Growth Academy

First Week Speaker List

• Philippe Aghion, Kurt Björklund Professor in Innovation and Growth, INSEAD, London School of Economics and
  College de France
• Ufuk Akcigit, Co-Director, Growth Academy; Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics, University of Chicago (on
  leave); Deputy Chief Economist and Director of Private Markets, World Bank Group
• Emanuele Colonnelli, Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Booth School of Business,
  University of Chicago
• James Evans, Max Palevsky Professor; Faculty Co-Director, Chicago Center for Computational Social Science; Faculty Director, Masters Program in Computational Social Science; Director, Knowledge Lab, University of Chicago
• James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development, University of Chicago
• Ben Jones, Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Furkan Kilic, Postdoctoral Scholar, Growth Academy, University of Chicago
• Michael Kremer, University Professor in Economics and the College and the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Director, Development Innovation Lab; Director, Development Economics Center
• Somik Lall, Co-Director, Growth Academy; Director, Strategy and WBG Institute for Economic Development,
  Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank Group
• Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School; Co-Director, HBS Private Capital Project
• John List, Director of the Becker Friedman Institute, Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, University of Chicago
• Samir Mayekar, Managing Director of Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago
• Takaaki Nomoto, Director for Multilateral Development Banks Division, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan
• Leonard Wantchekon, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Fabrizio Zilibotti, Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics, Yale University

Second Week Speaker List

• Ufuk Akcigit, Co-Director, Growth Academy; Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics, University of Chicago (on
  leave); Deputy Chief Economist and Director of Private Markets, World Bank Group
• Alessandro Barattieri, Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist for East Asia and Pacific, World Bank Group
• Andrew Dabalen, Chief Economist for the Africa Region, World Bank Group
• Indermit Gill, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, the World Bank Group
• Peter Henry, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution & Dean Emeritus, New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of
  Business
• Ivailo Izvorski, Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank Group
• Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist and Director of the Prospects Group, World Bank Group
• Somik Lall, Co-Director, Growth Academy; Director, Strategy and WBG Institute for Economic Development,
  Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank Group
• William F. Maloney, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group
• Gaurav Nayyar, Director, World Development Report 2026, World Bank Group
• Caglar Ozden, Deputy Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa, World Bank Group
• Tristan Reed, Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
• Siddharth Sharma, Lead Economist, Office of the Chief Economist for South Asia, World Bank Group