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.

2025 Seminar Coordinators

 

Designing Cash Transfers in the Presence of Children’s Human Capital Formation

4 November 2025 9:30am11:00am
Presented by Dr Joseph Mullins, University of Minnesota

Robust Contracts with Exploration

5 November 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Chang Liu, University of New South Wales

Brave New Recruitment: Are We Entering a New Era of Fairer Interview Assessments?

7 November 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Andreas Leibbrandt, Monash University

Price Formation and Discovery within and across Dark and Lit Markets

31 October 2025 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Dr Shino Takayama, The University of Queensland

Power, Status, and the Stability of Hierarchies

22 October 2025 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Mert Kimya, University of Sydney

Under the Influence: The Behavioural Toll of Urban Air Pollution

17 October 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Nadezhda Baryshnikova, University of Adelaide

Liquidity over the Business Cycle

14 October 2025 9:30am11:00am
Presented by Dr Alexander Haas, Monash University

Impact Finance

8 October 2025 5:00pm6:30pm
Presented by A/Prof Valdimir Valdimirov, University of Amsterdam

When and with Whom to Negotiate: Optimal Agenda under Quota Rules

7 October 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by A/Prof Duygu Yengin, University of Adelaide

The Determinants of Duration Dependence: Labour Market Conditions and Employer Beliefs

26 September 2025 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Dr Arianna Gatta, The University of Queensland

A Direct Examination of Preferences for Wealth Integration

17 September 2025 10:00am11:15am
Presented by A/Prof Alex Rees-Jones, University of Pennsylvania

General Equilibrium Markets as Distributed Computational Systems

15 September 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Steve Gjerstad, Chapman University

Independence of Irrelevant Decisions in Stochastic Choice

10 September 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Omer Tamuz, California Tech

The International RBC Model Finally Works!

9 September 2025 9:30am11:00am
Presented by A/Prof Suchant Acharya, University of Melbourne

Decoding Gender Bias: The Role of Personal Interaction

5 September 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Ashley Craig, Australian National University

Forecast Errors and Forecast Sufficiency Under Ambiguity

3 September 2025 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Ignacio Esponda, UC Santa Barbara

Industrial Policy Wars and Inequality: Who Loses and When?

26 August 2025 9:30am11:00am
Presented by Dr Adam Hal Spencer, University of Bonn

Rationalizable Conjectures in Dynamic Matching

25 August 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Antonio Nicolò, University of Padua

Tracing the Genetic Footprint of the UK National Health System

22 August 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Nicolau Martin Bassols, University of Bologna

Equal Pay for Similar Work

19 August 2025 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Bobby Pakzad-Hurson, Brown University

Competing Motivations: When More Incentives Lead to Less Effort

15 August 2025 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Kieran Gibson, The University of Queensland

Growth, Degrowth, and the Use of Natural Resources

12 August 2025 9:30am11:00am
Presented by Dr Conor Walsh, Columbia University

The Double Edge of Broadcasting Justice: Reconciliation and Division in Post-Apartheid South Africa

8 August 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Gianluca Russo, Barcelona School of Economics

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Seminars 2025

MonthDaySeminarSpeaker
 Wednesday 19thApplied EconomicsDr Ronit Mukherji (Ashoka University)
 Friday 14thApplied EconomicsDr Ashani Amarasinghe (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 12thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesDr Keaton Ellis (Monash University)
 Tuesday 11thMacroeconomicsDr Pei Chang Yu (University of New South Wales)
 Friday 7thApplied EconomicsProf Andreas Leibbrandt (Monash University)
 Wednesday 5thEconomic TheoryDr Chang Liu (University of Sydney)
NovemberTuesday 4thMacroeconomicsDr Joseph Mullins (University of Minnesota)
 Friday 31stBrown BagDr Shino Takayama (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 29thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesDr Boon Han Koh (University of Exeter)
 Thursday 24thBrown BagA/Prof Eric Eisenstat (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 22ndEconomic TheoryDr Mert Kimya (University of Sydney)
 Tuesday 21stMacroeconomicsDr Joseph Mullins (University of Minnesota)
 Friday 17thApplied EconomicsDr Nadezhda Baryshnikova (University of Adelaide)
 Wednesday 15th Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Kyle Hyndman (UT Dallas)
 Tuesday 14thMacroeconomicsDr Alexander Haas (Monash University)
 Wednesday 8thEconomic TheoryA/Prof Vladimir Valdimirov (University of Amsterdam)
 Tuesday 7thBrown BagA/Prof Duygu Yengin (University of Adelaide)
OctoberWednesday 1stCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf James Konow (Loyola Marymount University)
 Friday 26thBrown BagDr Arianna Gatta (The University of Queensland)
 Thursday 18thApplied EconomicsDr Mesfin Genie (University of Newcastle)
 Wednesday 17thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesA/Prof Alex Rees-Jones (University of Pennsylvania)
 Monday 15thEconomic TheoryDr Steve Gjestad (Chapman University)
 Wednesday 10thEconomic TheoryProf Omer Tamuz (California Tech)
 Tuesday 9thMacroeconomicsA/Prof Sushant Acharya (University of Melbourne)
 Friday 5thApplied EconomicsDr Ashley Craig (Australian National University)
SeptemberWednesday 3rdCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Ignacio Esponda (UC Santa Barbara) 
 Tuesday 26thMacroeconomicsDr Alan Hal Spencer (University of Bonn)
 Monday 25thEconomic TheoryProf Prof Antonio Nicolò (University of Padua)
 Friday 22ndApplied EconomicsDr Niolau Jaoquim Martin Bassols (University of Bologna)
 Wednesday 20thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Sherry Li (University of Arkansas)
 Tuesday 19thEconomic TheoryDr Bobby Pakzad-Hurson (Brown University)
 Friday 15th Brown BagKieran Gibson (The University of Queensland)
 Tuesday 12thMacroeconomicsDr Conor Walsh (Columbia University)
 Friday 8thApplied EconomicsDr Gianluca Russo (Barcelona School of Economics)
 Thursday 7thEconometrics ColloquiumDr Filip Premik (Monash University)
AugustTuesday 5thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Maroš Servátka (Macquarie Business School)
 Wednesday 30thEconomic TheoryProf George Mailath (University of Pennsylvania)
 Tuesdsay 29thMacroeconomicsProf Jun-Hyung Ko (Aoyama University)
 Wednesday 23rdCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesA/Prof Ailin Leng (Shandong University)
 Tuesday 15thMacroeconomicsProf Benjamin Born (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management)
JulyWedensday 2ndEconomic TheoryProf Andrew Yates (University of North Carolina)
 Monday 23rdMacroeconomicsDr Karen Kopecky (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
 Friday 20thEconomic TheoryA/Prof Songzi Du (University of California San Diego)
 Friday 13thBrown BagDr Andrés Bellofatto (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 11thEconomic TheoryProf John Yiran Zhu (University of Kansas)
 Wednesday 11thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesScott Dickinson (University of Exeter)
 Tuesday 10thMacroeconomicsDr Gianna La Cava (e61 Institute)
 Friday 6thBrown BagA/Prof Julie Moschion (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 4thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Tim Wilkening (University of Melbourne)
JuneMonday 2ndCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesDr Dooseok Jang (University of Ulsan)
 Friday 30thBrown BagDr Fu Ouyang (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 28thEconomic TheoryProf Rodrigo Velez (The University of Texas)
 Tuesday 27thMacroeconomicsJonathan Hambur (Reserve Bank of Australia)
 Wednesday 21stCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Masaki Aoyagi (Osaka University)
 Friday 16thBrown BagA/Prof Marek Ignazac (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
 Tuesday 13thMacroeconomicsDr Ekatarina Shabalina (Reserve Bank of Australia)
 Monday 12thEconomic TheoryDr Christoph Carnehl (Bocconi University)
 Thursday 8thApplied EconomicsDr Kieu-Trang Nguyen (University of Melbourne)
 Wednesday 7thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Erte Xiao (Monash University)
MayFriday 2ndBrown BagDr Manuel Staab (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 30thEconomic TheoryDr Jingni Yang (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 23rdCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesA/Prof Sevgi Yuksel (New York University)
 Thursday 17thBrown BagDr David Smerdon (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 11thApplied EconomicsDr Gregor Pfeifer (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 9thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Alistair Wilson (University of Pittsburgh)
 Tuesday 8thMacroeconomicsAudrey Soedjito (Brandeis University)
AprilThursday 3rdBrown BagDr Axel Wieneke (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 28thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Quoc-Anh Do (Monash University)
 Tuesday 25thMacroeconomicsDr Shu Lin Wee (University of Melbourne)
 Thursday 20thBrown BagProf Makoto Hanazono (Nagoya University)
 Wednesday 19thEconomic TheoryA/Prof Chen Zhao (University of Hong Kong)
 Thursday 13thApplied EconomicsDr Ha Nguyen (University of Western Australia)
MarchWednesday 12thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf David Porter (Chapman University)
 Thursday 27thApplied EconomicsDr Naijia Guo (Hong Kong University)
 Thursday 13thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Sherzod Akhundjanov (Utah State University)
FebruaryTuesday 11thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Nageeb Ali (Penn State University)