Seminars
The School of Economics run a regular seminar program to enable our academic staff and higher degree by research students to keep abreast of the latest research topics and interact with international, national and internal experts in the field. There are six types of seminar series with its own academic coordinator: Applied Economics, Econometrics Colloquium, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics, Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences (CUBES) and Brown Bag.
2026 Seminar Coordinators
- Applied Economics – Josh Merfeld
- Brown Bag -Todd Morris
- Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences (CUBES) – Zachary Breig
- Econometrics – Mohamad Khaled
- Economic Theory –Heiko Gerlach
- Macroeconomics –Andres Bellofatto
Seminars 2026
| Month | Day | Seminar | Speaker |
| October | Friday 23rd | Brown Bag | Dr Fu Ouyang (The University of Queensland) |
| Thursday 22nd | Applied Economics | A/Prof Emilia Tjernström (Macquarie University) | |
| Tuesday 20th | Macroeconomics | Prof Christian Bayer (Bank of Portugal) | |
| Friday 16th | Brown Bag | Mr Usman Goraya (Columbia University) | |
| Wednesday 14th | Economic Theory | Prof İsa Hafalır (University of Technology Sydney) | |
| Friday 9th | Brown Bag | Dr Jose Alvarado (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 7th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | A/Prof Romain Gauriot (Deakin University) | |
| September | Wednesday 23rd | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Daniel Kovenock (Chapman University) |
| Monday 21st | Economic Theory | Dr Allen Vong (National University of Singapore) | |
| Wednesday 16th | Economic Theory | Ms Yunjie Shi (University of Auckland) | |
| Wednesday 9th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Dmitry Ryvkin (RMIT University) | |
| Wednesday 2nd | Economic Theory | Prof Ronald Peeters (University of Otago) | |
| August | Friday 28th | Brown Bag | Dr Ross Guest (The University of Queensland) |
| Wednesday 26th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Ralph Bayer (Adelaide University) | |
| Tuesday 25th | Macroeconomics | Dr Nic Kozeniauskas (Bank of Portugal) | |
| Friday 21st | Brown Bag | A/Prof David Smerdon (The University of Queensland) | |
| Thursday 20th | Applied Economics | Dr Adam Dzulkipli (Monash University) | |
| Wednesday 19th | Economic Theory | Prof Valdimir Smirnov (University of Sydney) | |
| Tuesday 11th | Macroeconomics | Prof Serguei Maliar (Hoover Institution) | |
| Friday 7th | Brown Bag | Dr Zachary Breig (The University of Queensland) | |
| Thursday 6th | Macroeconomics | A/Prof Youngsoo Jang (Yonsei University) | |
| July | Thursday 30th | Econometrics Colloquium | Prof Enrique Sentana (CEMFI) |
| Wednesday 29th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Todd Sarver (Duke University) | |
| June | Friday 26th | Brown Bag | Dr Allan Hernandez-Chanto (The University of Queensland) |
| Friday 12th | Brown Bag | A/Prof David Smerdon (The University of Queensland) | |
| Thursday 11th | Econometrics Colloquium | Prof Bin Peng (Monash University) | |
| Thursday 4th | Econometrics Colloquium | Dr Patrick Vu (University of New South Wales) | |
| Wednesday 3rd | Economic Theory | Dr Jun Zhang (University of Technology Sydney) | |
| May | Firday 29th | Brown Bag | Dr Josh Merfeld (The University of Queensland) |
| Wednesday 27th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Adam Surjurjo (Universidad de Alicante) | |
| Tuesday 26th | Macroeconomics | Dr Kurt See (National University of Singapore) | |
| Monday 25th | Applied Economics | Dr Tim Ruberg (University of Tokyo) | |
| Thursday 21st | Econometrics Colloquium | Dr Yanli Lin (University of Western Australia) | |
| Wednesday 20th | Economic Theory | Dr Mitchell Watt (Monash University) | |
| Thursday 14th | Applied Economics | Prof Kai Gehring (University of Bern) | |
| Friday 8th | Brown Bag | Dr Juan Soto-Diaz (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 6th | Economic Theory | Prof Justin Burkett (Georgia Tech) | |
| Friday 1st | Applied Economics | A/Prof Simon Chang (University of Western Australia) | |
| April | Thursday 30th | Econometrics Colloquium | Dr Hanbat Jeong (Macquarie University) |
| Wednesday 29th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | A/Prof John Horton (MIT Sloan School of Management) | |
| Tuesday 28th | Macroeconomics | Dr Pei Cheng Yu (University of New South Wales) | |
| Friday 24th | Brown Bag | Dr Fu Ouyang (The University of Queensland) | |
| Thursday 23rd | Applied Economics | Dr Davide Pace (LMU Munich) | |
| Wednesday 22nd | Economic Theory | Prof Nina Bobkova (Rice University) | |
| Friday 17th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof David Dickinson (Appalachian State University) | |
| Thursday 16th | Applied Economics | Prof Donn Feir (University of Victoria) | |
| Wednesday 15th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof David Cooper (University of Iowa) | |
| Wednesday 8th | Economic Theory | Prof Giuseppe Lopomo (Duke University) | |
| Wednesday 1st | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Adam Sanjurjo (Universidad de Alicante) | |
| March | Tuesday 31st | Economic Theory | Dr Francisco Poggi (Mannheim University) |
| Friday 27th | Macroeconomics | Prof Henry Siu (The University of British Columbia) | |
| Thursday 26th | Applied Economics | A/Prof Huailu Li (Fudan University) | |
| Wednesday 25th | Economic Theory | Prof Andriy Zapechelnyuk (University of Edinburgh) | |
| Monday 23rd | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Dr Sili Zhang (LMU Munich) | |
| Friday 20th | Brown Bag | Dr Elcin Tuzel / Prof KK Tang (The University of Queensland) | |
| Tursday 19th | Economic Theory | Prof John Riley (UCLA) | |
| Tursday 19th | Applied Economics | Prof Libertad González (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics) | |
| Wednesday 18th | Econometrics Colloquium | Prof Yuya Sasaki (Vanderbilt University) | |
| Friday 13th | Brown Bag | Dr Todd Morris (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 11th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof P.J. Healy (The Ohio State University) | |
| Friday 6th | Applied Economics | Dr Claudio Labanca (Monash University) | |
| Tuesday 3rd | Macroeconomics | Prof Ryo Horii (The University of Osaka) | |
| Febraury | Friday 27th | Applied Economics | Dr Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth College) |
| Thursday 26th | Macroeconomics | Dr Pierre-Daniel Sarte (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) | |
| Wednesday 25th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Mónica Capra (Claremont Graduate University) | |
| Tuesday 24th | Macroeconomics | A/Prof Sylvia Xiao (Peking University) | |
| Friday 13th | Applied Economics | Prof Alessandro Saia (University of Bologna) |