Seminar Series
The Development Seminar Series brings leading researchers in development economics to present cutting-edge research in poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields. Several speakers are co-hosted with the World Bank’s Poverty and Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series.
Weekly Development Seminar
gui2de’s weekly Development Seminar is open to all members of the Georgetown community and are an excellent opportunity for McCourt School and other Georgetown University students to engage directly with visiting faculty and scholars. See who we have hosted in our development seminar archive or see our upcoming speaker schedule below.
Fall 2025
Sept. 11 – Matthieu Chemin, McGill
Sept. 18 – Juliana Londoño Vélez, UCLA
Sept. 25 – Seema Jayachandran, Princeton
Oct. 2 – Kevin Croke, Harvard
Oct. 9 – Nicolas Ajzenman, McGill
Oct. 16 – Jeffrey Shrader, Columbia
Oct. 23 – Robert Garlick, Duke
Oct. 30 – Heather Schofield, Cornell
Nov. 6 – Arkadev Ghosh, Duke
Nov. 13 – Bridget Hoffman, Ohio State
Nov. 20 – Jessica Goldberg, Maryland
Dec. 4 – Christopher Neilson, Columbia
Spring 2026
Feb. 19 – S. Anukriti, World Bank
Feb. 26 – Natalie Bau, UCLA
Mar. 12 – Nishith Prakash, Northeastern
Mar. 19 – Erica Field, Duke
Mar. 26 – Saloni Gupta, Brown
Apr. 9 – Grant Miller, Stanford
Apr. 16 – Nava Ashraf, LSE
Apr. 23 – Arielle Bernhardt, NYU
Apr. 30 – Emanuele Colonnelli, Chicago
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All Upcoming EventsDevelopment Seminar: Matthieu CheminSep. 11
- 1:00 pm
- ICC 550
Development Seminar: Juliana Londoño VélezSep. 18
- 1:00 pm
- ICC 550
Development Seminar: Seema JayachandranSep. 25
- 1:00 pm
- ICC 550