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    The Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP) is a research centre primarily aimed at carrying out public policies analysis using counterfactual impact evaluation tools
     
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  • 20 November 2025
    Welcoming Silvia Salier
    Silvia has joined FBK-IRVAPP as a junior researcher. Her main research interests include the application of qualitative methods in areas such as inequality, poverty and marginalisation and healthcare policies. Silvia is also concluding her Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Research, both at Università di Trento.
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  • 30 October 2025
    Welcoming Francesco Ottaviani
    Francesco holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Sapienza University of Rome and a Master’s degree in Economics and Economic Policy from the University of Bologna. His research interests include programme and policy evaluation, education, and labour market.
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  • 14 October 2025
    Welcoming Giovanna Scarchilli
    Giovanna is an empirical microeconomist and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Siena. Her research focuses on the evaluation of fiscal policies, with particular attention to households’ occupational and economic conditions, the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic inequalities in labour markets, and the development of new empirical methodologies for measuring inequalities.
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  • 02 October 2025
    EVIDALI Project Kicks Off: A European Initiative to Advance Data Literacy in Education
    The EVIDALI project (Evidence-informed data literacy for policy and practice) has officially launched, with FBK-IRVAPP participating as a key partner in this ambitious European initiative addressing the critical need for data literacy in education across the EU.
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Upcoming events
  • 15 December 2025 | 12:00 — 13:00
    Hybrid/Mixed
    Numbers Tell, Words Sell | Mattie Toma (University of Warwick)
    Experts often choose between numbers and language when communicating estimates. We find that incentives to persuade increase language use by 25–29 percentage points. Experts slant language more than numbers, and receivers are effectively persuaded. Our findings suggest experts leverage language's imprecision to communicate slanted messages, with implications for expert communication in policy and public discourse.
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