2025 World Congress, Seoul, Korea
August 18 - 22, 2025
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC-2025)
August 18-22, 2025
COEX, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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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 Committee Co-Chairs Rachel Griffith (Lead Chair), University of Manchester; Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Co-Chair), University of California, Berkeley; Michihiro Kandori (Co-Chair), University of Tokyo; and Francesca Molinari (Co-Chair), Cornell University. The Local Organizing Co-Chairs are Yoon-Jae Whang and Jinwoo Kim from Seoul National University.
Important dates
Submissions open: November 15, 2024
Submission close: January 31, 2025
Decision Notification: March 31, 2025
Registration Period (for presenters): March 31, 2025 – April 21, 2025
Preliminary Program Announcement: May 31, 2025
Conference website - www.eswc2025.org
Financial Aid
The Econometric Society and the Korean Economic Association have established a fund to provide financial assistance for participants from low income regions, low income institutions, or those who do not have access to travel funds. You can apply when you submit a paper.
Keynote Speakers
Larry Samuelson
Yale University
Econometric Society President’s Address
Itzhak Gilboa
HEC and Reichman University
Walras-Bowley Lecture
Magne Mogstad
University of Chicago
Fisher-Schultz Lecture
Silvana Tenreyro
London School of Economics and Political Science
Cowles Lecture
Hidehiko Ichimura
University of Arizona
Frisch Memorial Lecture
Lunchtime Sessions
In conversation with James Robinson - Tuesday, August 19, 2025
James Robinson
University of Chicago
Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia
Geoeconomics - Wednesday, Aug 20th, 2025
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
University of Pennsylvania
Matteo Maggiori
Stanford University
The Current State of Central Bank Digital Currency - Thursday, Aug 21st, 2025
David Andolfatto
University of Miami
Matteo Maggiori
Stanford University
Hyun Song Shin
Bank of International Settlements
Silvana Tenreyro
London School of Economics
Local Organizing Co-Chairs
Yoon-Jae Whang
Seoul National University
Jinwoo Kim
Seoul National University
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