Ongoing Series
GWU-World Bank Sustainable Cities Workshops
The World Bank – GWU Sustainable Cities workshop series brings together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss key questions of common interest relating to Sustainable Urbanization. Each workshop in the series focuses on a particular topic relating to cities in developing countries. The workshops are hosted by the World Bank (Urban, DRM, Resilience and Land Global Practice) and George Washington University (Institute for International Economic Policy & Department of Economics).
March 30, 2023 - 12:00 PM
Thriving – Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate
May 9, 2023 - 9:30 AM
Sustainable Cities Workshop on “Urban Inclusion and Development”
February 15, 2024 - 9:00 AM
Sustainable Cities Workshop: Housing, Local Economic Development, & Planning
Rethinking Capitalism and Democracy
Fissures in the political, social, economic, and financial orders, accompanied by an increasingly stressed natural environment, pose serious and possibly existential threats to capitalist democracies, as income and wealth inequality subverts the integrity and fairness of markets and elections, weak regulatory oversight increases the fragility of the financial system, and the visible effects of climate change threaten lives and livelihoods and drive migrations. The three spheres of wellbeing – political and social, economic and financial, and the natural environment, are each becoming more fragile while their complex interrelationships are producing wicked challenges. The IIEP webinar series on Rethinking Capitalism and Democracy examines these difficult questions and possible policy responses. This series is organized under the leadership of IIEP Distinguished Visiting Scholar Sunil Sharma.\
“Capitalism, Democracy, and Governance” featuring Martin Wolf (Financial Times) and Joe Zammit-Lucia (RADIX) – Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
“Negative Economic Shocks: Can Our Fragile Democracies Take the Hit?” featuring Bill White (C D Howe Institute), Martha Finnemore (GWU), and Alan Kirman (EHESS Paris and Chief Adviser to the OECD NAEC initiative) – Wednesday, May 4, 2022
“India at 75: Systemic Challenges and the Path Ahead” featuring Ravinder Kaur (University of Copenhagen) and Ajay Chhibber (GWU and Atlantic Council) -Wednesday, February 23, 2022
“The U.S. Federal Reserve and Economic Inequality” featuring Karen Petrou (Federal Financial Analytics), Mark Levonian (Promontery Financial Group), Bill Nelson (Bank Policy Institute), and Peter Conti-Brown (University of Pennsylvania) – Wednesday, January 26, 2022
“Governing the New Voluntary Carbon Markets” featuring Mark Kenber (VCMI) and Kavita Prakash-Mani (Mandai Nature) – Tuesday, October 19, 2021
“Accelerating Systemic Transformation: A Case Study from Wales (UK)” featuring Jyoti Banerjee (North Star Transition), Jenny Scott (Apella), and Victoria Topham (Wales Transition Lab) – Wednesday, November 10, 2021
“The Centrifugal Nature of the Labor Market” featuring Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria) – Wednesday, September 29, 2021
“Food Systems at a Crossroads: How to fix them and help people, economies, and the planet” featuring Sunil Sharma (GWU), Nicoletta Batini (IMF), Bruce Friedrich (GFI), and Ann Florini (ASU Thunderbird) – Thursday, June 24, 2021
“Policy Choices and Contagion: The Covid Pandemic and the Climate Crisis” featuring Robert Frank (Cornell) and Dr. Roland Kupers (Thunderbird) – Wednesday, May 26, 2021
“Peace in the Age of Chaos” featuring Steve Killelea (IIEP Founder), Pedro Conceição (UNDP-HDRO), Matthew Levinger (GWU), and Sabina Alkire (OPHI) – Thursday, April 22, 2021
“Rethinking Financial Regulation for the 21st Century” featuring Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr. (GWU), Erik Gerding (Colorado), Sunil Sharma (GWU), Jay Shambaugh (GWU), and Jeremiah Pam (GWU) – Wednesday, March 24, 2021
“Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity” featuring Alexander Barkawi (CEP), Jay Shambaugh (GWU), Ann Florini (ASU Thunderbird), Sunil Sharma (GWU), and James E. Foster (GWU) – Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
“Taking Stock of Climate Change: Earth, Air, Fire and Water” featuring Sir David Hendry (Oxford), Jennifer Castle (Oxford), and Ann Florini (ASU Thunderbird) – Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
“Sustainability and the Architecture of Global Finance” featuring Simon Zadek (Finance for Biodiversity, and Migrant Nation Initiative), Sonja Gibbs (IIF), and Ann Florini (ASU Thunderbird) – Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
“Valuing Nature: Whales, Elephants, and the Global Economy” featuring Ralph Chami (IMF), Connel Fullenkamp (Duke), and Ann Florini (ASU Thunderbird) – Thursday, November 19th, 2020
Washington Area Development Economics Symposium
The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics institutions in development economics in the Washington DC area. Researchers from George Washington University, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia, the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), American University, George Mason University, and the Center for Global Development are all participants in the symposium.
Washington Area International Trade Symposium
The Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) is a forum that highlights trade research at institutions in the Washington D.C. area. Its primary activity is sponsoring an annual research conference where scholars present their latest academic work. Researchers from George Washington University, American University, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board, Georgetown University, George Mason University, the Inter-American Development Bank, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), the U.S. International Trade Commission, the University of Maryland, and the World Bank have all participated in the symposium.
Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium
The Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium (WALES) is a one-day labor economics conference that brings together researchers from many DC institutions. The goal is to provide an outlet to share work in progress and get to know other researchers. In the past, WALES has featured participants from the Agency for Healthcare Quality Research, American University, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Trade Commission, George Washington University, Georgetown University, International Food Policy Research Institute, University of Maryland, Urban Institute, US Naval Academy, and World Bank.
Washington Area Network Economics Symposium
The Inaugural Washington Area Network Economics Symposium (WANES) is a research conference that highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics institutions in network economics in the Washington DC area.
International Trade
“Macro-International Seminar with Rully Prassetya (GWU)/Zheyu Yang (GWU)” – Wed, December 7, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton)” – Wed, December 7, 2022
“Trade and Development Workshop with Mariaflavia Harari Wharton Real Estate Department” – Tue, December 6, 2022
“Macro-International Seminar with Gon Huertas (GWU)/TBA” – Wed, November 30, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Laura Wherry (NYU)” – Wed, November 30, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Jessie Handbury (U Penn – Wharton)” – Wed, November 16, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University)” – Wed, November 9, 2022
“Trade and Development Seminar with Jonathan Weigel (Berkeley Haas)” – Tue, November 8, 2022
“Macro-International Seminar with Balint Szoke (Federal Reserve Board)” – Wed, November 2, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Mitchell Hoffman (Toronto)” – Wed, November 2, 2022
“Trade and Development Seminar with Devaki Ghose (World bank)” – Tue, November 1, 2022
“Trade and Development Seminar with Gharad Bryan (LSE)” – Thu, October 27, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Jesse Gregory (Wisconsin University)” – Wed, October 26, 2022
“Macro-International Seminar with Jennie Bai (Georgetown University)” – Wednesday, October 19, 2022
“Microeconomics Seminar with Barry Chiswick (GWU)” – Wednesday, October 19, 2022
“The 2022 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index” – Monday, October 17, 2022
“Annual Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) Conference” – Friday, May 6, 2022
“Missing migrants: Border closures as a labor supply shock, joint with Dave Maré and Linda Sanderson” featuring Melanie Morten (Stanford) – Tuesday, April 12, 2022
“U.S.-China Tensions” featuring Bo Sun (Federal Reserve Board) – Friday, April 1, 2022
“Trade Links: New Rules for a New World” featuring James Bacchus (University of Florida) – Wednesday, March 23, 2022
“The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China” featuring Kevin Rudd (Asia Society), David Shambaugh (George Washington University), and Alyssa Ayres (George Washington University) – Tuesday, March 22, 2022
“Are China and India Encountering Convergence Stalls?” featuring Arvind Subramanian (Brown University), Dr. Kalpana Kochhar (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and David Dollar (Brookings Institution) – Tuesday, March 22, 2022
“Trade Shocks and Supply Chains: What is Happening to the WTO and Globalization?” featuring Bob Koopman (World Trade Organization), Michael Moore (George Washington University), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Tuesday, February 22, 2022
“Gender Inclusiveness in Trade: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities” featuring Renata Amaral (American University), Jamaica Gayle (National Foreign Trade Council), Nadia Bourély (Embassy of Canada to the United States), Lisa Schroeter (Dow Chemical Company), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Thursday, November 18, 2021
“What Can We Hope For at MC12?” featuring Alan Wm. Wolff (Peterson Institute for International Economics), Jake Colvin (National Foreign Trade Council), Isabel Jarrett (The Pew Charitable Trusts), Andrew Jory (Embassy of Australia in the United States), Sharon Bomer Lauritsen (AgTrade Strategies, LLC), Catherine Mellor (UPS), and Michael Moore (George Washington University) – Thursday, November 18, 2021
“Linkages with Multinationals: The Effects on Domestic Firms’ Exports” featuring Christian Volpe Martincus (Inter-American Development Bank) – Tuesday, November 16, 2021
“Escaping Sanctions? Iranian Firm Response and Market Reallocation Under International Trade Sanctions” featuring Ebad Ebadi (George Washington University) – Tuesday, November 9, 2021
“Are Pitcairn Island (UK), China and Taiwan really joining CPTPP?” featuring Ken Levinson (Washington International Trade Organization), The Honorable Tim Groser (former Ambassador of New Zealand), Wendy Cutler (Asia Society Policy Institute), Shanker Singham (Institute of Economic Affairs, Centre for Economics and Business Research), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Wednesday, November 3, 2021
“IMF World Economic Outlook: Recovery During a Pandemic – Health Concerns, Supply Disruptions, and Price Pressures” featuring John Bluedorn (IMF), Christoffer Koch (IMF), Jean-Marc Natal (IMF), Tara M. Sinclair (George Washington University), Benjamin F. Jones (Northwestern University), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Friday, October 29, 2021
“The Future Global Economic and Spatial Consequences of Climate Change” featuring Klaus Desmet (Southern Methodist University) – Tuesday, October 26, 2021
“Did U.S. Politicians Expect the China Shock?” featuring Dr. Bingjing Li (University of Hong Kong), James Feigenbaum (Boston University), Maggie Chen (George Washington University), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Friday, October 15, 2021
“India’s Trade Policy: Past, Present, Future” featuring Alyssa Ayres (George Washington University), Judith Dean (Brandeis University), Rajeev Kher (Research and Information System for Developing Countries), and James E. Foster (George Washington University) – Wednesday, June 2, 2021
“Elliott Experts Weigh in: The Global Economic System in the Age of Coronavirus” featuring Maggie Chen (George Washington University) – Thursday, May 7, 2020
“Globalizing Patient Capital: The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas” featuring Stephen Kaplan (George Washington University), Carol Wise (University of Southern California), Roselyn Hsueh (Temple University), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Friday, April 30, 2021
“10th Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) Conference” – Thursday, April 29, 2021 – Friday, April 30, 2021
“China’s Outward Investments: State Capitalism or Capital Flight?” featuring Meg Rithmire (Harvard Business School), Stephen B. Kaplan (George Washington University), Deborah Brautigam (Johns Hopkins University), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Friday, March 5, 2021
“Reshaping Global Trade: The Immediate and Long-Run Effects of Bank Failures” featuring Chenzi Xu (Stanford University) – Wednesday, February 24, 2021
“International Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region Amidst U.S.-China Tensions” featuring Maggie Chen (George Washington University), Chris Fussner (TransTechnology Worldwide), and Frank Wong (Scholastic Asia) – Tuesday, November 10, 2020
“IMF October 2020 World Economic Outlook” featuring Malhar Nabar (IMF), Claudia Sahm (SAHM Consulting), Francesca Caselli (IMF), Florence Jaumotte (IMF), Ken Gillingham (Yale University) Tara Sinclair (George Washington University), James Foster (George Washington University), and Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University) – Wednesday, October 28, 2020
“The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Trading Up in the Era of COVID-19” featuring Albert Muchanga (African Union Commission), Florizelle (Florie) Liser (Corporate Council on Africa), Tony Carroll (Manchester Trade), and Jennifer G. Cooke (George Washington University) – Friday, October 23, 2020
“Are Informal Workers Benefiting from Globalization? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in India” featuring Nita Rudra (Georgetown University), Maggie Chen (George Washington University), Deepa Ollapally (George Washington University), and James Foster (George Washington University) – Tuesday, August 4, 2020
“Webinar: Innovations in Digital Trade: The Sequel” featuring Sabina Ciofu (techUK), Sam duPont (German Marshall Fund), Nigel Cory (Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub), and Susan Aarsonson (George Washington University) – Thursday, July 16, 2020
“Webinar on E-Commerce at the WTO: What’s Going On?” featuring Victor do Prado (World Trade Organization) – Monday, March 30, 2020
Facing Inequality
The Facing Inequality series focuses on current and emerging inequality issues in the U.S. and around the globe, especially those revealed by the current COVID-19 pandemic. It brings together historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists, and epidemiologists, within the academy and without, to present work and discuss ideas that can facilitate new interdisciplinary approaches to the problem of inequality. It is a platform for dialogue and debate.
This series is organized under the stewardship of IIEP Co-Director James Foster; Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics; and IIEP Faculty Affiliate Trevor Jackson, Assistant Professor of History. It is co-sponsored by the GW Interdisciplinary Inequality Series and co-organized by Professor Trevor Jackson from the Department of History and Professor Bryan Stuart from the Department of Economics.
“Collaborate To Create Change: Towards Racial and Socioeconomic Equity in our Scholarship, Research & Teaching” – Friday, September 23rd, 2022
“Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times” featuring Guido Alfani (Bocconi University) – Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
“Black Politicians During Reconstruction: Impacts and Backlashes” featuring Dr. Trevon Logan (Ohio State University) – Monday, February 28th, 2022
“The Distribution of Wealth in Germany 1895-2018” featuring Dr. Charlotte Bartels (German Institute for Economic Research) – Monday, February 7th, 2022
“Inequality and the Centrifugal Nature of the Labor Market” featuring Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria) – Wednesday, September 29, 2021
“Campaign Finance Rules and Wealth of Politicians” featuring Marko Klašnja (Georgetown), Nina Eichacker (Rhode Island), and Tim Shenk (GWU) – Monday, June 21, 2021
“Hidden Wealth” featuring Neil Cummins (LSE) – Wednesday, April 28, 2021
“How the Pandemic Exposed the Incomplete Gender Revolution: Work, Family, and Public Policy” featuring Betsey Stevenson (Michigan), Madeline de Quillacq (GWU), Dr. Mary Ellsberg (GWU), and Eiko Strader (GWU) – Monday, February 15th, 2021
“Global Income Inequality: Current Developments and Their Political Implications” featuring Branko Milanovic (CUNY) – Tuesday, May 5, 2020
“Will Covid-19 Raise Inequality? Evidence from Past Epidemics and Crises” featuring Prakash Loungani (IMF) and Jonathan D. Ostry (CEPR) – Tuesday, May 26, 2020
“Just Governance: Lessons on Climate Change Justice from People in Poverty” featuring Brooke Ackerly (Vanderbilt) – Tuesday, June 16, 2020
“Imperfect Competition on the Cathedral Floor: Labourers in London 1672 to 1748” featuring Judy Stephenson (Bartlett CPM), Patrick Wallis (LSE), Bryan Stuart (GWU), and Barry Chiswick (GWU) – Tuesday, June 30, 2020
“How Should We Measure Multidimensional Inequality? A Philosopher’s Approach (with COVID applications)” featuring Kristi A. Olson (Bowdoin), Luis Felipe López-Calva (UN), and Jeffrey Brand (GWU) – Tuesday, July 14, 2020
“Central Banking in the Age of Inequality” featuring Dr. Benjamin Braun (IAS), Aditi Sahasrabudde (Cornell), and Trevor Jackson (GWU) – Tuesday, July 28, 2020
“Are Informal Workers Benefiting from Globalization? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in India” featuring Nita Rudra (Georgetown) – Tuesday, August 4, 2020
“Short and long-run distributional impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America” featuring Nora Lustig (Tulane), Guido Neidhöfer (ZEW), Stephen B. Kaplan (GWU), and Dr. Michael C. Wolfson (Statistics Canada) – Monday, October 12, 2020
“Immunocapital: Disease, Power, and Inequality in the Antebellum Cotton Kingdom” featuring Kathryn Olivarius (Stanford), Martin Saavedra (Oberlin), and Dayna Bowen Matthew (GWU) – Monday, October 26, 2020
“Multidimensional Poverty in the U.S.” featuring Brian Glassman (Census Bureau), Shatakshee Dhongde (Georgia Tech), Sabina Alkire (OPHI), James E. Foster (GWU), Sophie Mitra (Fordham), and Marianne Bitler (UC Davis) – Friday, December 11th, 2020
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