Upcoming Events

How is artificial intelligence (AI) going to change social science and how is social science going to change how AI is used? This conference will bring together researchers using AI to address issues in social science, including, but not limited...

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics will host a conference on Economic Theory celebrating our friend and colleague Phil Reny. The Economic Theory Conference Honoring Phil Reny will be held September 20-21, 2024, at...

This conference seeks to offer a platform for innovative empirical research in microeconomics (including labor, public, development, and industrial organization) and to foster opportunities for future collaboration and mentorship. The event will take place on September 26-27, 2024 and will consist...

In recent years, economists have begun to apply the tools of industrial organization (IO) to an ever-growing set of industries. This conference will showcase how canonical IO concepts like supply, demand, imperfect competition, and strategic interactions can be applied to a broad set of general markets and economic questions,...

This seminar series will feature outside speakers to present their latest work on international trade, spatial economics, economic geography, and urban economics. If you would like to receive updates via email on future seminars in this series, sign up for...

Lunches will be provided.  Speakers will present their research related to Behavioral Economics. Faculty and students are welcome to attend. This event will be in-person and a room location will be available soon. If you have any questions, please contact...

Featuring Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

The Development Lunch Workshops are operated with support from the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and is a collaboration between Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, Booth School of Business,...

Lunches will be provided.  Speakers will present their research related to Behavioral Economics. Faculty and students are welcome to attend. This event will be in-person and a room location will be available soon. If you have any questions, please contact...

Featuring Christina Patterson, Associate Professor of Economics and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business