Seminars
Concordia regularly hosts research seminars showcasing cutting-edge work by economists and scholars from around the world.
These events are open to faculty, graduate students, and researchers from Concordia and universities across Montreal and beyond, fostering a vibrant and collaborative research community.
The information on this page is updated every Monday.
Please verify the information prior to coming on campus for an event, as times or location might change.
Upcoming seminars
Friday, October 10, 2025, 10 a.m.
Economics Graduate Seminar Series
- Israa Hashem: Transmission of Educational Outcomes: A comparison between immigrant and native families in Canada
- Abdullah Alolayan: The Effect of market concentration on the price and quality in nursing home
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Christian Sigouin
Friday, October 10, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
Concordia Economics seminar
Shih En Lu (Simon Fraser University)
Credible Rules for Self-Restraint under Present Bias (with David Freeman)
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Ming Li
Friday, October 17, 2025, 10 a.m.
Economics Graduate Seminar Series
- Xi Yang: Optimal Group Decision Rules: Tradeoffs Between Incentive Compatibility and Efficiency
- Yuxing Liang: Progressive Choice Mechanisms in School Choice Problem
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Christian Sigouin
Friday, October 24, 2025, 10 a.m.
Economics Graduate Seminar Series
- Jared Buck: Retirement Portfolio Decisions
- Rajrupa Saha: Fair allocation of pollution permit: An axiomatic analysis
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Christian Sigouin
Friday, October 24, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Concordia Applied Economics seminar
Claire Boone (McGill University)
The Importance of Preventive Medical Care for Managing Chronic Disease
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Gabrielle Vasey
Friday, October 31, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Virtual Seminars in Information Economics and Experiments
Alex Ballyk (New York University)
Title TBA
Location: virtual, please contact one of the meeting co-hosts to register
Meeting co-hosts: Ming Li and Huan Xie
Friday, November 7, 2025, 10 a.m.
Economics Graduate Seminar Series
- Bidhan Chandra Shaha: Impact of Family Dynamics on Children Skill Development
- Bilguun Sukhbaatar: A Multi-Sector Search and Matching Model with Roy-Type Self-Selection
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Christian Sigouin
Friday, November 14, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Virtual Seminars in Information Economics and Experiments
Takuro Yamashita (The University of Osaka)
Title TBA
Location: virtual, please contact one of the meeting co-hosts to register
Meeting co-hosts: Ming Li and Huan Xie
Friday, November 14, 2025, 10 a.m.
Economics Graduate Seminar Series
- Oyu-Erdene Buyandelger: Understanding the Mechanism of the Future to Discover Project
- Dareen Fayyad: Impact of Economic Empowerment on Religious Practices in MENA region
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Christian Sigouin
Friday, November 21, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Concordia Economics seminar
Yishu Zeng (York University)
Title TBA
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Ming Li
Friday, November 28, 2025, 10 a.m.
Economics Graduate Seminar Series
- Zahraa Arkahdan: The Impact of University Quality on Earnings
- Xiao Zhang: Delegation and endowment heterogeneity in a threshold public goods game
Location: H-1145, 1455 De Maisonneuve W, 11th floor
Meeting host: Christian Sigouin
Friday, December 5, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Virtual Seminars in Information Economics and Experiments
David Rahman (University of Minnesota)
Title TBA
Location: virtual, please contact one of the meeting co-hosts to register
Meeting co-hosts: Ming Li and Huan Xie
