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Seminar Series

The Department of Economics offers weekly External and Internal Seminar Series in the fall and winter terms.

Our external speakers represent a variety of economics specializations and reflect the broad range of research interests of the department. Our internal speakers also cover a variety of topics – everything from pedagogical options to faculty research in progress.

All faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend any of the seminars. 

External Seminars

Time: Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., unless otherwise noted

Room: LH4114, or remote via Zoom (see schedule)

Schedule

Fall 2025 

September
  • September 5: "The Surprising Static and Dynamic Effects of Oil and Gas Flaring on Agriculture" | Brandon Schaufele, Western University (LH2066)
  • September 17: "Opening the Black Box of Local Projections"| Philippe Goulet Coulombe, UQAM (*Wednesday)
  • September 26: "Value, Values, and the Role of Awareness" | Sandra Eickmeier, Deutsche Bundesbank (*9:00 a.m., Virtual)
October
  • October 3: "Sleep and Wellbeing: Evidence from LED Streetlights" | Soodeh Saberian, U Manitoba (*11:30 a.m.)
  • October 24: Topic TBD | Tatevik Sekhposyan, Texas A&M (*12:00 p.m., Virtual)
  • October 31: Topic TBD | Isambert Leunga, Université de Sherbrooke 
November 
December
  • December 5: Topic TBD | João Ritto, University of Toronto (*11:30 a.m., LH2066)

Winter 2026

February 
March
April 
  • April 10: Topic TBD | Michael Wu, McMaster University (*11:30 a.m., Virtual)

Internal Seminars

Time: Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted

Room: LH4114, unless otherwise noted

Schedule

Fall 2025

September
  • September 4: "Research Funding Applications" | Nan Zhou (LH4096)
  • September 11: "Protection for Sale Under Structural Market Failure" | Doron Nisani
  • September 25: "From 'Good' to 'Great': The Teaching Insights That Led to an Award" | Christos Shiamptanis (LH4096)
November 
  • November 6: "Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge" | Laurier Team
  • November 27: "Projects in MABE Courses" | Christine Neill, Jeff Chan, Brian McCaig, Laura Bolton, Chau Trong-Wood
December 
  • December 4: "Guidelines for Evaluation of Student Performance in Undergraduate Economics Courses" | Logan McLeod

Winter 2026

February
  • February 12: TBD 
April
  • April 9: "Merit and Annual Reports" | Antonella Mancino, Brian McCaig, Jeff Chan, Tammy Schirle

Past Seminars