Global Development

The Global Development seminar series is jointly hosted by the Departments of Economics and Politics and the Batten School. The series exposes faculty and students on grounds to the most innovative and current quantitative research in global development, brings together faculty and students from across the university, and fosters discussions and collaborations that focus on research that can help address the challenges in global development from different disciplines.

Below is the list of upcoming seminars: note that only Economics department hosted seminars are listed on this page.

Upcoming Seminars
(Note: The seminar hours are 12:30- 1:45pm)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Dario Tortarolo will be here to present his paper: TBA

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Alessandra Fenizia will be here to present her paper: TBA

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

David McKenzie will be here to present his paper: TBA

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Shadoa Wang will be here to present his paper:  TBA

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Yanhui Wu will be here to present his paper: TBA

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Richard Hornbeck will be here to present his paper: TBA