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In 2026, CES honors another internationally outstanding economist, Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, as its Distinguished CES Fellow. 

Edward Glaeser will deliver the 2026 Munich Lecture on "Turning Abundance into Scarcity: Regulation, Housing Costs and Infrastructure Failures".

Details: 
Thursday, 19 November (6pm)
LMU Munich (Große Aula) 
The program is available on the CES webpage

The Munich Lectures Workshop is held in conjunction with the 2026 Munich Lectures in Economics, in honor of the 2026 Distinguished CES Fellow, Professor Edward Glaeser. 

Details:
20 – 21 November 2026
CESifo, Munich
 

During his visit at CESifo, Nicolas Bottan will focus on a new research agenda examining how people understand the economic consequences of artificial intelligence and how that understanding shapes their policy preferences.

Mr. Bottan is an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of behavioral, public, and development economics. His research studies how beliefs and social context shape economic decisions and what this implies for the design of public policy.

Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is internationally recognized for his economic analysis of educational issues, and his research has had broad influence on education policy in both developed and developing countries.

Professor Hanushek is also a research professor at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education and area director of the Economics of Education group in the CESifo Research Network.

During his visit to CESifo, Stephan Heblich plans to investigate the local economic consequences of planned investments in battery manufacturing together with Oliver Falck. These projects are central to industrial strategies supporting the energy transition, but their effects on host regions are not straightforward. 

His research looks at spatial disparities in the distribution of consumptive or productive amenities that attract individuals or firms.

We invite submissions for the annual CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics on 22-23 April 2027, which brings together researchers to present and discuss ongoing work. Papers on any topic in public economics are welcome.The keynote lecture will be held by Xavier Jaravel (London School of Economics).

New: Junior Workshop in Public Economics on 21 April 2027: The junior workshop is aimed at PhD students towards the end of their PhD phase and early-career postdoctoral researchers. 

Call for Papers out now: Submit by 11 January to the annual conference of the CESifo Research Network Area on Global Economy on 3-4 May 2027. Papers on any topic within the field of global economy are welcome, including but not limited to international trade, international finance, migration, and global environmental issues. 

Keynote lectures will be held by Teresa Fort (Dartmouth Tuck School of Business) and Stephen Redding (Stanford University).

The CESifo Working Paper Series offers a wide range of economic research across diverse topics. Here are the papers that recently garnered the most attention, based on download figures.

Europe is dealing with a profound demographic crisis. Pension reform is necessary to preserve the sustainability of public finances. At the same time, its design must account for severe welfare implications. Women are especially affected: They are too often caught between work and caregiving but face financial disadvantages if they retire early. This Policy Debate also looks at how aging shapes preferences – particularly voting patterns, attitudes toward war and peace, and patience and long-term investment decisions.