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.
This public lecture was a keynote event of the opening of the academic year at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Miguel covered new experimental research examining the socio-economic impacts of connecting rural households to the electric grid in Kenya. 
The adoption of pre-registration has increased rapidly in Economics since the start of the American Economic Association registry in 2013. We discuss recent evidence on the practice of pre-registration in Economics, including opportunities for improvement. We survey frontier topics in pre-registration in the field, including the collection of expert forecasts, pre-specifying the research process, the … 
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 … 
Ted presented at the February 2014 TEDxBerkeley event at Zellerbach Hall. He discussed results from his paper 2013 Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict, which he co-authored with Solomon Hsiang and Marshall Burke and appeared in Science. 
Ted was the commencement speaker for UC Berkeley’s International and Area Studies Spring 2013 graduation. 
Ted gave the Keynote Speech at the 2013 Center for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) conference at Oxford University. He presented results from his paper Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict, which he co-authored with Solomon Hsiang and Marshall Burke. 
The Distinguished Teaching Award, instituted in 1959, is given annually by the Committee on Teaching, a standing committee of the Berkeley division of the Academic Senate. UC Berkeley’s most prestigious award for teaching is intended to encourage and recognize individual excellence in teaching. Such teaching rises above good teaching: it incites intellectual curiosity in students, … 
The World Affairs Council of Northern California hosted Ted for a lunchtime talk on how to understand the emerging economies of Africa. Ted examines Africa today and tackle tough questions such as: (1) How are the economies in Africa doing in 2012 and which countries are in the rising tide of south-south trade (2) What … 
Zócalo Public Square is a not-for-profit daily Ideas Exchange that blends live events and humanities journalism. It fosters healthier, more cohesive communities by tackling important contemporary questions in an accessible, non-partisan, and broad-minded spirit. In 2008, Ted examined the issues of corruption and economic development at the Goethe Institut in Los Angeles as part of the Zócalo …