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 (2026)
10 September: Gregory J. Martin (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
24 September: Hans-Joachim Voth (University of Zurich)
08 October: Martin Fernandez Sanchez (LISER)
26 November: Sarah Eichmeyer (Bocconi University)
Spring semester at Sciences Po (2027)
18 March: Sandra Sequeira (LSE)
13 May: Sonia Bhalotra (University of Warwick)
03 June: Bocar Ba (Duke University), joint with the Sciences Po applied micro seminar