May 14 - 15, 2026
Kellogg School of Management
Global Hub
2211 Campus Drive, Room 4101
Evanston, Illinois
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Parking:
Parking available for both South (1847 Campus Drive) and North (2311 N. Campus Drive) campus parking garages. See parking map here.
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Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences and Operations Department
Political Economy of Development Conference
The Northwestern-UBC Political Economy of Development Conference is hosted by the Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences Department at the Kellogg School of Management. We aim to explore topics at the intersection of Political Economy, Development Economics and Economic History that may not already have a natural forum of discussion. The conference will take place on May 14 - 15 in Evanston.
Conference Organizers:
Leander Heldring, Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management)
Nathan Nunn, The University of British Columbia (Vancouver School of Economics)
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management)
Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Brown University (Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics)
Agenda
May 14
8:30am - 9:00am
Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome
Session 1:
10:15am - 10:30am
Guo Xu (Berkeley, Haas), Title TBA
10:30am - 10:45am
Coffee Break
Session 2:
10:45am -12:00pm
Ambra Awa Seck (Harvard), Title TBA
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch, Room 4101
Session 3:
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Marco Tabellini (Harvard), Title TBA
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Coffee Break
Session 4:
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Stelios Michalpoulos (Brown University), Title TBA
6:00pm Dinner at Nancy Qian's house
May 15
8:30am - 9:00am
Breakfast
Session 5:
9:00am - 10:15am
Sam Bazzi (UCSD), Title TBA
10:15am - 10:30am
Coffee Break
Session 6:
10:30am - 11:45am
Saumitra Jha (Stanford University), Title TBA
11:45am - 12:45pm
Lunch
12:45pm - 3:00pm
Keynote, James Robinson (University of Chicago)