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
The weekly Development Seminar is hosted on Thursdays at 1:00PM in Georgetown’s ICC 550.
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.
Fall 2026
Sept. 10 – Rob Garlick, Emory
Sept. 17 – Joshua Deutschemann, Chicago
Sept. 24 – Ben Marx, Boston U
Oct. 1 – Binta Diop, Boston College
Oct. 8 – Ruozi Song, World Bank
Oct. 15 – Roman Zarate, UCSD
Oct. 22 – Luis Martinez, Emory
Oct. 29 – Dev Patel, Brown
Nov. 5 – Allan Hsiao, Stanford
Nov. 12 – Esteban Aucejo, Arizona State
Nov. 19 – Gaurav Khanna, UCSD
Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving
Dec. 3 – Garima Sharma, UC Berkeley
Spring 2027
To be announced shortly.
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