Welcome to the homepage of the Paris Empirical Political Economy Seminar, a monthly seminar series co-organized by the Department of Economics at Sciences Po and the Paris School of Economics.
The PEPES seminar series is a forum for cutting-edge research in applied political economy, offering top international scholars in the field the opportunity to present their work. The seminar also aims to provide a common platform for researchers working in this field in the Paris area to come together.
Seminars are held on Thursday from 12:30 PM to 13:45 PM. To register for the seminar's mailing list, please sign up here.
Fall semester at PSE (2025)
09 October: Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)
06 November: Â David Yanagizawa-Drott (University of Zurich)
20 November: Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University)
04 December: Sophie Hatte (ENS Lyon)
Spring semester at Sciences Po (2026)
12 March: Alessandra Fenizia (George Washington University)
26 March: Ceren Baysan (University of Toronto)
09 April: Elena Esposito (University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto)
16 April: Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University)
07 May: Vincent Pons (Harvard University)
04 June: Sascha Becker (University of Warwick and Monash University)