Section outline

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    Welcome to the NEC4P course!

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    • Welcome to our Network Science and Economic Complexity for Policy course!

      This course is offered in three ways:

      • Open access: The course materials are publicly available on this website, allowing you to engage in self-guided learning.
      • Instruction led offerings: We regularly schedule the course in a synchronous learning format and guided by experienced tutors. For information about our current offerings, please visit the CDO website.
      • Tailored offerings: This course can be customized to meet your personal or organizational needs, with guidance from an experienced instructor. For more information, please contact us at vis@merit.unu.edu.
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    Readings

    • The main resource for the course, is the Handbook of Economic Complexity for Policy (Diodato, D., Napolitano, L., Pugliese, E. and Tacchella, A. 2024), freely available here https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138666 

      For the students interested in further readings, some papers that will be covered in the class are: 

          • Hidalgo, C. A., Klinger, B., Barabási, A. L., and Hausmann, R. (2007). The product space conditions the development of nations. Science, 317(5837), 482-487. 

          • Tacchella, A., Cristelli, M., Caldarelli, G. et al. (2012). A New Metrics for Countries' Fitness and Products' Complexity. Sci Rep 2, 723.  

          • Hidalgo, C. A., and Hausmann, R. (2009). The building blocks of economic complexity. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 106(26), 10570-10575. 

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    Week 1

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      Week 2

      • Q&A Session 1

        Monday 24th February–15:00 (Amsterdam time)

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        Week 3

        • Q&A Session 2

          Monday 3rd March–15:00 (Amsterdam time)

          Link: https://meet.jit.si/moderated/21dfc7b77f878e6dae7bb814573459323c94b97a938bc4136d95514919c187e9

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