The Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department. The series invites leading researchers in applied microeconomics from the fields of poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule (ET time)
Please check paper titles closer to the event date.
Date |
Time |
Venue |
Speaker |
Paper |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Natalie Danielle Bau (UCLA) |
|
Wednesday March 4, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Kate Viborny (Wolrd Bank) |
|
Wednesday March 11, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Sebastian Otero (Columbia University) |
|
Wednesday March 18, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Martina Björkman Nyqvist (Stockholm School of Economics) | |
Wednesday March 25, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Saloni Gupta (Brown University) |
|
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Cori B. Smith (University of Maryland) |
|
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Grant Miller (Standford University) |
|
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Nava Ashraf (London School of Economics) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Arielle Gina Bernhardt (NYU) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Emanuele Colonnelli (Chicago University) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Daniel Yi Xu (Duke University) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Seema Jayachandran (Princeton University) | |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Giorgia Barboni (Warwick) |
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Last Updated: February 9, 2026
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