Workshop Co-Founders
Alexey Makarin
MIT and CEPR
Andrea Prat
Columbia University and CEPR
Scientific Committee
As of the fourth edition (2026). The scientific committee screens the submissions — 125 in the most recent round — and selects the program.
- Luca Braghieri — Università Bocconi, IGIER, and CEPR
- Leonardo Bursztyn — University of Chicago
- Ruben Durante — NUS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and CEPR
- Sarah Eichmeyer — Università Bocconi, IGIER, and CEPR
- Ruben Enikolopov — Universitat Pompeu Fabra and CEPR
- Matthew Gentzkow — Stanford University
- Rafael Jiménez-Durán — Università Bocconi and IGIER
- Ro’ee Levy — Tel Aviv University and CEPR
- Alexey Makarin — MIT and CEPR (co-chair)
- Gregory Martin — Stanford University
- Maria Petrova — Universitat Pompeu Fabra and CEPR
- Andrea Prat — Columbia University and CEPR (co-chair)
- Markus Prior — Princeton University
- Carlo Schwarz — Università Bocconi, IGIER, and CEPR
- David Strömberg — Stockholm University and CEPR
- David Yang — Harvard University
Organization
Organization rotates with the venue: the host institution takes the lead each year. The Rome editions (2022, 2023, and 2026) are hosted by EIEF and organized jointly with Tor Vergata University, with Stefano Gagliarducci, Mounu Prem, and Francesco Sobbrio serving as local organizing co-chairs. The Milan editions (2025, and next in 2027) are hosted and organized by Bocconi University, with Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, and Carlo Schwarz serving as local organizing co-chairs. The full organizing committee for each edition is listed in that year’s program.