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

 

Left in the Dust? Pecuniary and Environmental Externalities in Water Markets

13 February 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by A/Prof Sherzod Akhundjanov, Utah State University

Peer Evaluation Tournaments

4 December 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Martin Dufwenberg, University of Arizona

A Quantitative Theory of the HIV Epidemic: Education, Risky Sex and Asymmetric Learning

3 December 2024 9:30am10:45am
Presented by Dr Christian Alemán-Pericón, NYU Abu Dhabi

The Rationalizability of Survey Responses

27 November 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Jose Apesteguia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Competitive Markets with Partially Discerning Consumers

20 November 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by A/Prof Yair Antler, Tel Aviv University

A Model of Information Nudges

13 November 2024 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Clayton Featherstone, Baylor University

Bundle Choice Model with Endogenous Regressors: An Application to Soda Tax

6 November 2024 1:00pm3:00pm
Presented by Tao Sun, University of Melbourne

Incentive to Vaccinate

6 November 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Devin Pope, University of Chicago

Labor Market Fluidity, Skill Accumulation, and the Insurance Effects From Taxes

5 November 2024 9:30am10:45am
Presented by A/Prof German Cubas, University of Houston

Multiple Testing for the Topology of Financial Networks

30 October 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Wenying Yao, Melbourne Business School

Women’s Liberation and the Demographic Transition

29 October 2024 9:30am10:45am
Presented by Prof Moshe Hazan, Monash University

Can Chess Players Detect Cheaters? Signal Detection Theory for Experimental Economists

24 October 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Dr Vera te Velde, The University of Queensland

Making Decisions Based on Data: A Theory Without ”Guessing”

18 October 2024 11:00am1:00pm
Presented by Prof Karl Schlag, University of Vienna

Solid Outcomes in Finite Games

17 October 2024 11:00am1:00pm
Presented by Prof Jurgen Weibull, Stockholm School of Economics

New Results on Minimax Regret Treatment Rules in Finite Samples

14 October 2024 11:00am1:00pm
Presented by Prof Patrik Guggenberger, Penn State University

Hey! Governor! Leave Them Kids Alone: Political Influence During Childhood

11 October 2024 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Federico Masera, University of New South Wales

Air Pollution and Job Search: Workers’ Willingness to Pay For Clean Air

10 October 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Dr Lizi Yu, The University of Queensland

Emotional Inattention

9 October 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Collin Raymond, Cornell University

A $100,000 Marshmallow Experiment: Withdrawal and Spending Responses to Early Retirement-savings Access

4 October 2024 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Steve Hamilton, George Washington University

Short-term Mortality Impact of Public Pension Programs: Evidence from South Korea

3 October 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Prof Seonghoon Kim, Singapore Management University

Densities of Attributes for Compliers and Noncompliers

2 October 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by Prof Do Won Kwak, Korea University

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Seminars 2026

MonthDaySeminarSpeaker
MarchFriday 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)
Wednesday 25thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Mónica Capra (Claremont Graduate University)
Tuesday 24thMacroeconomicsA/Prof Sylvia Xiao (Peking University)
Monday 23rdMacroeconomicsDr Pierre-Daniel Sartre (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Friday 13thApplied EconomicsProf Alessandro Saia (University of Bologna)