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.
2025 Seminar Coordinators
- Applied Economics – Yaying Zhou
- Brown Bag -Todd Morris
- Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences (CUBES) – Zachary Breig
- Econometrics – Mohamad Khaled
- Economic Theory – Carlos Oyarzun
- Macroeconomics –Jorge Miranda-Pinto
Seminars 2025
| Month | Day | Seminar | Speaker |
| Tuesday 16th | Macroeconomics | A/Prof Saroj Bhattarai (University of Texas) | |
| December | Thursday 11th | Econometrics Colloquium | Dr Won-Ki Seo (University of Sydney) |
| Friday 28th | Brown Bag | Dr Priscilla Man (The University of Queensland) | |
| Thursday 27th | Econometrics Colloquium | Prof Tong Li (Vanderbilt University) | |
| Wednesday 19th | Applied Economics | Dr Ronit Mukherji (Ashoka University) | |
| Friday 14th | Applied Economics | Dr Ashani Amarasinghe (University of Sydney) | |
| Wednesday 12th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Dr Keaton Ellis (Monash University) | |
| Tuesday 11th | Macroeconomics | Dr Pei Chang Yu (University of New South Wales) | |
| Friday 7th | Applied Economics | Prof Andreas Leibbrandt (Monash University) | |
| Wednesday 5th | Economic Theory | Dr Chang Liu (University of Sydney) | |
| November | Tuesday 4th | Macroeconomics | Dr Joseph Mullins (University of Minnesota) |
| Friday 31st | Brown Bag | Dr Shino Takayama (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 29th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Dr Boon Han Koh (University of Exeter) | |
| Thursday 24th | Brown Bag | A/Prof Eric Eisenstat (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 22nd | Economic Theory | Dr Mert Kimya (University of Sydney) | |
| Tuesday 21st | Macroeconomics | Dr Joseph Mullins (University of Minnesota) | |
| Friday 17th | Applied Economics | Dr Nadezhda Baryshnikova (University of Adelaide) | |
| Wednesday 15th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Kyle Hyndman (UT Dallas) | |
| Tuesday 14th | Macroeconomics | Dr Alexander Haas (Monash University) | |
| Wednesday 8th | Economic Theory | A/Prof Vladimir Valdimirov (University of Amsterdam) | |
| Tuesday 7th | Brown Bag | A/Prof Duygu Yengin (University of Adelaide) | |
| October | Wednesday 1st | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof James Konow (Loyola Marymount University) |
| Friday 26th | Brown Bag | Dr Arianna Gatta (The University of Queensland) | |
| Thursday 18th | Applied Economics | Dr Mesfin Genie (University of Newcastle) | |
| Wednesday 17th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | A/Prof Alex Rees-Jones (University of Pennsylvania) | |
| Monday 15th | Economic Theory | Dr Steve Gjestad (Chapman University) | |
| Wednesday 10th | Economic Theory | Prof Omer Tamuz (California Tech) | |
| Tuesday 9th | Macroeconomics | A/Prof Sushant Acharya (University of Melbourne) | |
| Friday 5th | Applied Economics | Dr Ashley Craig (Australian National University) | |
| September | Wednesday 3rd | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Ignacio Esponda (UC Santa Barbara) |
| Tuesday 26th | Macroeconomics | Dr Alan Hal Spencer (University of Bonn) | |
| Monday 25th | Economic Theory | Prof Prof Antonio Nicolò (University of Padua) | |
| Friday 22nd | Applied Economics | Dr Niolau Jaoquim Martin Bassols (University of Bologna) | |
| Wednesday 20th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Sherry Li (University of Arkansas) | |
| Tuesday 19th | Economic Theory | Dr Bobby Pakzad-Hurson (Brown University) | |
| Friday 15th | Brown Bag | Kieran Gibson (The University of Queensland) | |
| Tuesday 12th | Macroeconomics | Dr Conor Walsh (Columbia University) | |
| Friday 8th | Applied Economics | Dr Gianluca Russo (Barcelona School of Economics) | |
| Thursday 7th | Econometrics Colloquium | Dr Filip Premik (Monash University) | |
| August | Tuesday 5th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Maroš Servátka (Macquarie Business School) |
| Wednesday 30th | Economic Theory | Prof George Mailath (University of Pennsylvania) | |
| Tuesdsay 29th | Macroeconomics | Prof Jun-Hyung Ko (Aoyama University) | |
| Wednesday 23rd | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | A/Prof Ailin Leng (Shandong University) | |
| Tuesday 15th | Macroeconomics | Prof Benjamin Born (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) | |
| July | Wedensday 2nd | Economic Theory | Prof Andrew Yates (University of North Carolina) |
| Monday 23rd | Macroeconomics | Dr Karen Kopecky (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) | |
| Friday 20th | Economic Theory | A/Prof Songzi Du (University of California San Diego) | |
| Friday 13th | Brown Bag | Dr Andrés Bellofatto (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 11th | Economic Theory | Prof John Yiran Zhu (University of Kansas) | |
| Wednesday 11th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Scott Dickinson (University of Exeter) | |
| Tuesday 10th | Macroeconomics | Dr Gianna La Cava (e61 Institute) | |
| Friday 6th | Brown Bag | A/Prof Julie Moschion (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 4th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Tim Wilkening (University of Melbourne) | |
| June | Monday 2nd | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Dr Dooseok Jang (University of Ulsan) |
| Friday 30th | Brown Bag | Dr Fu Ouyang (The University of Queensland) | |
| Wednesday 28th | Economic Theory | Prof Rodrigo Velez (The University of Texas) | |
| Tuesday 27th | Macroeconomics | Jonathan Hambur (Reserve Bank of Australia) | |
| Wednesday 21st | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Masaki Aoyagi (Osaka University) | |
| Friday 16th | Brown Bag | A/Prof Marek Ignazac (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) | |
| Tuesday 13th | Macroeconomics | Dr Ekatarina Shabalina (Reserve Bank of Australia) | |
| Monday 12th | Economic Theory | Dr Christoph Carnehl (Bocconi University) | |
| Thursday 8th | Applied Economics | Dr Kieu-Trang Nguyen (University of Melbourne) | |
| Wednesday 7th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Erte Xiao (Monash University) | |
| May | Friday 2nd | Brown Bag | Dr Manuel Staab (The University of Queensland) |
| Wednesday 30th | Economic Theory | Dr Jingni Yang (University of Sydney) | |
| Wednesday 23rd | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | A/Prof Sevgi Yuksel (New York University) | |
| Thursday 17th | Brown Bag | Dr David Smerdon (The University of Queensland) | |
| Friday 11th | Applied Economics | Dr Gregor Pfeifer (University of Sydney) | |
| Wednesday 9th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Alistair Wilson (University of Pittsburgh) | |
| Tuesday 8th | Macroeconomics | Audrey Soedjito (Brandeis University) | |
| April | Thursday 3rd | Brown Bag | Dr Axel Wieneke (The University of Queensland) |
| Friday 28th | Applied Economics | A/Prof Quoc-Anh Do (Monash University) | |
| Tuesday 25th | Macroeconomics | Dr Shu Lin Wee (University of Melbourne) | |
| Thursday 20th | Brown Bag | Prof Makoto Hanazono (Nagoya University) | |
| Wednesday 19th | Economic Theory | A/Prof Chen Zhao (University of Hong Kong) | |
| Thursday 13th | Applied Economics | Dr Ha Nguyen (University of Western Australia) | |
| March | Wednesday 12th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof David Porter (Chapman University) |
| Thursday 27th | Applied Economics | Dr Naijia Guo (Hong Kong University) | |
| Thursday 13th | Applied Economics | A/Prof Sherzod Akhundjanov (Utah State University) | |
| February | Tuesday 11th | Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences | Prof Nageeb Ali (Penn State University) |