The Political Economy Workshop is a forum for theoretical and empirical research at the intersection of economics and political science. The workshop draws presenters from around the world and participants from around the University with a wide range of substantive interests.

The Political Economy Workshop meets on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. in Room 2112 at Harris Public Policy, Keller Center (1307 East 60th Street).  The faculty organizers are Adam Zelizer and Daniel Moskowitz. 

Please note:  Some of the PE Workshop Meetings will be virtual.

2021-2022 Workshops

Fall 2021

October 7

Eduardo Teso - (Northwestern University)  "Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations" (coauthored with Jorg Spenkuch and Guo Xu)

October 14

Gilat Levy (Virtual) - (London School of Economics and Political Science) "Short Term Political Memory and the Inevitability of Polarisation"

October 21

Jessica Sun - (Emory University) "State Intervention in Migration in Conflict"

October 28

Open

November 4

Ian Turner (Yale University)

November 11

Alessandro Riboni (Virtual) - (Ecole Polytechnique Universite')

November 18

Pavi Suryanarayan - (John Hopkins University)

November 25 - Thanksgiving

December 2

Betsy Sinclair - (Washington University in St. Louis)

Workshop Archive

Political Economy Lunches

The Political Economy Lunch meets on the first Friday of every month, and on additional Fridays as needed from 12:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m. in Room 2112 of Harris Public Policy, Keller Center (1307 East 60th Street. The lunch is an informal setting in which graduate students and faculty can present and receive feedback on early stage and ongoing research. We welcome empirical or theoretical work linked in any way to politics or political economy. The PE lunch is also an excellent venue for practice job talks. Graduate students and faculty from any part of the University are welcome to attend, please contact us in advance if you haven't been a regular.

If you would like to be added to the PE Lunch mailing list, please email May Woodard-Hickey at mwoodard@uchicago.edu.