History

The Makris Symposium in Economic Theory begun in 2013, as the Southampton Winter Workshop in Economic Theory (SWWET), organised annually by the Economics Department of the University of Southampton. The co-founders were Miltos Makris, Max Kwiek, and Spyros Galanis. Although its core subject is Economic Theory, it has a strong interdisciplinary character, attracting speakers and attendants also from Computer Science, Political Science and Psychology.

In 2018, it became the Bristol Southampton Workshop in Economic Theory, as it was jointly organised with the Economics Department of the University of Bristol.

In 2019, the School of Economics of the University of Kent joined in the organisation while Southampton withdrew, so it became the Kent Bristol City Workshop in Economic Theory. In 2020, City, University of London joined in the organisation .

In 2020, we started the Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory, which run weekly and provide a platform for scholars to present their unpublished work to a broad academic audience in the UK and abroad. To view the talks in Zoom, join our mailing list here. You can view YouTube recordings of past talks here.

In 2023, it became the Workshop in Economic Theory, in memory of Miltos Makris (MSET). Miltos passed away suddenly in 2022. He was a founding member for the workshop and instrumental for its success. Click here for a short bio.