Faculty Insights and Bites Speaker Series

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This event series brings students and faculty together to discuss innovative faculty research on the important issues of our day.

In each session, faculty deliver short presentations on cutting-edge work — often in progress — and then invite conversation, reflections, and questions from attendees. These informal gatherings present a rare opportunity for the Stanford community to engage directly with the ideas and scholarship shaping today’s issues.

Featured Speakers

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The tools of economics and the marketplace design and pricing are very powerful and can be used to achieve really great societal outcomes.
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Michael Ostrovsky, the Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics

Announcing Our 2025-26 Calendar

Join us this academic year for a new slate of informal and engaging conversations exploring the latest faculty research. While topics are still being finalized, the following dates are confirmed—so mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details.

September 12, 2025 (for MBA1s only)

Hanno Lustig
The Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance

“Kicking the Can: How Governments Shift the Fiscal Burden to Future Generations”

Jann Spiess
Associate Professor of Operations, Information & Technology

“Can Algorithms Be Fair? Lessons from Data and Design”

Mohammad Akbarpour
The Walter and Elise Haas Professor and Professor of Economics

“Clicks and Tricks: The Hidden Games Behind Online Ads”

Amit Seru
The Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance

“From Silicon Valley Bank Runs to Stablecoins: Rethinking Digital Money”

Ashley Martin
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior

“Why Everyone Should Care About Gender”

Michael Ostrovsky
Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics

“The End of Gridlock? What NYC’s Congestion Pricing Can Teach Us”

Winter Quarter – February 12, 2026

Spring Quarter – May 7, 2026

 

*All events begin at 12:00 PM.