Weekly seminars featuring distinguished speakers
Our Department hosts weekly seminars featuring distinguished speakers from Australia and around the world. The seminars cover a wide range of fields, including Econometrics, Theoretical/Experimental Economics, Macroeconomics, and Applied Economics.
Seminars usually take place:
On Wednesday
from 11am to 12pm
in Room 523, 4 Eastern Road – unless otherwise specified.
Upcoming seminars
See our upcoming 2026 seminars below.
| Date | Speaker | From | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep | Mohamad Khaled | University of Queensland | Econometrics/Applied Econometrics |
| 23 Sep | Laura Liu | RMIT University | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 7 Oct | James Morley | University of Sydney | Macroeconomics/Applied Econometrics |
| 12 Oct | Rafat Mahmood | Monash University | Applied Economics |
| 14 Oct | Matthew Read | Reserve Bank of Australia | Econometrics/Applied Econometrics |
| 16 Oct | Jose María Martínez | Monash University | Applied Economics |
| 9 Oct | Petr Sedlacek | UNSW | Macroeconomics |
| 28 Oct | Ralph Beyer | University of Adelaide | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 30 Oct | Pei Cheng Yu | UNSW | Macroeconomics |
| 4 Nov | Natalia Bailey | Monash University | Econometrics/Applied Econometrics |
| 25 Nov | Marco Faravelli | University of Queensland | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 2 Dec | Ben Greiner | Vienna University | Theory/Experimental Economics |
Past seminars
See some of our previous seminars below.
| Date | Speaker | From | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb | Lars Winkelmann | Free University Berlin | Econometrics (with ASBA) |
| 4 Mar | Won-ki Seo | University of Sydney | Econometrics/Climate Change |
| 18 Mar | Katy Graddy | Brandeis University | Applied Economics/Cultural Economics (with VISA) |
| 24 Mar | Yuya Sasaki | Vanderbilt University | Econometrics/Applied Econometrics |
| 8 Apr | King King Li | Hang Seng University of Hong Kong | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 15 Apr | David Dickenson | Appalachian State University | Theory/Exerimental Economics |
| 22 Apr | Chansik Yoon | University of Adelaide | Macro/International Economics |
| 28 Apr | Bhash Mazumder | University of California Irvine | Applied Economics/Health Economics |
| 30 Apr | Davide Domenico Pace | LMU Munich | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 6 May | Firmin Doko Tchatoka | University of Adelaide | Econometrics/Applied Economics |
| 13 May | Dong-Hyuk Kim | University of Queensland | Industrial Organisation/Econometrics/Microeconomics |
| 20 May | Rebecca McKibbin | University of Sydney | Applied Economics/Health Economics |
| 27 May | Onur Kesten | University of Sydney | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 2 Jun | Kunal Sen | University of Manchester | Development/Applied Economics |
| 3 Jun | Jason Tayawa | UNSW | Theory/Experimental Economics |
| 22 Jul | Doug Noonan | Indiana University | Applied Economics |
| 24 Aug | Yuelin Liu | Chongqing University | Macroeconomics |
| Date | Speaker | From | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb | Christian König | University of Innsbruck | Theory/Experimental |
| 5 Mar | Brett Williams | UNSW | Theory/Experimental |
| 11 Mar | Hashem Pesaran | USC/University of Cambridge | Econometrics |
| 12 Mar | James Lake | University of Tennessee | International Economics/Trade Policy |
| 18 Mar | Shu Shen | UC Davis | Econometrics |
| 26 Mar | Omer Majeed | The Treasury | Macroeconomics/Finance |
| 2 Apr | Bruce Preston | UNSW | Macroeconomics |
| 30 Apr | Xiaoxia Shi | University of Wisconsin Madison | Econometrics |
| 7 May | David Ubilava | University of Sydney | Applied Microeconomics/Applied Econometrics |
| 13 May | Laurent Pauwels | NYU Abu Dhabi | Macroeconomics/Applied Econometrics/International Finance |
| 14 May | Youngsoo Jang | University of Queensland | Macroeconomics/Finance |
| 28 May | Alicia Rambaldi | University of Queensland | Applied Microeconomics/Applied Econometrics |
| 11 Jun | Christian Gillitzer | University of Sydney | Macroeconomics/Applied econometrics |
| 18 Jun | Thomas Talhelm | University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Applied Economics |
| 10 Jul | Development and Applied Economics workshop | N/A | N/A |
| 16 Jul | Tomáš Želinský | Technical University of Košice | Theory/Experimental |
| 6 Aug | Dmitry Ryvkin | RMIT | Theory/Experimental |
| 13 Aug | Tadao Hoshino | Waseda University | Econometrics |
| 20 Aug | John Duffy | University of California Irvine | Theory/Experimental |
| 25 Aug | Omer Majeed | The Treasury/ANU | Macroeconomics/Finance |
| 28 Aug | Lana Friesen | University of Queensland | Theory/Experimental |
| 4 Sep | Yongchul Shin | University of York | Econometrics |
| 15 Oct | Christopher Hoy | Worldbank | Applied Economics |
| 16 Oct | Morten Ørregaard Nielsen | Aarhus University | Econometrics |
| 22 Oct | Yanli Lin | University of Western Australia | Econometrics |
| 23 Oct | Econometrics Workshop | N/A | N/A |
| 29 Oct | Masyhur Hilmy | UNSW | Applied Economics |
| 6 Nov | Yoon Jae Whang | SNU | Econometrics |
| 11 Nov | Seojeong Jay Lee | Seoul National University | Econometrics |
| 13 Nov | Yi Ding | University of Macau | Econometrics |
| 18 Nov | Hylke Vandenbussche | University of Leuven (KU Leuven) | International Economics/Industrial Organisation |