Past Events

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8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference

Friday, 3/8/2024, 8:30am - 5:00pm

This will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to urban expansion and the future of cities.

Book Talk: Our Next Reality: How the AI-powered Metaverse Will Reshape the World

Wednesday, 3/6/2024, 11:00am - 12:15pm

Book Talk: Our Next Reality: How the AI-powered Metaverse Will Reshape the World

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4th GW India Conference on India’s Economic Development and U.S.-India Economic Relations

Making India an Advance Economy by 2047: What will it take?

Tuesday, 3/5/2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm

The 4th GW India Conference on India’s Economic Development and U.S.-India Economic Relations will take place on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024

Jose W. Fernandez

Dean’s Speaker Series, A Conversation with Jose W. Fernandez, Economic Security is National Security

Wednesday, 2/28/2024, All day

Jose W. Fernandez was confirmed by the Senate as Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment on August 6, 2021. 

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Sustainable Cities Workshop: Housing, Local Economic Development, & Planning

Thursday, 2/15/2024, 9:00am - 12:30pm

Sustainable Cities workshop series brings together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss key questions of relating to sustainability

Economic Prospects of Middle-Income Countries

The Economic Prospects of Middle-Income Countries

Monday, 12/4/2023, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

"The Economic Prospects of Middle-Income Countries.”

World Bank Group event

1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Research Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development”

Wednesday, 11/29/2023, 8:00am - 7:30pm

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), will host the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference o

Gross National Happiness

Thursday, 11/23/2023, All day

IIEP was pleased to host the another installment in our multidimensional poverty series, joint with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) a

Poverty and human development challenges in Arab countries

Monday, 11/20/2023, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Adeel Malik is a development macroeconomist with a strong multi-disciplinary orientation. His research engages with questions of long-run development, political

Belonging in the Digital World: A Conceptual Framework and a Systematic Review of the inter-generational impact of Social Media on ‘Belonging’ in Adolescents and Older Adults

Monday, 11/6/2023, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Social connectedness in human beings has been found to impact clinical indicators of physical and mental health.

Macro-International Seminar: Oksana Leukhina

Wednesday, 10/18/2023, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

The Columbian College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Economics presented a macro-international seminar with Oksana Leukhina, senior economist at the Federal

Macro-International Seminar: Tony Zhang

Thursday, 10/12/2023, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

The Columbian College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Economics held a macro-international seminar with Tony Zhang, senior economist at the Federal Reserve.

Trade and Development Seminar

Monday, 9/25/2023, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Join the GW Department of Economics for a trade and development seminar featuring Daniel Ramos-Menchelli, assistant professor of international economics at the

4th Annual DC-MD-VA Economics Workshop

4th Annual DC-MD-VA Econometrics Workshop

Saturday, 9/23/2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm

4th Annual DC-MD-VA Econometrics Workshop

Washington Area Network Economics Symposium (WANES)

5th Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS)

Friday, 9/22/2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm

The 5th Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS) is a research conference that highlights academic work from researchers at leading finance insti

Macro-International Seminar

Wednesday, 9/13/2023, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Join the GW Department of Economics for a macro-international seminar featuring Robert Richmond, associate professor of finance at NYU Stern and a Faculty Resea

Washington Area Network Economics Symposium (WANES)

Inaugural Washington Area Network Economics Symposium (WANES)

Monday, 8/7/2023, All day

The Inaugural Washington Area Network Economics Symposium (WANES) is a research conference that highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics i

Sustainable Cities Workshop on “Urban Inclusion and Development”

Tuesday, 5/9/2023, 9:30am - 1:45pm

Globally, 55% of the population lives in urban areas today. By 2045, the number of people living in cities will increase by 1.5 times to 6 billion, adding 2 bil

Generative AI 101

Generative AI 101

Friday, 5/5/2023, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Generative AI is many things: it is simultaneously scary, useful, flexible, opaque, exciting, and dangerous. Researchers, policymakers, creatives and executives

2023 Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium

Friday, 4/28/2023, All day

The Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy is pleased to host the fifth annual Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium on April 28, 2023.