private School Entry and Its Spillovers on Public Middle Schools: Segregation and Performance in France |
| 18.00-20.15 | Dinner at Høst (Nørre Farimagsgade 41, 1364 København K) |