Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025
The explosive changes in our abilities to communicate over distances — spurred by the evolution of communication technologies coupled with increased capabilities of the internet and social media — have made social networks very salient.
Thus, it is perhaps more than coincidence that there has been a growth in network-related research that has accompanied the dramatic changes in the wiring of the world.
An important reason for studying networks is to understand how networks affect behaviour. People often form relationships because they wish to be connected to other individuals for economically relevant reasons like the benefits of collaboration, exchange, and sharing of information.
This symposium’s aim is to bring together researchers working on networks both from an empirical and theoretical perspective.
In the first two days, Prof Matt O. Jackson (Stanford University), Prof Sanjeev Goyal (Cambridge University), and Prof Yves Zenou (Monash University) will give an introductory course on networks spanning 12 hours.
They will cover different issues ranging from network formation and games on networks to the econometrics of networks and their applications.
The remaining days will be devoted to the presentations of researchers on all topics in the broader theme of networks in economics.
Key Dates
| Summer school | Applications open: 26 March 2025 | Starts: 10 September | Ends: 11 September |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Invitation only | Starts: 12 September | Ends: 13 September |
Summer School Lecturers
Professor Sanjeev Goyal, Cambridge University, UK
Prof Goyal is a pioneer and leading international scholar in the study of social and economic networks. His recent book, Networks: An Economics Approach was published by MIT Press in April 2023.
Prof Goyal is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Fellow of Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, and a Council Member of the Game Theory Society. He was the Founding Director of the Cambridge-INET Institute (renamed Janeway Institute) 2012–2014, and Chair of the Economics Faculty at Cambridge 2014–2018.
Professor Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University, USA
Prof Jackson is the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. He was at Northwestern University and Caltech before joining Stanford, receiving his BA from Princeton University in 1984 and PhD from Stanford in 1988.
Prof Jackson's research interests include game theory, microeconomic theory, and the study of social and economic networks, on which he has published many articles and the books The Human Network and Social and Economic Networks. He also teaches an online course on networks and co-teaches two others on game theory.
Prof Jackson is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Econometric Society, the Game Theory Society, and an Economic Theory Fellow.
His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, the von Neumann Award from Rajk Laszlo College, an honorary doctorate from Aix-Marseille University, the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize from the Toulouse School of Economics, the Slater Family Lecturer of the Year Prize from the Technion, the B.E.Press Arrow Prize for Senior Economists, the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance, and Management, and teaching awards. He has served on the editorial boards of Econometrica, Games and Economic Behavior, PNAS, the Review of Economic Design, and as the President of the Game Theory Society.
Professor Yves Zenou, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia
Prof Zenou is a professor of economics and has held the Richard Snape Chair in Business and Economics at Monash University since January 2016. Prof Zenou’s main research focus is in the field of network economics, especially games on networks. He has applied his research to crime, labor, development and other issues in economics. He is the author of Urban Labor Economics and Economic Analyses of Social Networks, and has published various research articles.
He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SAET Economic Theory Fellow, Fellow of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Fellow of the Regional Science Association International and received the 2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research at Monash University.
Programs
Summer school
Conference
Contact
If you have any questions, please email Professor Yves Zenou.
Event Details
- Date:
- 10 September 2025 at 9:00 am – 13 September 2025 at 5:00 pm
- Venue:
- Monash Conference Centre, 30 Collins St, Melbourne
- Categories:
- Alumni; Economics; General
Description
The explosive changes in our abilities to communicate over distances — spurred by the evolution of communication technologies coupled with increased capabilities of the internet and social media — have made social networks very salient.
Thus, it is perhaps more than coincidence that there has been a growth in network-related research that has accompanied the dramatic changes in the wiring of the world.
An important reason for studying networks is to understand how networks affect behaviour. People often form relationships because they wish to be connected to other individuals for economically relevant reasons like the benefits of collaboration, exchange, and sharing of information.
This symposium’s aim is to bring together researchers working on networks both from an empirical and theoretical perspective.
In the first two days, Prof Matt O. Jackson (Stanford University), Prof Sanjeev Goyal (Cambridge University), and Prof Yves Zenou (Monash University) will give an introductory course on networks spanning 12 hours.
They will cover different issues ranging from network formation and games on networks to the econometrics of networks and their applications.
The remaining days will be devoted to the presentations of researchers on all topics in the broader theme of networks in economics.
Key Dates
| Summer school | Applications open: 26 March 2025 | Starts: 10 September | Ends: 11 September |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Invitation only | Starts: 12 September | Ends: 13 September |
Summer School Lecturers
Professor Sanjeev Goyal, Cambridge University, UK
Prof Goyal is a pioneer and leading international scholar in the study of social and economic networks. His recent book, Networks: An Economics Approach was published by MIT Press in April 2023.
Prof Goyal is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Fellow of Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, and a Council Member of the Game Theory Society. He was the Founding Director of the Cambridge-INET Institute (renamed Janeway Institute) 2012–2014, and Chair of the Economics Faculty at Cambridge 2014–2018.
Professor Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University, USA
Prof Jackson is the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. He was at Northwestern University and Caltech before joining Stanford, receiving his BA from Princeton University in 1984 and PhD from Stanford in 1988.
Prof Jackson's research interests include game theory, microeconomic theory, and the study of social and economic networks, on which he has published many articles and the books The Human Network and Social and Economic Networks. He also teaches an online course on networks and co-teaches two others on game theory.
Prof Jackson is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Econometric Society, the Game Theory Society, and an Economic Theory Fellow.
His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, the von Neumann Award from Rajk Laszlo College, an honorary doctorate from Aix-Marseille University, the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize from the Toulouse School of Economics, the Slater Family Lecturer of the Year Prize from the Technion, the B.E.Press Arrow Prize for Senior Economists, the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance, and Management, and teaching awards. He has served on the editorial boards of Econometrica, Games and Economic Behavior, PNAS, the Review of Economic Design, and as the President of the Game Theory Society.
Professor Yves Zenou, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia
Prof Zenou is a professor of economics and has held the Richard Snape Chair in Business and Economics at Monash University since January 2016. Prof Zenou’s main research focus is in the field of network economics, especially games on networks. He has applied his research to crime, labor, development and other issues in economics. He is the author of Urban Labor Economics and Economic Analyses of Social Networks, and has published various research articles.
He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SAET Economic Theory Fellow, Fellow of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Fellow of the Regional Science Association International and received the 2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research at Monash University.
Programs
Summer school
Conference
Contact
If you have any questions, please email Professor Yves Zenou.