2nd Winter Microsimulation Workshop: Modelling behaviour in dynamic microsimulation models

Description:

Date: 27 February 2026

Venue: Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena, 100, 10153 Torino, Italy

Streaming will be available. To obtain a link, please register here.

Program

CET time – for UK time remove 1 hr.

10.30Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA), Welcome and introduction
10.40Nicolo’ Gozzi (ISI Foundation) “Comparative evaluation of behavioral epidemic models using COVID-19 data”
11.20David Sonnewald (CeMPA), “Demand and supply of care over the life course”
12.00Marco Pangallo (University of Torino), “Can we use LLMs to model behavior in simulation models?”
12.40Lunch
13.20Daniele Ravasi (University of Genova), “Beyond Financial Resources: How Social Networks Shape Education, Inequality and Growth”
14.00Roberto Leombruni (University of Torino), “An Agent Based Model for the evaluation of Universal Basic Income societal spillovers in Northern Ireland”
14.40Coffee break
15.10Alessandro Taberna ( European Institute on Economics and the Environment), “Policy laboratory for climate-resilient economy: an agent-based model of multi-market dynamics and compound climate stress” 
15.50Ashley Burdett (CeMPA), “Digital Skills in An Ageing Europe. The Role of AI in Four Countries”
16.30Roberto Leombruni (University of Torino), Conclusions