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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

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

2025-26 Speakers

This year we hosted a variety of informal and engaging conversations exploring the latest faculty research.

 

Mohammad Akbarpour

Mohammad Akbarpour

The Walter and Elise Haas Professor and Professor of Economics

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

Ed deHaan

Ed deHaan

The MBA Class of 1963 Professor of Management

“AI in Investing; Hype, Edge, or Real Alpha?”

John D. Kepler

John D. Kepler

Associate Professor of Accounting

"Market Power in Plain Sight (or Not): What Accounting Reveals"

Hanno Lustig

Hanno Lustig

The Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance

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

Ashley Martin

Ashley Martin

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior

“Why Everyone Should Care About Gender”

Michael Ostrovsky

Michael Ostrovsky

Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics

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

Amit Seru

Amit Seru

The Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance

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

Jann Spiess

Jann Spiess

Associate Professor of Operations, Information & Technology

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

Ken Shotts

Ken Shotts

The David S. and Ann M. Barlow Professor of Political Economy

“The Political Economy of Tariffs”

Ali Yurukoglu

Ali Yurukoglu

The Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics

“Antitrust and Competition in the U.S.”

2026-27 Tentative Calendar

  • Autumn Quarter - September 11, 2026 (MBA1 only)
  • Winter Quarter - February 25, 2027
  • Spring Quarter - April 29, 2027

*All events begin at 12:00 PM

Event Summaries

Anat Admati, Kate Casey, Saumitra Jha
Democratic Backsliding in the U.S. and Abroad

Mohammad Akbarpour
Clicks and Tricks: The Reality of Deceptive Ad Auctions

Susan Athey
Using the Tech Toolkit for Social Good

Peter DeMarzo, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Amit Seru
SVB, First Republic and Beyond

Rebecca Diamond
Is the Bay Area Really Unaffordable? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption

Ed deHaan
AI in Investing; Hype, Edge, or Real Alpha?

Amir Goldberg, Andy Hall, Neil Malhotra

Silicon Valley and Politics

Guido Imbens
Experimentation in Online Marketplaces

John Kepler
Market Power in Plain Sight (or Not): What Accounting Reveals

Rebecca Lester
The International Tax Landscape

Jonathan Levav

Creativity in the 13” Office

Hanno Lustig
Junior Doesn’t Vote: How Governments in Advanced Economies Shift the Fiscal Burden to Future Generations

Neil Malhotra
Does Social Media Increase Political Polarization?

Matteo Maggiori
The New Age of Geoeconomics

Ashley Martin
Why Everyone Should Care About Gender: From Organizational Challenges to Technological Change

Michael Ostrovsky
Ending Traffic Jams: Lessons from New York City’s Congestion Pricing Program

Ken Shotts
The Political Economy of Tariffs

Ali Yurukoglu
Antitrust and Competition in the U.S.

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