Student News
Undergraduate Finance & Policy Trip to NYC
Co-sponsored by BCF and JRCPPF, 20 undergraduate students visited NYC for a finance and public policy trip.
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Read the latest department news, including faculty announcements, student achievements, and more.
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Faculty Writings
Karthik Sastry on Storytelling and Interpreting Economic Events
Recently published by the IMF, Karthik Sastry's research theorizes that "viral narratives could be the missing link between emotions and economic fluctuations."
Student News
Karina Li Awarded FitzRandolph Gate Showcase Award
Econ major Karina Li ('26) received the FitzRandolph Gate Showcase Award for her presentation at the annual Princeton Research Day awards ceremony.
Alumni News
Princeton Econ Ph.D. Alum Appointed Dean of Law at the University of Michigan Law School
Neel U. Sukhatme, Ph.D. alumnus of Princeton's Economics Department, has recently been appointed as the Dean of Law at the University of Michigan.
Faculty News
Princeton Economics Professor & Student Help Develop New Tool for Monitoring Supply Chain Disruptions
Princeton Professor Ernest Liu and Econ major Astor Lu are among a team of economists who developed a new tool for monitoring supply chain disruptions. This tool, the Blue Center Index of Critical Supply Chain Disruptions, launched on April 23, 2025.
Student News
Mark Walker awarded 2025 Avinash K. Dixit Prize in International Economics
The prize is awarded annually to third-year Princeton graduate students who have excelled in their early studies of international trade or international macroeconomics.
Faculty News
Markus Brunnermeier Delivers Keynote at SUERF Workshop
Markus Brunnermeier delivered the keynote address at the 2025 SUERF Bruegel Workshop.
Department Updates
Isaiah Andrews Delivers 2025 Uwe Reinhardt Distinguished Lecture
The Uwe Reinhardt Distinguished Lectureship was created to honor Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton’s James Madison Professor of Political Economy, professor of economics and public affairs.
Department Updates
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Delivers 2025 Graham Lecture
Each year, Princeton IES invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Graham Lecture.
Faculty News
Atif Mian Awarded R. K. Cho Economics Prize
The prize is awarded annually by Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea to academics in the field of economics who have contributed to the development of scholarship and education
Faculty News
Four new faculty members join the Economics Department for Spring 2025
From experts in labor economics to econometrics to microeconomic theory, learn more about each person and their areas of research.
Faculty News
Fedor Sandomirskiy, microeconomic theorist, joins Princeton Economics faculty
Sandomirskiy is affiliated with the Economics Department and the William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center.
Faculty News
Econometrician Kevin Dano joins Princeton Economics faculty
Dano is affiliated with the Economics Department and the Gregory C. Chow Econometric Research Program.
Faculty News
Labor economist Pauline Carry joins Princeton Economics faculty
Carry is affiliated with the Economics Department and the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a member of the Industrial Relations Section.
Faculty News
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, assistant professor of economics and public affairs, wins 2025 Sloan Award
Congratulations to 2025 Sloan Fellow, Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
Faculty News
Simon Jäger, economist who studies labor markets and inequality, joins Princeton Economics faculty
Jäger will be affiliated with the Economics Department and Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA).
Student News
Princeton’s 2024 College Fed Challenge Team Visits D.C.
On February 7, the Princeton College Fed Challenge Team visited the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.
Student News
2024 Program for Research on Inequality (PRI) research grants awarded to six Princeton students
Kaan Cankat, Federica Carannante, Agustín Barboza Da Rosa, Pablo Zarate, Renjie Bao, and Ranie Lin are the recipients this year's graduate research grants, awarded by PRI, to support new research on inequality.
Industrial Relations Section
Women in Industry: An Industrial Relations Exhibit
On exhibit now through June 2025, experience "Powering up the Workforce: Women in Industry during WWII," featuring research collected and developed by Helen Baker, the Industrial Relations Section's first librarian and Princeton's first female associate professor.
