Events
Conferences
Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group 2025
Western University
November 14-15, 2025
Contact: Sergio Ocampo and/or Baxter Robinson
Workshops
Western Economics is host to many Workshops throughout the academic year. Scholars from Western, as well as from universities and institutes across Canada and around the world, present their research findings to faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students.
Listings may be viewed by Topics listed or by Calendar: 2024-2025 Calendar
Short-Term Visitors
Western Economics invites eminent scholars to visit campus each year to speak to faculty and graduate students as part of its short-term visitor program. In 2023-24, Western Economics welcomed the following short-term visitors:
- Hamish Low (University of Oxford): September 13 - 14, 2023 (CHCP)
- Joseph Altonji (Yale University): October 19 - 20, 2023 (Applied Economics/Econometrics)
- Costas Arkolakis (Yale University): March 5, 2024 (Macro)
- Elliot Lipnowski (Columbia University): April 4 - 5, 2024 (Theory)
Distinguished Lecturers
Western Economics hosts a Distinguished Lecture Series thanks to funding from the Office of the Dean, and features esteemed Economists from around the world who speak to faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and the London community. We have welcomed:
Upcoming:
- Fatih Guvenen (Curtis L. Carlson Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota)
Presenting "On The Mechanics of Top Wealth Inequality"
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Room 4147, Social Science Centre
CANCELLED
Past:
- Chris Udry (Robert E. and Emily King Professor, Northwestern University)
Presenting "Structural Change and Declining Agricultural Productivity:
Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa"
Wedensday, March 27, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
McKellar Room, University Community Centre
Reception to follow at the Wave - Ariel Pakes (Thomas Professor Economics, Harvard University)
Presenting "U.S. Healthcare: Problems and Promises"Thursday, March 30, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
McKellar Room, University Community Centre
Reception to follow at the Spoke
Past Conferences
Vist our past conferences page.
Please contact economics@uwo.ca if you require papers in plain text format, or if any other accommodation can make a workshop accessible to you.