Abstract

Join Us for a Ground-breaking Event!

Launching the LISER Policy Lab

Landmark event with Nobel lecture, expert insights & workshop

• Engaging policymakers, researchers & stakeholders
• Shaping impactful policies in Luxembourg, Europe & beyond

Why Evidence-Based Policymaking?

Rigourous Evidence for Smarter Decisions

• Transparent & accountable governance
• Solutions for health, education, environment & more
• Driving real impact in society

What We Do at the LISER Policy Lab

Innovate | Anticipate | Evaluate

• Designing smarter policies and forecasting impact (ex-ante)
• Tracking progress and evaluating effectiveness (ex-post)

Building Capacity & Driving Change

• Equipping researchers & policymakers with cutting-edge tools
• Co-creating solutions with stakeholders
• Collaborating with leading global institutions

Preliminary Program Overview

09:10 | Registration, Coffee and Welcoming Words

09:40 | Workshop Session

• Mission and Vision of the LISER Policy Lab
• Skills and Growth in a Changing Technological Environment
• Immigrants’ Aspirations and Vivre Ensemble
• Climate Migration Modelling for Global Policy Action
• Housing Policy: Insights from Observatory and Microsimulations
• Fiscal and Pension Reforms
• Impacting Health with Health and non-Health Policies
• Boosting Youth Employment through Training in Partner countries

11:00| Coffee Break

11:20|Official Launch

• 11:20: Welcoming address by Véronique Hoffeld (Chairwoman LISER) and Aline Muller (CEO Liser)
• 11:30: Opening by Minister Xavier Bettel (Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs)
• 11:45: Welcoming a visionary Nobel Laureate 2019, Professor Abhijit Banerjee
• 11:50: Keynote Lecture on "The Power and Challenge of Evidence-Based Policies" by Professor Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel Laureate 2019
• 12:20: Roundtable discussion moderated by Annick Goerens (RTL), with a special recorded message from Prime Minister Luc Frieden and insights from Romain Martin (First Government Advisor), Pedro Vicente (Professor at NOVA SBE, Founder & Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA), and Ana Garcia Hernandez (Associate Director of Policy at J-PAL Europe).
• 12:50: Closing address by Minister Stéphanie Obertin (Minister for Research and Higher Education, Minister for Digitalisation)

13:00| Walking Lunch with informal interactions