Talk topics
Ted has lectured on a wide variety of topics related to his research, including the relationship between climate and violence, patterns of African economic and political development, the need for greater transparency in social science research, electrification and development, and links between health, education and productivity for the poor. He has also given public lectures on his books, Economic Gangsters, Africa’s Turn?, and Transparent and Reproducible Social Science Research. Most talks listed below are public lectures, often with slides, audio and video recordings. For a more complete list of talks (including academic seminars and conferences), refer to his CV.
As part of the NBER Summer Institute Methods Lecture series, Ted discusses issues of research transparency and reproducibility in economics and other social science research fields. He draws on his book Transparent and Reproducible Social Science Research (joint with Garret Christensen and Jeremy Freese) and the latest research on publication bias, replication, pre-registration and pre-analysis … 
This public lecture at the Pontifical Javerian University (Universidad Javeriana) in Colombia highlighted Prof. Miguel's work on the links between climate change and conflict, and in advancing research transparency and replicability in the social sciences. 
As one of the keynote speakers for the 2016 NOVAFRICA Conference for Economic Development in Africa, Ted spoke about the latest research on rural electrification in Africa. The talk included a discussion of the lack of research knowledge on energy as it relates to development, as well as recent findings on the impacts of electrification. Ted … 
At the 2015 UBS Center Forum for Economic Dialogue in Zurich, Ted spoke on the topic of Conflict, Climate and Development in Africa. He spoke on his recent research with co-authors Solomon Hsiang and Marshall Burke on the links between extreme climate and violent conflict (which appeared in Science in 2013 here) and their article …