The event is co-organized by the European University Institute, the International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA), and the GRAPE, proudly represented by Piotr Żoch. EUI has a strong commitment to Widening Horizons with Central and Eastern European partner. To widen the horizons in Macroeconomic Research, this conference brings together researchers working at the frontier of modern macroeconomics to exchange ideas, present new evidence, and discuss the evolving questions that shape the field. The conference offers a forum for work on fiscal and monetary policy, taxation, migration, innovation, financial markets, inequality, expectations, and the design of public institutions. With contributions from scholars representing universities, central banks, and international research networks, the event highlights the richness of contemporary macroeconomic research and its relevance for understanding economies in periods of structural change. By combining invited talks, contributed papers, and poster presentations, the conference is designed to encourage open discussion, constructive feedback, and new research connections. It aims to create a collegial space where different approaches meet, established insights are revisited, and new perspectives can help broaden the horizons of macroeconomic inquiry.
Submissions of abstracts (300 to 500 words) or full papers dealing with one of the conference topics, or with related issues such as corruption, social benefit fraud, and other illicit economic activities are welcome. Papers may be either theoretical or empirical, experimental, agent-based etc.
Giancarlo Corsetti is Pierre Werner Chair at the Robert Schuman Centre and Professor of Economics at the European University Institute. Previously, he was Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Cambridge, where he directed the Keynes Fund and the Cambridge-INET Institute. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a consultant at the European Central Bank, and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. His research focuses on international macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy, financial crises, exchange rates, and the design of policy institutions. His work has shaped the academic and policy debate on stabilization policy, macroeconomic interdependence, currency and financial crises, and the challenges of policy coordination in integrated economies.
Piotr Żoch is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, and a Research Associate at GRAPE. He is also Director of the International Centre for Economic Analysis. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. His main research interests are macroeconomics and monetary economics, in particular macroeconomic theory and macro-finance. His work studies the interaction between monetary policy, financial markets, firms, households, and aggregate dynamics, with an emphasis on how policy and market frictions shape macroeconomic outcomes.
Scientific Committee will award a prize for the best paper by a graduate student.