This is a list of conferences/workshops I am organizing/co-organizing or have organized/co-organized at UCSB's Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance. Conferences for which I simply secured funding in my capacity as Assistant Director of LAEF but for which I played no role in the selection of papers are not included amongst this list. In all of the conferences listed below, I played a role in selecting papers and attendees.
Upcoming Conferences
2026
XXIX Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics
- Dates: June 23 - 26, 2026
- Co-organizers: Arpad Abraham (Bristol), Franck Portier (UCL), Jaime Alonso Carrera (Vigo), Juan Carlos Conesa (Stony Brook), Antonia Diaz (Complutense de Madrid), Sergio Feijoo Moreira (Bristol), Timothy Kehoe (Minnesota), Finn Kydland (UCSB), Omar Licandro (Leicester), Jose Victor Rios Rull (Penn)
- Program: The program has been finalized and can be found here.
- Location: Vigo, Spain
Growth, Inequality, and Macro Development
- Dates: September 11-12, 2026
- Co-organizers: Kanda Naknoi (UConn), Daniela Vidart (UConn), Jackie Zhao (UConn)
- Call for Papers: The submission can be found here, and is open until 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 12, 2026. Conference details can be found here.
- Location: Storrs, CT, USA
5th Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
- Dates: October 30-31, 2026
- Co-organizers: Job Boerma (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Paolo Martellini (NYU, Stern)
- Program: The conference program will be released in September. Conference details can be found here.
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Past Conferences
The conferences/workshops listed below are one's that I directly co-organized or for which I served on the scientific committee, listed in reverse chronological order. The titles are clickable and link to the conference programs.
2026
Demographics in the 21st Century
Artificial Intelligence and the Macroeconomy
5th Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
Market Power
2025
LAEF-HKU Joint Conference on Growth and Inequality
14th Advances in Macro-Finance, Tepper-LAEF Conference
4th Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
XXVIII Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics
Finn's Skål
4th Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
Demographic Heterogeneity in Aggregate Economics
2024
UConn Leafy LAEF Conference
3rd Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
XXVII Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics in Vigo, Spain
LAEF on the Lakes: UW-Madison/UCSB Macroeconomics Conference
3rd Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
2023
2nd Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
XXVI Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics in Vigo, Spain
2nd Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
Racial Inequality in Macroeconomics
2022
1st Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
Growth, Development, and Structural Transformation
Conference on Aging and Healthcare in the Macroeconomy
Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes