Political Economy Seminars

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.

On Fridays without a talk, we will gather for an informal lunch in E259. All are welcome.

Fall 2026

Date & Time Speaker Title
Sep 25
12:00-1:00 pm
E259
PETL Seminar
Andre Van Parys
Hoover Institution 
 
Sep 30
12:00-1:15 pm
M109
Harshal Zalke
Vanderbilt University
 
Oct 2
12:00-1:00 pm
E259
PETL Seminar
Giorgio Farace
Stanford Graduate School of Business
 
Oct 14
12:00-1:15 pm
M109
Andrew Gelman
Columbia University
Getting better causal inferences by using more information
Oct 16
12:00-1:00 pm
E259
PETL Seminar
Anqi Li
University of Waterloo
 
Oct 21
12:00-1:15 pm
M109
Arjada Bardhi
New York University

Joint paper with Nina Bobkova
Oct 28
12:00-1:15 pm
M109
Matias Iaryczower
Princeton University
 
Oct 30
12:00-1:00 pm
E259
PETL Seminar
Matias Iaryczower
Princeton University 
 
Nov 4
12:00-1:15 pm
M109
Christian Cox
University of Arizona
 
Nov 18
12:00-1:15 pm
M109
Mattias Polborn
Vanderbilt University
 
Nov 20
12:00-1:00 pm
E259
PETL Seminar
Mattias Polborn
Vanderbilt University
 

Winter 2027

Date & Time Speaker Title
Feb 10
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Stelios Michalopoulos
Brown University
 
Feb 24
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Daniel Hopkins
University of Pennsylvania
 
Mar 3
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Elisabeth Kempf
Harvard University
 
Mar 10
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Jeffrey Weaver
University of Southern California
 
Mar 17
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Carlo Prato
Columbia University
 

Spring 2027

Date & Time Speaker Title
Apr 7
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Alan Gerber
Yale University
 
Apr 21
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Caren Baysan
University of Toronto
 
Apr 28
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Gregory Huber
Yale University
 
May 5
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Pia Raffler
Harvard University
 
May 12
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Julia Cage
SciencesPo
 
May 19
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Germán Gieczewski
Princeton University
 
May 26
12:00-1:15 pm
TBD
Laurent Bouton
Georgetown University
 

Seminar Organizers

Assistant Professor of Political Economy
The Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy
Assistant Professor of Political Economy