UCHICAGO TO CONVENE 6TH SCIENCE OF PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE CONFERENCE (2019)

PUBLISHED ON MAR 25, 2019

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce the sixth Science of Philanthropy Initiative (AFE2019) conference returns to the University of Chicago on September 11-12. This year's keynote speakers will be James Andreoni, University of California at San Diego, John Glier, Gretzenbach, Glier and Associates, and Abigail Marsh, Georgetown University. The Science of Philanthropy Initiative (SPI2019) and Advances with Field Experiments (AFE2019) conferences will convene sequentially this year, on September 11-12 and September 12-13, respectively, with Prof. James Andreoni presenting a shared keynote talk on September 12.

The conference is presented in partnership with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the Hartsook Companies. SPI is an initiative started by John List, Michael Price and Anya Samek in 2012 to encourage experimental (field and lab) research on charitable giving. In addition to providing an avenue for research discussions, another aim of the conference is to bring together researchers studying charitable giving with practitioners in the field of philanthropy. This year's organizers are Luigi Butera, Copenhagen Business School; Christopher Clapp, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago; Sara Konrath, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; John List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago; Amir Pasic, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; Rich Steinberg, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; and Mark Wilhelm, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Interested in presenting your research at SPI2019? Please complete and submit the SPI 2019 Presenter Application Form online by June 30, 2019. Learn more at https://economics.uchicago.edu/content/spi-conference-2019