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March Featured Economist

Hadia Majid is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Her research examines gender, labour markets, digital inclusion, and development in the Global South, with a particular focus on women’s work and economic opportunity in Pakistan.

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Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow Award 2025

The IEA is pleased to announce that the Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow Award 2025 has been given to:

IEA Fellow Award 2025

The IEA is pleased to announce that the IEA Fellow Award 2025 has been given to:

Lecture Series on International Macroeconomics

Jesse Schreger, Columbia University
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University
Gita Gopinath, Harvard University
April 13 – 15, 2026 | 9:00am to 10:00am, EST

The Economy 2.0

The CORE Econ Team

The New Global Economic Order

Edited By Lili Yan Ing, Dani Rodrik

Driving Change Podcast

Rumana Huque on the Real Costs of Bangladesh’s Tobacco Dependency

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IEA World Congress 2026

“Contrasting World Visions: Globalism v Nationalism, Multilateralism v Bilateralism, and Democracy v Autocracy.”
June 22-26, 2026
Belgrade, Serbia

Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE)

The IEA has embarked on a multi-year project focusing on enhancing the role of women in the global economics profession. We will undertake research in multiple countries focused on understanding and removing obstacles to women in the profession and engage in a variety of activities to amplify women economists’ voices in the global public sphere.
The initiative is led by Ashwini Deshpande, (Ashoka University) with María Inés Berniell (Universidad Nacional de la Plata and CEDLAS), Raquel Fernández (New York University), Dani Rodrik (Harvard University), and Fiona Tregenna (University of Johannesburg) as team members.

Forthcoming Events

Organized by the IEA

Lecture Series on International Macroeconomics

The International Economic Association is pleased to announce its initiative “IEA Lecture Series in Economics”. This initiative aligns with its mission to advance the dissemination of economic thought and knowledge worldwide while addressing contemporary global challenges in economics.

2026 RIDGE May Forum

Workshop on Political Economy
Public Economics
Inequality & Poverty
Labor
Health Economics Network
Impact Evaluation Network
Industrial Organization
Workshop on Historical Development
BRAIN
Gender and Household Economics
Migration Network

Announcement IEA World Congress 2026

“Contrasting World Visions: Globalism v Nationalism, Multilateralism v Bilateralism, and Democracy v Autocracy.”
June 22-26, 2026
Belgrade, Serbia

Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow Award 2025

The IEA is pleased to announce that the Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow Award 2025 has been given to:

IEA Fellow Award 2025

The IEA is pleased to announce that the IEA Fellow Award 2025 has been given to:

The New Global Economic Order

Edited By
Lili Yan Ing, Dani Rodrik

Announcement of winners

2025 ADB-IEA
Innovative Policy
Research Award

ERIA-IEA

High-Level Panel Meeting
New Global Economic Order
March 25, 2024

G20 Report “New Normal, New Technologies, New Financing”

BCDE2021 will be held on Thursday and Friday November 18th and 19th, 2021, at Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA), Bolivia.

Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE)

The IEA has embarked on a multi-year project focusing on enhancing the role of women in the global economics profession….

Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up is a podcast series by the IMF and IEA-WE, highlighting the impact of women economists in development. Turkish economist Ipek Ilkkaracan makes a compelling case for investing in social care infrastructure. Kenyan economist Rose Ngugi shares how her innovative indices help local governments design better policies. Colombian economist Marcela Eslava focuses on reforming Latin America’s dysfunctional social security system. Through these discussions, the series showcases the transformative power of women-led economic initiatives in addressing pressing global challenges.

IEA Lecture Series in Economics

This initiative aligns with the IEA´s mission to advance the dissemination of economic thought and knowledge worldwide while addressing contemporary global challenges in economics.

The programme consists of a series of three to four online lectures on a specific topic in economics. Lectures are delivered by experts in the relevant field. The programme is addressed at young scholars, post-graduate students and researchers who wish to deepen their knowledge of a specific topic.