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 Martin Castillo-Quintana.

2026-2027 Political Economy Workshops

Fall 2026

  • Oct  1     |  Arjada Bardhi (New York University) - "Anecdotes or Statistics?  Arjada Bardhi, Nina Bobkova
  • Oct  6     | Kevin Angell (University of Chicago) - "Who Has the Power of the Purse?  Presidential Influence Over Spending Through Budget  Implementation" (Practice Job Talk)                             
  • Oct  15   |  Andy Hall (Stanford University) - "The Political Economy of Multi-Agent Alignment"
  • Oct 22    |  Shiyan Cao (The University of Chicago)
  • Oct 29    |   Shahir Safi (New Economics School)
  • Nov  5    |  Frances Lee (Princeton University)
  • Nov 12   |  Clayton Nall (University of California-Santa Barbara)
  • Nov 19   |  Will Marble (Hoover Institution)
  • Dec   3   |  Alex Hirsch (California Tech)
  • Dec 10   |  Stephanie Ternullo (Harvard University)

Workshop Archive

Political Economy Lunches

No PE Lunches are organized on Fridays.