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

 

The Past and Future of U.S. Structural Change: Compositional Accounting and Forecasting

26 February 2026 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by Dr Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

The Academic Consequences of Affirmative Action Bans Combined With Diversity Targets

27 February 2026 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College

Directed R&D Subsidies

3 March 2026 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Ryo Horii, The University of Osaka

Productivity and Knowledge Transfer: Evidence from Prisoner Employment

6 March 2026 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Claudio Labanca, Monash University

Stablecoins, Currency Digitalization and Optimal Policy

24 February 2026 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by A/Prof Sylvia Xiao, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Religious Identity and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India

13 February 2026 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Alessandro Saia, University of Bologna

Welfare Cost of Inflation in Production Networks

16 December 2025 9:30am11:00am
Presented by A/Prof Saroj Bhattarai, University of Texas

Refusal Rights Right Reputation

28 November 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Priscilla Man, The University of Queensland

Identity Politics, Partisan Sentiment and Household Spending

19 November 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Ronit Mukherji, Ashoka University

Getting Along or Getting Ahead? The Domestic Roots of Status-Seeking in International Relations

14 November 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Dr Ashani Amarasinghe, University of Sydney

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

Robust Contracts with Exploration

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

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

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

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Seminars 2026

MonthDaySeminarSpeaker
MarchFriday 27thMacroeconomicsProf Henry Siu (The University of British Columbia)
Thursday 26thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Huailu Li (Fudan University)
Wednesday 25thEconomic TheoryProf Andriy Zapechelnyuk (University of Edinburgh)
Monday 23rdCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesDr Sili Zhang (LMU Munich)
Friday 20thBrown BagDr Elcin Tuzel / Prof KK Tang (The University of Queensland)
Wednesday 18thEconometrics ColloquiumProf Yuya Sasaki (Vanderbilt University)
Friday 13thBrown BagDr Todd Morris (The University of Queensland)
Wednesday 11thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf P.J. Healy (The Ohio State University)
Friday 6thApplied EconomicsDr Claudio Labanca (Monash University)
Tuesday 3rdMacroeconomicsProf Ryo Horii (The University of Osaka)
FebrauryFriday 27thApplied EconomicsDr Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth College)
Thursday 26thMacroeconomicsDr Pierre-Daniel Sarte (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Wednesday 25thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Mónica Capra (Claremont Graduate University)
Tuesday 24thMacroeconomicsA/Prof Sylvia Xiao (Peking University)
Friday 13thApplied EconomicsProf Alessandro Saia (University of Bologna)