We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Asian Summer School in Econometrics and Statistics will take place in Xiamen, China at the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University, July 14-July 20, 2025.

Asian School in Economic Theory, Seoul 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) will host the Asian School in Economic Theory (formerly the Summer School of Econometric Society) in Seoul, Korea, from August 11 to August 15, 2025 just preceding the 2025 World Congress in Seoul.

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The 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025) will take place in Seoul, Korea, Monday August 18 to Friday August 22, 2025. The hosts are Seoul National University, Korea University, Sogang University, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, and the Korean Economic Association.

The World Congress occurs only once every five years and is the focal point of the Society’s meetings in which researchers from all regions of the world convene simultaneously to participate in a program covering all aspects of economics, with a scientific program reflecting the very best work in the profession.

Previous congresses have been held in Rome (1965), Cambridge, UK (1970), Toronto (1975), Aix-en-Provence (1980), Cambridge, USA (1985), Barcelona (1990), Tokyo (1995), Seattle (2000), London (2005), Shanghai (2010), Montréal (2015), with the 2020 ESWC taking place virtually in cooperation with Bocconi University in Milan.

The program chairs are:
Rachel Griffith (lead chair), University of Manchester
Yuriy Gorodnichenko (co-chair), University of California, Berkeley
Michihiro Kandori (co-chair), University of Tokyo
Francesca Molinari (co-chair), Cornell University

The local organizing co-chairs are Yoon-Jae Whang and Jinwoo Kim from Seoul National University. The local organizing committee will be comprised of Korea’s most prominent economists and leading academics.

We are pleased to announce that the main meeting of the Asia region will take place January 23-25, 2026 at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Hotelling lectures: Michihiro Kandori, University of Tokyo

Scientific Program Committee (NYUAD)
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis (Chair)
Valentina Corradi
Maximilian Mihm
John Wooders

Local Organization Committee (NYUAD)
Maximilian Mihm (Chair)
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis
John Wooders