European Job Market Morning (EEA)
The workshop is open to candidates on the 2025/2026 job market and will cover the following topics:
- General overview about the stages of the job market & mental health
- How to put your job market package together (including how to write the intro of the JMP, securing good letters of recommendation; things to say and things to avoid on all letters submitted) and whether to prepare a video presentation
- Pitching your paper, advice on behaviour, things to say etc., during interviews and fly-outs
- Negotiating offers and contracts, what’s negotiable, etc. ... and exploding offers (what they are and how to handle them)
- Info on roles of economists in non-academic placements
There will be a networking event for candidates and recruiters - details will follow in June.
Crisis Preparedness for Europe: Financial and Payments Systems Facing New Risks
(panel organised by the ESM)
EEA Education Committee Workshop: Economics Teaching in World of AI - Embrace or Avoid?
Panelists: Anna Goeddeke (ESB Business School, Reutlingen University), Cloda Jenkins (Imperial Business School) and Constantin Bürgi (University College Dublin)
In this interactive workshop we will discuss how economists are currently responding to GenAI in their teaching and assessments across European universities and consider when it is appropriate to embrace the technology and when there is a need to redesign how we teach and assess to manage impacts for academic integrity. The discussion will be facilitated by three Committee members who will provide brief insights on their experiences responding to GenAI and share the results of a survey on how those attending Congress are responding. The attendees will be encouraged to engage in small group discussion activities, focused on how to identify an appropriate balance between embedding GenAI in economics teaching and attempting to avoid it. Learnings from the workshop will be shared through a blog post after the Congress.
Surveying the Culture: Women's Representation and Workplace Climate in Economics
Chair: Paula Bustos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Jose De Sousa (Universite Paris-Panthéon Assas and Sciences Po (LIEPP))
Panelists: Laura Hospido (Banco de España), Johanna Rickne (Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University), and Emmanuelle Taugourdeau (CREST, CNRS, IPParis)
We warmly invite you to join the Women in Economics (WinE) session, featuring three speakers presenting findings from recent professional climate surveys conducted across Europe. The session will examine the current state of inclusiveness, mentoring, harassment, and workplace culture in the economics profession, with particular attention to gender disparities. By quantifying the magnitude of these issues and identifying where they are most acute, the discussion will highlight the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain.
Central Banks in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Luis Garicano (London School of Economics)
Panelists: Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Banque de France), Alessandra Bonfiglioli (University of Bergamo), and Jon Danielsson (London School of Economics)
In recent years, there have been transformative advances in AI towards Artificial General Intelligence. It is expected that AI will alter fundamentally the basic structure of the global economy, by diminishing the role of labor while raising productivity. This process may significantly impact the value of education and human capital and ultimately economic growth, but it also raises concerns about job disruption and income inequality. While there is considerable uncertainty regarding the exact extent to which AI will affect the economy, it will likely have profound implications for monetary policy making. This is true both in terms of the technical frontiers that AI opens and in terms of the forthcoming adjustments in the economy at large. As an example of the former, Central Banks are already starting to use machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing tools in a range of tasks, from monitoring financial transactions to performing macroeconomic projections to maintaining financial stability. As an example of the latter, monetary policy makers have already started work on adjusting their macroeconomic models to account for the effect of AI adoption on the composition of labor, on labor market slack, and on the Phillips curve, among others. Speakers in the panel could touch upon topics related to how AI is expected to affect monetary policy transmission, financial stability, labor markets, and the rate of growth. They could also discuss the steps that Central Banks are already taking, or planning to take, in order to ensure that they reap the benefits of AI, both in terms of effective policy making and in terms of internal process reengineering.
Fragmentation of the World Economy: Analysis and Consequences
Chair: Hélène Rey (London Business School)
Panelists: Kalina Manova (University College London), Isabelle Méjean (SciencesPo) and Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford)
The world is experiencing growing fragmentation in international trade and finance, driven by rising geopolitical tensions, protectionist policies, weaponisation of currencies and strategic decoupling between United States and China with Europe left in a difficult situation. This trend is marked by the reshoring of supply chains, and increasing barriers to cross-border investment and technology transfer as well as a possible collapse of the global financial system. As countries prioritize economic security and political alignment over global integration, the multilateral system and the role of the dollar are being challenged, leading to a far less predictable global economic environment.