Objective

The Network on Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (NetCIEx) promotes collaborations of the Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME) of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) with universities and other research institutions with interest in CIE. The purpose of the network is to promote causal policy evaluation in Europe.

Activities

Activities include:

• Possible research visits at CC-ME, including for Master students (atypical trainees) or PhD students (Unpaid Visiting Scientists);

• Possible common research projects: joint work on some evaluation of policy interventions, possibly involving visits;

• Participation to the NetCIEx annual meeting.

Workshop Series

The workshops aim to assemble practitioners and academics to explore the latest developments in the theory and applications of counterfactual impact evaluation (CIE) methods.

NetCIEx Workshop 2025

NetCIEx Workshop 2023

Partner Institutions

NetCIEx collaborates with a wide range of universities and research institutions committed to advancing Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE) in Europe. 

These partners contribute to the network’s activities, including joint research projects, academic visits, and participation in annual meetings and workshops.

Current partner institutions include:

• NOVA School of Business and Economics
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• University of Sheffield
• Università della Svizzera Italiana
• German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
• University of Munich
• Milano Bicocca University
• University of Padova
• University of Genova
• Università Piemonte Orientale
• University of Calabria
• University of Florence
• Sapienza University of Rome
• Cattolica University of Milan
• Insubria University
• University of Milan
• Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP)
• University of Turin
• University of Pavia
• Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

The network remains open to further collaborations with institutions involved in policy evaluation and causal inference research.

Annual Meeting

The objective of the annual meeting is to share information on research projects using Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE) within the network. This is also an opportunity to discuss specific aspects of the empirical studies or to collect feedback on ongoing projects.

Link to annual meetings

NetCIEx annual meeting 2024 

NetCIEx annual meeting 2023

NetCIEx annual meeting 2022

NetCIEx annual meeting 2021

NetCIEx annual meeting 2020

NetCIEx repository

Access to the repository of all interventions from the annual meetings, across all editions.

NetCIEx repository

CC-ME Policy Evaluation Studies

The CC-ME engages in research-based policy evaluations, with a direct focus on Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE) methodologies and data-driven analyses.

Research based on Policy Evaluation 

For info

For any additional info, please contact: ec-cc-me@ec.europa.eu