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2026 Development and Political Economics PhD Student Conference (DevPEC)
An interdisciplinary SF Bay Area gathering of early-career scholars focused on the political economy of development
Sponsored by
Stanford King Center on Global Development
Berkeley Center for Economics and Politics (BCEP)
Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI)
Event Details:
Thursday, April 9, 2026 - Friday, April 10, 2026
Location
Gunn SIEPR Building
This event is open to:
Students
The Development and Political Economics PhD Student Conference (DevPEC) is a student-led event that has taken place since 2015 with the generous support of the Stanford King Center on Global Development, Berkeley Center for Economics and Politics (BCEP), and the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI). The conference brings together PhD candidates from different institutions working on topics related to development economics and political economy to present their work and receive feedback from other students as well as faculty.
This year’s edition took place on Stanford’s campus. The planning committee was composed of Stanford student Camila Blanes, and UC Berkeley students Sarah Danner, Igor Kolesnikov, Ziyi Liu, and Nick Shankar.
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