Find seminars on political economy that are open to Stanford GSB faculty and PhD students, or request permission to attend.
Political economy seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. Stanford GSB faculty may also schedule a session to meet the speaker individually.
Political Economy Theory Lunch
A forum for those interested in political economy theory to discuss ideas and to present new work. We have presentations most Fridays. The lunch is open to faculty and PhD students from the GSB, the departments of economics and political science, and across the university.
- Fridays 12:00pm-1:00pm
- E259 (Faculty Building East, Stanford Graduate School of Business)
On Fridays without a talk, we will gather for an informal lunch in E259. All are welcome.
Winter 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
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| Jan 7 11:45 am-1:00 pm M109 |
Juan Dodyk Washington University in St. Louis |
Inefficient Policies in the Green Transition |
| Jan 12 11:45 am-1:00 pm E104 |
Lucia Motolinia Washington University |
Gendered Candidate Selection and District Competitiveness: Evidence from Horizontal Parity Laws in Mexico joint paper with Gustavo Guajardo |
| Jan 16 11:45 am-1:00 pm E102 |
Aakaash Rao Harvard University |
The Business of the Culture War joint paper with Shakked Noy |
| Jan 21 12:00-1:15 pm M109 |
Vincent Pons Harvard University |
The Effects of U.S. Protests on Public Opinion and Policymaking joint paper with Amory Gethin
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| Jan 28 12:00-1:15 pm M109 |
Clemence Tricaud University of California, Los Angeles |
joint paper with Romain Wacziarg |
| Jan 30 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
Spencer Pantoja Stanford, Department of Economics |
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| Feb 4 12:00-1:15 pm M109 |
Christopher Berry The University of Chicago |
Political Geography and Distributive Politics in the 21st Century |
| Feb 11 12:00-1:15 pm B400 |
Ruben Enikolopov Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona |
Platform Power of News Aggregators joint paper with Ruben Durante, Daniil Mikhailov, and Andrei Simonov |
| Feb 13 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
PETL Seminar Paul Lendway Stanford University, Department of Political Science, Post Doc |
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| Feb 27 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
PETL Seminar Martin Castillo Quintana Harris School, University of Chicago, Hoover Institution National Fellow |
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| Mar 4 12:00-1:15 pm M109 |
Ian Turner Yale University |
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| Mar 6 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
PETL Seminar Jessica Sun Emory University, Hoover Institution National Fellow |
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| Mar 11 12:00-1:15 pm M109 |
Martin Castillo Quintana The University of Chicago |
Spring 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 12:00-1:15 TBA |
Michael Callen The London School of Economics and Political Science |
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| Apr 3 12:00-1:15 TBA |
PETL Seminar Steven Callander Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
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| Apr 15 12:00-1:15 TBA |
Dimitri Landa New York University |
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| Apr 17 12:00-1:15 TBA |
PETL Seminar Bård Harstad Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
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| May 1 12:00-1:15 TBA |
PETL Seminar Avidit Acharya Stanford University, Department of Political Science |
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| May 6 12:00-1:15 TBA |
Elizabeth Maggie Penn Emory University |
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| May 8 12:00-1:15 TBA |
PETL Seminar Elizabeth Maggie Penn Emory University |
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| May 13 12:00-1:15 TBA |
Sean Gailmard University of California, Berkeley |
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| May 22 12:00-1:15 TBA |
PETL Seminar Tom Clark Stanford University, Department of Political Science |
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| May 29 12:00-1:15 TBA |
PETL Seminar Anqi Li University of Waterloo |
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| Jun 3 12:00-1:15 TBA |
James Druckman University of Rochester |
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Fall 2025
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 12:00-1:15 pm P107 |
Scott Gehlbach The University of Chicago |
Relational Contracts with Contestable Control Rights: Theory and an Application to Autocracies |
| Sep 26 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
Avi Acharya Stanford, Department of Political Science |
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| Oct 10 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
Liam Bethlendy Stanford, Department of Political Science |
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| Oct 15 12:00-1:15 pm P107 |
Gerard Padro Yale University |
Ambiguous Attribution: Theory and Evidence from Public Service Provision
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| Oct 17 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
Spencer Pantoja Stanford University, Department of Economics |
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| Oct 22 12:00-1:15 pm P107 |
Giovanna Invernizzi Bocconi University |
joint paper with Federica Izzo |
| Oct 29 12:00-1:15 pm P107 |
Joyee Deb New York University |
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| Nov 7 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
Sam Asher Stanford GSB |
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| Nov 21 12:00-1:00 pm E259 |
Jason Hoag Stanford GSB |
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| Dec 2 11:45 am-1:00 pm E103 |
Giorgio Farace University of Chicago |
Repression By Collective Responsibility |
| Dec 3 12:00-1:15 C106 |
Jorg Spenkuch Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University |
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Seminar Organizers
Woojin Kim
Assistant Professor of Political Economy
Steven Callander
The Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management and Professor of Political Economy