Thursday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Welcome
Megan MacGarvie and Reinhilde Veugelers
Session 1: Incentives, Funding and the Direction of Research
9:10 am

Tenure and Research Trajectories

Giorgio Tripodi, Northwestern University
Xiang Zheng, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Yifan Qian, Northwestern University
Dakota Murray, Northeastern University
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
Chaoqun Ni, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dashun Wang, Northwestern University

Discussant:
TBA
9:50 am

Government Funding and the Direction of Academic Energy Research

David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER
Daniel Acuna, University of Colorado Boulder
Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Lizhen Liang, Syracuse University

Discussant:
TBA
10:30 am
Break
Session 2: AI, Resources and Science
10:50 am

Innovative Collaboration: Generalists, Specialists and Teams

Lena Greska, University of Munich

Discussant:
TBA
11:30 am

Innovation Under Resource Constraints: Supercomputing in Scientific Research

Justine Boudou, Harvard University
John McKeon, Boston University

Discussant:
TBA
12:10 pm

Does Training in AI Affect PhD Students’ Careers? Evidence from France

Pierre Boutros, Universite Cote d'Azur
Eliana Diodati, University of Turin
Michele Pezzoni, Université Côte d'Azur
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University

Discussant:
TBA
12:50 pm
Lunch
Session 3: Evaluating Projects
1:50 pm

Learning by Evaluating: Evidence from Academic Peer Review

Charles Ayoubi, ESSEC Business School
James M. Zumel Dumlao, University of Michigan
Misha Teplitskiy, University of Michigan

Discussant:
TBA
2:30 pm

Greenlighting Innovative Projects: How Evaluation Format Shapes the Perceived Feasibility of Early-Stage Ideas

Jacqueline Lane, Harvard University
Simon Friis, Harvard University
Tianxi Cai, Harvard University
Michael E. Menietti, Nasa Tournament Laboratory
Griffin Weber, Harvard University
Eva C. Guinan, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Discussant:
TBA
3:10 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion on The Structure of Public Funding for Academic Science
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Longfellow A
Friday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Session 4: Gender
9:00 am

Better Together? Faculty, Gender Match, and Credit in Science

Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Aiday Sikhova, The Ohio State University
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER

Discussant:
TBA
9:40 am

Gender Differences in the Response to Incentives: Evidence from Academia

Erina Ytsma, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
TBA
10:20 am
Break
10 minute presentations on Mobility
10:40 am

A Stress Test of the United States’ Knowledge Supply Chain

Christopher Esposito, University of California, Los Angeles
10:50 am

Research Mobility and Local Problem Solving

Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Gauri Subramani, Lehigh University
11:00 am

Gold Plated Handcuffs? Moves, Exits and Retirements from Research-Intensive Universities

Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Iowa State University and NBER
11:10 am

The Impact of Mobility Grants on Researchers

Stefano Baruffaldi, Politecnico di Milano
Pietro Santoleri, European Commission
Eugenia Shevtsova, European Commission
11:20 am

Expanding Horizons: The Impact of Post-Doctoral Mobility Grants on Research Diversification

Yagmur Yildiz, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Diego Chavarro, Maastricht University
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University
Tommaso Ciarli, University of Sussex
11:30 am
Break
11:50 am
Panel Discussion on Researcher Mobility
12:50 pm
Lunch and Adjourn