Political economy network (PEN) webinar series 

Together with Konstantinos Theocharopoulos, I co-organize an online seminar featuring scholars working on political economy and provides a platform for presenting and discussing current research. If you would like to attend or present, feel free to reach out to either of us by email.  

Summer Term 2026

• Doron Klunover (Sami Shamoon College of Engineering - Ashdod Campus)
  Collective punishment for collective action
  06 May

• Margaryta Klymak (King's College London)
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  20 May

• Jan Auerbach (Brunel University of London)
  Financial rewards, crowding, and political elitism
  03 June

• Federico Trombetta (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
  tba
  17 June

• Matheus Cosso (Hoover Institution - Stanford University)
  Politics for sale
  01 July

• Artyom Jelnov (Ariel University)
  tba
  15 July

• Patricia Himml (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  "We are the firewall!": Mainstream parties’ optimal strategy under norm uncertainty
  29 July
  
  

Winter Term 2025–2026

• Lotte Swank (University of Groningen)
  Learning fast or slow: The social dynamics and patterns of change
  01 December

• Federico Trombetta (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
  Governing through division
  15 December

• Philip Zilke (University of Münster)
  Auctions of green shares
  12 January

• Tianxiong Yu (University of Luxembourg)
  No way out: Dual channels of manipulation in agenda institutions
  26 January

• Shafin Shabir (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute)
  Bureaucratic rumours and policymaking
  09 February

• Giulio Piccirilli (Mercatorum University)
  Electoral promises and affective polarization
  23 February

• Lara Alper (Pompeu Fabra University)
  Dynamic persuasion and polarization
  09 March

• Elshan Garashli (University of Graz)
  Robust equilibria in cheap-talk games with fairly transparent motives
  23 March