Conferences

Current events

4th EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the

Economics and Politics of Migration

(30-31 March 2023)

I am co-organising the 4th EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, which will take place on 30-31 March 2023. 

The workshop keynote speeches by Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics).

You can download the program here. 

12th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior 

(18-19 May, 2023)

I am co-organising the 12th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behaviour (together with Erdal Tekin and Berkay Ozcan), which will take place at the London School of Economics on 18-19 May, 2023.

The workshop will feature a keynote speech by Imran Rasul (University College London). 

Deadline for Submissions: March 3, 2023. 

Please submit your papers via our workshop page.

Past events

3rd EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the

Economics and Politics of Migration

(16-17 June, 2022)

I am co-organised the 3rd EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, which took place in-person on 16-17 June, 2022. Please find the Call for Papers here.

The workshop featured keynote speeches by Catia Batista (Nova School of Business and Economics) and Elias Papaioannou (London Business School).  

You can download the program here. 

American Economic Association 2022 Annual Meeting

I organised two sessions for the AEA 2022 Meetings:

The Economics of Culture, chaired by Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)

Democracy and Voter Preferences, chaired by Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po)

3rd London School of Economics Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey

(3 September, 2021) 

I co-organised the 3rd London School of Economics Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey, which took place online on 3 September, 2021. Please find the Call for Papers here.

The workshop featured a keynote speech by Daron Acemoglu (MIT).

You can download the program here.

2nd EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the

Economics and Politics of Migration

(22-23  April, 2021)

I co-organised the 2nd EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, which took place online on 22-23 April, 2021. Please find the Call for Papers here.

The workshop featured keynote speeches by Ran Abramitzky (Stanford University) and Sandra Sequeira (London School of Economics).  

You can download the program here.

1st EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the

Economics and Politics of Migration

(19-20  November, 2020)

I co-organised the 1st EBRD & King’s College London Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, which took place online on 19-20 November, 2020. Please find the Call for Papers here.

The workshop featured a special session in honor of late Alberto Alesina with presentations by Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard) and Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics). 

Keynote speeches were delivered by Alan Manning (London School of Economics) and Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University).  

You can download the program and watch the event here.

2nd London School of Economics Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey

(10-11 September, 2020) 

I co-organised the 2nd London School of Economics Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey, which took place online on 10-11 September, 2020. Please find the Call for Papers here.

The workshop featured a keynote speech by Sule Alan (European University Institute).

You can download the program here. 

CEPR/EBRD/EoT Seminar Series on the Economics of Industrial Policy 

I co-organised the CEPR/EBRD/Economics of Transition Virtual Seminar Series on “The Economics of Industrial Policy”

Schedule of Talks:

– 5 May 2020 (Tuesday, 3 pm London time): Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China by Noam Yucthman (LSE)

– 12 May 2020 (Tuesday, 3 pm London time): The Textbook Case for Industrial Policy: Theory Meets Data by Dominick Bartelme (University of Michigan)

– 19 May 2020 (Tuesday, 3 pm London time): Multinational Production and “Soft” Industrial Policies by Christian Volpe Martincus (IADB)

– 26 May 2020 (Tuesday, 3 pm London time): Are “Complementary Policies” Substitutes? Evidence from R&D Subsidies in the UK by Jacquelyn Pless (MIT)

– 2 June 2020 (Tuesday, 3 pm London time): Innovation Union: Costs and Benefits of Innovation Policy Coordination by Giammairo Impullitti (Nottingham and CEPR)

– 9 June 2020 (Tuesday, 3 pm London time): Language Barriers and Knowledge Transfers from FDI: Experimental Evidence by Rocco Macchiavello (LSE and CEPR)

3rd CEPR/EBRD/EoT/London School of Economics Symposium on Environmental Economics and the Green Transition

(13-14 June, 2019)

I co-organised the 3rd CEPR/EBRD/EoT/London School of Economics Symposium on Environmental Economics and the Green Transition, which will take place on 13-14 June, 2019 at the EBRD HQs in London. Please find the Call for Papers here. 

The symposium featured keynote talks by Catherine Wolfram (University of California, Berkeley and NBER) and Arik Levinson (Georgetown University). 

You can download the program here.

1st London School of Economics Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey

(12 March, 2019)

I co-organised the 1st London School of Economics Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey, which will take place on 12 March, 2019 at the LSE Campus in London. Please find the Call for Papers here.  

The workshop featured a policy panel with participation of Sergei Guriev (Chief Economist of EBRD) and Selin Sayek Böke (Member of Turkish Parliament).

You can download the program here.

2nd CEPR/EBRD/EoT Symposium on Globalisation and Labour Markets

(14-15 June, 2018)

I co-organised the 2nd CEPR-EBRD-Economics of Transition Symposium on globalisation and labour markets in advanced and emerging markets. The conference provided a platform for researchers and policy makers to discuss new research findings and to identify areas where further academic and policy-oriented work is needed. 

The programme featured two keynote speakers (Paola Conconi and David Dorn),  a policy panel on labour markets, and 12 papers, covering topics on job creation, migration, trade, political economy, and skills. 

You can download the program here.