Share work in progress
Texas A&M faculty and graduate students present active research and receive thoughtful, constructive feedback.
Political Economy Community
Political economy,across disciplines.
- Weekly meetings
- Thursdays · 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Usually Allen 3125; see the schedule below
About IPEC
IPEC is an interdisciplinary forum for Texas A&M faculty and graduate students who study political economy, broadly defined. There is room here for work in progress, visiting speakers, and reading and discussion.
Welcome visiting scholars
The seminar series brings external speakers to campus to share cutting-edge work with the Texas A&M community.
Read and think together
Reading-group meetings create space to actively engage with new political economy research, working papers, and debates.
Co-organizers
IPEC is independently organized by faculty at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service.
- William Roberts Clark John H. Lindsey ’44 Chair,Bush School of Government and Public ServiceProfessor of Political Science
- Thomas Flaherty Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political Science
- Ben Helms Assistant ProfessorDepartment of International Affairs
- Jake Jares Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political Science
21talks since Fall 2025
9visiting speakers
8visiting institutions
This semester
Fall 2026
Works in progress, a visiting speaker, practice job talks, and the Five-Minute Fiesta make up this semester’s slate.
Community
- Time
- 12:30–1:30 p.m.
- Location
- Allen 3125
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- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Allen 3125
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Five-Minute Fiesta
A rapid round of short presentations from the IPEC community
- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Allen 3125
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Anil Menon
UC Merced
- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- TBD
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Jiyeong Jeon
Practice job talk
- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Allen 3125
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- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- TBD
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Chen Shen
Practice job talk
- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Allen 3125
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Kyle Chun Chiang
Practice job talk
- Time
- 12:30–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Allen 3125
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Details Recent program
Spring 2026
Twelve conversations spanning trade, conflict, development, institutions, inequality, and political behavior.
Cody Tuttle
The University of Texas at Austin
A Different World: Enduring Effects of School Desegregation on Ideology and Attitudes
In Song Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Political Origins of Rules of Origin
Matt Malis
Texas A&M University · Political Science
Collusion Among Adversaries
Martin Castillo Quintana
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
When Criminal Authority Fractures: Violence, Extortion, and the Consequences of Fragmentation in Ecuador's Drug Trade
Peter Buisseret
Harvard University
Inequality, Polarization, and Culture Wars
Beth Simmons
University of Pennsylvania
Crafting the Neoliberal Border: Infrastructure, Migration, and Transborder Trade
Michael Denly
Texas A&M University · International Affairs
Inaccessibility and Compliance: Geography, Institutions, and Agency in Foreign Aid
Nicholas Ray
Texas A&M University · Political Science
Has There Been a Failure to Compensate the Losers From Free Trade?
José Morales-Arilla
Tecnológico de Monterrey
From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority: Rethinking the Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela
Rachel Wellhausen
The University of Texas at Austin
Naming, Praising, and Shaming Firms: Online Activism and the Russo-Ukrainian War
Ben Helms
Texas A&M University · International Affairs
Global Economic Integration and the Political Economy of Education Provision
Jake Jares
Texas A&M University · Political Science
Political Premiums: Economic Risk and Collective Action among American Farmers
Earlier program
Fall 2025
Pablo Pinto
University of Houston · Hobby School of Public Affairs
Heterogeneous Districts, Interests, and Trade Policy
ViewMatt Malis
Texas A&M University · Political Science