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
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 deadline has passed as of July 15, 2026, decision notifications have been made, and the program has been finalized.
- 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
2nd LAEF-HKU Joint Conference on Growth and Inequality
- Dates: December 4-5, 2026
- Co-organizers: Xiaodong Zhu (HKU), Yueyuan Ma (UCSB), Xiaomei Sui (HKU), Lichen Zhang (HKU), Anson Zhou (HKU), Uta Schoenberg (HKU), Jinglun Yao (HKU), Simon Margolin (UCSB), Laura Murphy (UCSB)
- Program: The call for papers can be found here. The submission deadline is August 15, 2026.
- Location: Hong Kong
15th Advances in Macro-Finance, Tepper-LAEF Conference
- Dates: March 19-20, 2027
- Co-organizers: Lars-Alexander Kuehn (CMU, Tepper), Finn Kydland (UCSB), Simon Mayer (CMU, Tepper), Liyan Shi (CMU, Tepper), Ariel Zetlin-Jones (CMU, Tepper), Shengxing Zhang (CMU, Tepper)
- Program: The call for papers will open in fall of 2026.
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA, 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
XXIX Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics
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