TI Econometrics Lectures 2026
The Tinbergen Institute Lectures are an annual series of advanced PhD-level courses. Participation is also open to PhD students and external research master's students. The Econometrics Lectures are organized jointly with Econometric Institute Rotterdam and Princeton University Press.
Alberto Abadie will give the Tinbergen Institute Econometrics Lectures 2026. He is Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Date: May 26 (Workshop) May 27-28 (Lectures)
The title of the 2026 TI Econometrics Lectures is 'Synthetic Control and Design-Based Inference for Applied Research: From Key Concepts to Recent Advances'.
This short course introduces the core ideas behind synthetic control estimation and design-based inference, with a focus on practical tools for applied work. It outlines seven guiding principles that anchor credible inference in empirical studies using synthetic controls and shows how researchers implement these principles in real applications. The design-based inference component of the course takes on a perennial office-hours classic: when and how to cluster standard errors.
Registration
*A waitlist is now in operation for this event.*
Participation is free of charge for students enrolled in Tinbergen Institute's Research Master's programs in Economics and Business Data Science, as well as for Research Master's students, PhD students, and faculty from the affiliated schools (ESE-EUR, ASE-UvA, ABS-UvA and SBE-VU). Tuition fees apply for external participants:
External Research Master Students: €100
External (PhD) students and Faculty: €500
External/professional: €1000
Registration for the Research Workshop on Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation on May 26 is separate and will be organised by the Department of Econometrics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Credits and Assessment
If you wish to claim the credits for the TI Econometrics Lectures, you must attend all sessions, including the Research Workshop on May 26, and complete the assessment successfully. Participants who want to take the exam and earn credits will be registered in OSIRIS. Note that it is the student’s own responsibility to get these credits registered at a university other than Erasmus University.
Research Workshop on Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation (May 26, 2026)
On Tuesday, 26 May 2026 the Econometric Institute will organise a Research Workshop on Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation with Professor Alberto Abadie as keynote speaker.
Other confirmed presenters are Toru Kitagawa (Brown University), Mikkel Sølvsten (Aarhus University), Irene Botosaru (McMaster University), Florian Gunsilius (Emory University), Claudia Noack (University of Bonn). This workshop precedes the Tinbergen Econometrics Lectures 2026.
If you would like to participate in this workshop, please register via link. Deadline for registration is 26 April 2026.
Venue
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Campus Woudestein
Poster session open to PhD students and junior researchers
During the workshop, there will be a poster session open to PhD students and junior researchers. If you want to participate, please submit an extended abstract below. The deadline for poster submission is 26 April 2026.
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