VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online seminar series, featuring invited speakers in the area of Development Economics. It was set up in the spring semester of 2020 as the VDEV seminar and is now organised jointly by the group of researchers below, CEPR and BREAD.
The seminars are held on Zoom and consist of a 45-minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. A moderator collects questions on the chat and selects a few of general interest to be asked to the speaker at reasonable intervals to keep the flow of the seminar. All participants are muted, and interactions with the speaker are through the chat with the moderator. In the Q&A portion the moderator opens the microphone up to those participants who have indicated they have a question in the chat with the moderator.
In order to join the webinar, please ensure that you register using the link below to receive the Zoom joining link.
Register on Zoom for the Spring 2026 programme
The Spring 2026 sessions of the Virtual Development Economics Series will take place virtually, bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 4PM CET / 3PM GMT / 10AM EST / 7AM PST, from Tuesday 3 March until 26 May 2026.
Organisers:
- Jenny Aker (Cornell University and BREAD)
- Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
- Garance Genicot (Georgetown University, BREAD and CEPR)
- Suanna Oh (Paris School of Economics, BREAD and CEPR)
- Nishith Prakash (Northeastern University and BREAD)
- Anthony Wambugu (University of Nairobi)
More Information: https://cepr.org/events/event-series/virtual-development-economics-series
