IWER

IWER Research Seminar Series

The MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research hosts a weekly Tuesday seminar during the academic year. One of the longest-running seminar series at MIT, it draws faculty and doctoral students from across the Institute and the wider academic community. Seminars are held on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 2:30 p.m; to learn more, see the schedule below or contact iwer@mit.edu for more information.

Attendees at a recent session of the IWER research seminar series

Credit: Kelly Davidson

Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) Spring 2026 Seminars

  • February 3, 2026

    NO SEMINAR

  • February 10, 2026

    "Future Manufacturing – Good Jobs and Workforce Needs"

    Panelists: 
    Ben Armstrong, MIT Industrial Performance Center
    Suzanne Berger , MIT Political Science
    Elisabeth Reynolds, MIT DUSP

    Moderator: Anna Stansbury, MIT Sloan School of Management 

    Join MIT IWER for a panel conversation with researchers across MIT discussing key questions about the future of US manufacturing: What jobs will this create, and what decisions—by policymakers or business leaders—are needed to make these "good" jobs? What skills are required, and how well can the current education and workforce system meet these needs?

  • February 17, 2026

    NO SEMINAR

  • February 24, 2026

    Anna Stansbury, MIT Sloan School of Management 

  • March 3, 2026

    Isabella Loaiza, MIT Sloan School of Management and Roberto Rigobon, MIT Sloan School of Management 

  • March 10, 2026

    Mabel Abraham, Columbia Business School

  • March 17, 2026

    NO SEMINAR

  • March 24, 2026

    NO SEMINAR

  • March 31, 2026

    Moksh Garg, MIT Sloan School of Management and Emilio J. Castilla, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • April 7, 2026

    Evan Starr, Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland

    *Jointly held with the Organizational Economics Seminar

  • April 14, 2026

     Adam Reich, Columbia University

  • April 21, 2026

    NO SEMINAR

  • April 28, 2026

    Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University

  • May 5, 2026

    Raffaella Sadun, Harvard Business School

    *Jointly held with the Organizational Economics Seminar- to be held during OE Session from: 2:30-4:00pm in E62-650

  • May 12, 2026

    Chelsea R. Lide, MIT Sloan School of Management 

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