2025 Summer School in Urban Economics
at Tufts University Economics Department
July 21 – 23, 2025
Medford, MA, United States
Objective
The UEA Summer School is designed for PhD students with an interest in urban economics, including housing, real estate, transportation, local public good provision, the spatial distribution of activities, economic geography, and urban or regional policy. The objective of the summer school is to offer an intensive training program for interested PhD students. The summer school will provide an opportunity for students to learn about the research frontier in urban economics, discuss their own research with leading researchers in the field in a relaxed and open atmosphere, and meet some of the future stars in the field.
Program
Faculty
- Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Toronto)
- Daniel Greenwald (NYU Stern)
- Jesse Gregory (Wisconsin)
- Melanie Morten (Stanford)
- Alvin Murphy (Arizona State)
- Allison Shertzer (FRB Philadelphia)
Organization
The summer school will run for three days. We expect to invite between 50 and 60 students, and we will invite twelve students to present their work. We expect that each day there will be two lectures by faculty, four student presentations, and an opportunity for students who are not presenting their papers to talk to the faculty about their projects.
Participants
We invite applications from PhD students in their second year or beyond. Places in the school are limited by space constraints. Students may only attend the annual summer school once during their graduate studies. This is an in-person event. Participants are expected to attend all three days in full.
Venue
Tufts University
Joyce Cummings Center
177 College Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Application Procedure
The application deadline has passed.
Registration Fee and Financial Support
The registration fee is $350. This covers coffee breaks, working lunches, and at least one evening event. We have provisionally booked a set of rooms on campus that will be available for around $100 per night. You are responsible for making your own travel arrangements. We have a small pool of funds available to help students who need financial support. If you would like to apply for such support, please outline your case in your application letter in a separate section titled "Financial Support Request". We strongly encourage students to first investigate travel funding made available by their own universities. We do not anticipate offering financial assistance to students attending top US or European programs except under extraordinary circumstances.
Deadline
Application decisions have been announced.
Housing
Participants can register for on-campus housing in the Commuting Housing buildings. Each building has single rooms with 1-2 bathrooms, kitchen, and common area. Please register for housing through the registration portal.
Scientific Committee
Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Toronto), Daniel Greenwald (NYU Stern), Jesse Gregory (Wisconsin), Melanie Morten (Stanford), Alvin Murphy (Arizona State), Allison Shertzer (FRB Philadelphia).
Local organizers
Adam Storeygard and Jeff Zabel (Tufts University).