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3rd Durham Economic Theory Conference

The 3rd Durham Economic Theory Conference (DETC2023) will take place on 29-30 June 2023 at Durham University Business School.

The three confirmed keynote speakers are:

• Faruk Gül (Princeton)
• Paola Manzini (Bristol)
• Hervé Moulin (Glasgow)

We invite paper submissions from all major fields of economic theory and its applications, with a focus on micro-theory, industrial organization, mechanism/market design, bargaining/auction theory and behavioural/experimental economics.

You can find more information at the DETC2023 website.

Workshop in Economic Theory

DREAM co-organises the Workshop in Economic Theory, in Memory of Miltos Makris (MSET), together with the Universities of Bristol, Carlos III and Southampton. The workshop started in 2013, at the University of Southampton.  The next workshop will take place on 2-3 March, 2023, at the University of Bristol. The keynote speakers are:

• Marina Agranov (Caltech)
• Jeff Ely (Northwestern)
• Aditya V Kuvalekar (Essex)
• Emre Ozdenoren (London Business School)
• Vasiliki Skreta (UT Austin, UCL)
• Roland Strausz (Humboldt)
• Adrien Henri Vigier (Nottingham)
• Mengxi Zhang (Bonn)

Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory

The Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory (VSET) started in 2020 and they provide a platform for scholars to present their unpublished work to a broad academic audience in the UK and abroad. VSET is organized by the Universities of Bristol, Carlos III, Durham (DREAM Research Centre), Essex and Southampton. Each seminar lasts 1:15 h, with a 60 min presentation and 15 min of Q&A with the audience. We endeavour to invite relevant experts as panellists and encourage co-authors to attend the talk.

2nd Durham Economic Theory Conference

The 2nd Durham Economic Theory Conference (DETC2022) took place on 21-22 June 2022 at Durham University Business School.

The three confirmed keynote speakers were:

• Alp E. Atakan (Koc University and QMUL)
• Marco Mariotti (QMUL)
• Emre Ozdenoren (LBS)

We invited paper submissions from all major fields of economic theory and its applications, with a focus on micro-theory, industrial organization, mechanism/market design, bargaining/auction theory and behavioural/experimental economics.

You can find more information at the DETC2022 website.

For more information on the programme and past recorded talks, click here. Seminars are held weekly and around 1100 economists are subscribed in our mailing list.

Durham York Workshop in Economic Theory

The Durham York workshop takes place annually and it is a one-day event where colleagues from both Universities meet and present their research.  The next workshop will take place on May 11, 2023 at Durham University. The last workshop took place on May 18, 2022 at the University of York.