12 March 2025 | 9:40– 13:00

Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg

LISER is committed to conducting cutting-edge research in social and economic sciences with a tangible impact on society. The Institute is taking a major step forward with the launch of the LISER Policy Lab, a new initiative designed to support policymakers in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies based on robust data and scientific evidence.

Launching the LISER Policy Lab

🔍 Landmark event with Nobel lecture, expert insights & workshop

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

Why Evidence-Based Policymaking?

🔍 Rigorous Evidence for Smarter Decisions

• Transparent & accountable governance
• Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth
• Driving real impact on the economy in society
  

What does the LISER Policy Lab Offer?

🔍 Innovate | Anticipate | Evaluate

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

🔍 Building Capacity & Driving Change

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

Program

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 | Official Launch moderated by Annick Goerens
• 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 opened by the message of the Prime Minister Luc Frieden, with the participation of:
  - Ana Garcia Hernandez (Associate Director of Policy at J-PAL Europe)
  - Pedro Vicente (Professor at NOVA SBE, Founder & Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA)
  - Romain Martin (First Government Advisor to the Minister for Research and Higher Education)
• 12:50 | Closing address by Minister Stéphanie Obertin (Minister for Research and Higher Education, Minister for Digitalisation)
  

13:00 | Walking Lunch & Networking