Organised by the Public and Political Economy Research Group our Political Economy and Public Economics (PEPE) workshops are a forum for the sharing and discussion of leading research in these areas.
We invite scholars from across the globe to present their work and facilitate conversations about contemporary challenges and trends.
Workshops are open to all. They include presentations, breaks for informal discussions, and opportunities for attendees to connect with leading researchers across the field of public and political economy.
Upcoming workshops
We will add details about our 2026 workshop to this page. Please check regularly for updates.
Past workshops
2025 workshop
In the 2025 edition, the workshop explored how economic tools can help us understand political behaviour, policy choices, and institutional design. The programme included a range of talks on topics such as cohort effects, sexual harassment and media silence, strategic voting, activist-politician interactions, conflict, femonationalist speech in European parliaments, jury-based decision-making, and the credibility costs of academics’ political expression on social media.
See the full programme from 25 April 2025 below.
| Time | Talk title/session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am - 9.50am | Welcome and registration | - |
| 9.50am - 10am | Introduction | Professor Emma Carmel, University of Bath |
| 10am - 10.45am | The Dynamics of Cohort Effects | Gilat Levy, London School of Economics |
| 10.45am - 11.30am | Sexual Harassment Stories and Silence | Johanna Rickne, Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University |
| 11.30am - 12.15pm | Strategic Voting when Winning is Not All | Dimitrios Xefteris, University of Cyprus |
| 12.15pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | - |
| 1.30pm - 2.15pm | Citizens, Politicians and Activists | Sandro Brusco, Stony Brook University |
| 2.15pm - 3pm | Captured by Conflict: Examining the Consequences of War on the Board | Maria Cubel, City St George’s University of London |
| 3pm - 3.30pm | Refreshment break | - |
| 3.30pm - 4.15pm | The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments | Ana Catalano Weeks, University of Bath |
| 4.15pm - 5pm | Contest with a Jury | Javier Rivas, University of Bath |
| 5pm - 5.45pm | Politicised Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter | Eleonora Albarese, University of Bath |
2024 workshop
2024's workshop was titled: Workshop on Political Economy, Public and Development Economics
See the full programme from 26 April 2024 below.
| Time | Talk title/session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.45am - 10.15am | Welcome and introduction | - |
| 10:15am -10:30am | Introductory Speech | Professor Ajit Mishra, Head of the Department of Economics |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Politicized Scientists | Dr Eleonora Alabrese |
| 11:15am -12pm | I Can't Get No Education: Rationing in Education and Optimal Policy | Dr Lee Tyrrell-Hendry |
| 12pm - 1.15pm | Lunch | - |
| 1:15am - 2:15pm | Identifying the Vulnerable: Concepts and Measurement | Professor Shasi Nandeibam |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Structural Transformation and Poverty Trends and Dynamics in Bangladesh | Binayak Sen, Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Overstretched: Financial Distress and Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S | Dr Chiara Santantonio |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Uninformed Clientelist Democracies | Professor Jaideep Roy |