Speakers Series

The Government Effectiveness Working Group Speaker Series at ISPS is a new interdisciplinary initiative exploring political processes that shape policy outcomes and investigates how regulatory barriers, procedural obstacles, and institutional design choices constrain the capacity to build the housing, infrastructure, and investments that communities need.

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Fall 2026 Speaker Schedule

Date & Time	Speaker	Location
Sept. 17 12:10 PM	Zane Kashner Postodoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley	Yale Law School 127 Wall Street Room TBD (co-sponsored event with the YLS Law, Economics, and Organization Workshop)
Oct. 19 4:10 PM	Evan Soltas Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University	ISPS 77 Prospect Street Room A002 (co-sponsored event with the YLS Law, Economics, and Organization Workshop)
Nov. 9 4:10 PM	Jacob Anbinder Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University “Neither Hypocrite nor ‘Homevoter’: The Ideological Origins of the Liberal NIMBY”	ISPS 77 Prospect Street Room A002
Nov. 16 4:10 PM	Laura Weiwu Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley	ISPS 77 Prospect Street Room A002 (co-sponsored by the Economic History Workshop)

Date & Time

Speaker

Location

Sept. 17

12:10 PM

Zane Kashner

Postodoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

Yale Law School

127 Wall Street

Room TBD

(co-sponsored event with the YLS Law, Economics, and Organization Workshop)

Oct. 19