The EEA is delighted to announce that Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics, has been awarded the 2026 Birgit Grodal Award.
The Committee awards the 2026 Birgit Grodal Award to Oriana Bandiera for her outstanding contributions to economics. Oriana Bandiera has produced pathbreaking research in development, labour, and organizational economics, combining conceptual depth, empirical innovation, and policy relevance. Her work has substantially advanced our understanding of how incentives, social interactions, and institutions interact in shaping economic behaviour.
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2026 Birgit Grodal Award Committee: Silvana Tenreyro (Chair), Mariacristina De Nardi, Christian Schultz, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya and Fabrizio Zilibotti.
The EEA thanks the Danmarks Nationalbank for its support since 2012 of the Birgit Grodal Award.