Visiting Scholars and External Affiliate Faculty
ICES welcomes Visiting Scholars from around the world to collaborate with our faculty and students. Interested scholars should reach out to one of our center's faculty for collaboration.
Visiting Scholars are appointed as Affiliate Faculty. This appointment is for the purpose of professional affiliation only. Appointments are for a maximum of one year, with possible renewals. If needed, GMU can assist Visiting Scholars to obtain a visa through our J-1 Exchange Visitor Program.
Fall 2025
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Director of Research, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- Tingting Ding, Assistant Professor, James Madison University
- Marta Korczak, Doctoral Student, European University Institute
- Tiffany Kreutschy, Doctoral Student, University of Lausanne
- Shuwen Li, Assistant Professor, Institute for Markets and Strategy at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
- Jia Liu, Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University
- Hao Luo, Doctoral Student, University of Goettingen
- Marco Schwarz, Post-doc, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
- Jianxin Wang, Associate Professor, School of Business at Central South University
Spring 2025
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Director of Research, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- Iker Arregui Alegria, Doctoral Student, Lund University School of Economics and Management
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- "Claire" Jingqiu Chen, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Tingting Ding, Assistant Professor, James Madison University
- Marta Korczak, Doctoral Student, European University Institute
- Tiffany Kreutschy, Doctoral Student, University of Lausanne
- Shuwen Li, Assistant Professor, Institute for Markets and Strategy at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
- Jia Liu, Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University
- Hao Luo, Doctoral Student, University of Goettingen
- Marco Schwarz, Post-doc, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
- Peter Troyan, Associate Professor, University of Virginia
- Jianxin Wang, Associate Professor, School of Business at Central South University
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Director of Research, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- Iker Arregui Alegria, Doctoral Student, Lund University School of Economics and Management
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Tingting Ding, Assistant Professor, James Madison University
- Tiffany Kreutschy, Doctoral Student, University of Lausanne
- Shuwen Li, Assistant Professor, Institute for Markets and Strategy at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
- Mariano Moszoro, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund
- Jianxin Wang, Associate Professor, School of Business at Central South University
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Mariano Moszoro, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- "Claire" Jingqiu Chen, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Mariano Moszoro, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund
- Marco Schwarz, Post-doc, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Marco Schwarz, Post-doc, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
- Diego Aycinena, Associate Professor, Universidad del Rosario, Columbia
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Mohammad Atari, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University
- Diego Aycinena, Associate Professor, Universidad del Rosario, Columbia
- Jan Kruegel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
- Diego Aycinena, Associate Professor, Universidad del Rosario, Columbia
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Caroline Graf, PhD Student, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Joachim Winter, Professor of Economics, University of Munich, Germany
- Diego Aycinena, Associate Professor, Universidad del Rosario
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Caroline Graf, PhD Student, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Naila Sebastian Esandi, Student, CFIS (Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)-BarcelonaTECH
- Diego Aycinena, Associate Professor, Universidad del Rosario
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Naila Sebastian Esandi, Student, CFIS (Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)-BarcelonaTECH
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Lu He, PhD Student, Central South University
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Haoli Zheng, Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
- Rui Zhu, Lecturer, Changsha University of Science & Technology
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Mikhail Freer, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Essex
- Lu He, PhD Student, Central South University
- Mark Huggett, Professor of Economics, Georgetown University
- Bryant Hyuncheol Kim, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Haoli Zheng, Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
- Rui Zhu, Lecturer, Changsha University of Science & Technology
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Mei Gao, PhD Student, Zhejiang University
- Lu He, PhD Student, Central South University
- Sheng Hu, Associate Professor, Central South University
- Marian Moszoro, Inter-American Development Bank
- Haoli Zheng, Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
- Rui Zhu, Lecturer, Changsha University of Science & Technology
- Mei Gao, PhD Student, Zhejiang University
- Lu He, PhD Student, Central South University
- Sheng Hu, Associate Professor, Central South University
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Gonzalo Castaneda, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
- Yingxin Du, Assistant Professor, University of International Business and Economics
- Mei Gao, PhD Student, Zhejiang University
- Dalila Lindov, PhD Student, University of Konstanz
- Lu He, PhD Student, Central South University
- Sheng Hu, Associate Professor, Central South University
- Zhilin Liu, Henan University
- Amma Panin, World Bank
- Ibrahima Sarr, PhD Student, Universite Laval
- Joy Buchanan, Assistant Professor, Samford University
- Gonzalo Castaneda, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
- Yingxin Du, Assistant Professor, University of International Business and Economics
- Mei Gao, PhD Student, Zhejiang University
- Lu He, PhD Student, Central South University
- Sheng Hu, Associate Professor, Central South University
- Hanna Kociemska, Assistant Professor, University of Economics in Wroclaw
- Zhilin Liu, Henan University
- Daniel Gerszon Mahler, PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Program Director for International and Geo-Political Studies, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- David Austen-Smith, Professor, Northwestern University
- Daniel Gerszon Mahler, PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
- Siyu Wang, Behavioral Economist,Ford Motor Company
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- David Austen-Smith, Professor, Northwestern University
- Daniel Gerszon Mahler, PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
- Shiyan Zhai, Assistant Professor, Henan University
- Anne Boring, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Daniel Gerszon Mahler, PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
- Shiyan Zhai, Assistant Professor, Henan University
- David Austen-Smith, Professor, Northwestern University
- Luigi Butera, Post Doc Fellow, University of Chicago
- Michael Kurschilgen, Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
- Daniel Gerszon Mahler, PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
- Isabel Marcin, Research Associate, University of Heidelberg
- Johanna Mollerstrom, Professor, Humboldt University
- Siyu Wang, Behavioral Economist, Ford Motor Company
- Alexander Vostroknutov, Research Fellow, University of Trento
- Hui Xu, Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University
- Shiyan Zhai, Assistant Professor, Henan University
- David Austen-Smith, Professor, Northwestern University
- Luigi Butera, Post Doc Fellow, University of Chicago
- C. Monica Capra, Professor, Claremont Graduate University
- Youzhen Chen, Associate Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
- Seung (Ginny) Choi, Assistant Professor, Saint Vincent College
- Danila Serra, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University
- Jianxin Wang, Assistant Professor, Central South University
- Hui Xu, Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University
- Shiyan Zhai, Assistant Professor, Henan University
- Wei Bao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Marco Castillo, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
- Ragan Petrie, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
- Remi Suchon, PhD Student, University of Lyon
- Hui Xu, Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University
- Xiaokun Zhou, Associate Professor, Chongqing University
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Program Director for International and Geo-Political Studies, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- David Austen-Smith, Professor, Northwestern University
- Wei Bao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Jingnan Chen, Lecturer, University of Exeter
- Ahrash Dianat, Post Doc Fellow, California Institute of Technology
- Remi Suchon, PhD Student, University of Lyon
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- Hui Xu, Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University
- Xiaokun Zhou, Associate Professor, Chongqing University
- Wei Bao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Luigi Butera, Post Doc Fellow, University of Chicago
- Traci Mach, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Board
- Xiaokun Zhou, Associate Professor, Chongqing University
- Luigi Butera, Post Doc Fellow, University of Chicago
- Elman Eminov, Head Economist, Pasha Bank
- Traci Mach, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Board
- Carmit Segal, Professor, University of Zurich
- Wei Bao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Luigi Butera, Post Doc Fellow, University of Chicago
- Elman Eminov, Head Economist, Pasha Bank
- Marian Moszoro, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
- Chuanyu Peng, Associate Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
- Yulei Rao, Professor, Central South University
- Dmitry Taubinsky, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Jeroen van de Ven, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
- Marie Claire Villeval, Professor, University of Lyon
- Wei Bao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Manaswini Bhalla, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- Luigi Butera, Post Doc Fellow, University of Chicago
- Anna Minasyan, PhD Student, University of Gottingen
- Chuanyu Peng, Associate Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
- Anya Samek, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Carmit Segal, Assistant Professor, University of Zurich
- Youcong Chao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Eugen Dimant, Research Assistant, University of Paderborn
- Seda Ertac, Assistant Professor, Koc University
- Marian Moszoro, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
- Xiaofei Pan, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Senior Fellow, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- Youcong Chao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Eugen Dimant, Research Assistant, University of Paderborn
- David Hedengren, JPMorgan Chase
- Lei Gousheng, Associate Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
- Greg Leo, PhD Student, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Nicola Maaser, Visiting Lecturer, University of Bayreuth
- Xiaofei Pan, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Tang Zhihong, Associate Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Omar Al-Ubaydli, Senior Fellow, Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies
- Mariana Blanco, Assistant Professor, Universidad del Rosario
- Youcong Chao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Li Hao, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
- Greg Leo, PhD Student, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Xiaofei Pan, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Mariana Blanco, Assistant Professor, Universidad del Rosario
- Youcong Chao, PhD Student, Central South University
- Jinmei Chen, Professor, Liaoning University
- John Ifcher, Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University
- Greg Leo, PhD Student, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jaimie Lien, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
- Xiaofei Pan, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Homa Zarghamee, Assistant Professor, Barnard College
- Jon Behar, A Path That’s Clear
- Jinmei Chen, Professor, Liaoning University
- T. Clark Durant, McKinsey & Company
- Thony Gillies, Associate Professor, Rutgers University
- Li Hao, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- Chew Soo Hong, Professor, National University of Singapore
- Nicola Maaser, Visiting Lecturer, University of Bremen
- Xiaofei Pan, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Mary Rigdon, Assistant Research Professor, Rutgers University
- Ozge Savascin, Fannie Mae
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Michael Weintraub, PhD Student, Georgetown University
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- Liu Yulin, Professor and Vice Dean, Chongqing University
- Sheheryar Banuri, Researcher, World Bank
- Kirill Bukin, Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia)
- Jinmei Chen, Professor, Liaoning University
- Laura Katherine Gee, PhD Student, University of California, San Diego
- Thony Gillies, Associate Professor, Rutgers University
- Li Hao, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- Chew Soo Hong, Professor, National University of Singapore
- Alex Imas, PhD Student, University of California, San Diego
- Daniel Martin, PhD Student, New York University
- Xiaofei Pan, Post Doc Fellow, Harvard University
- Mary Rigdon, Assistant Research Professor, Rutgers University
- Benjamin Roth, PhD Student, Behavioral Finance and Contract Theory, University of Heidelberg
- Fangfang Tan, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Liu Yulin, Professor and Vice Dean, Chongqing University
- Enrique Fatas, Professor, University of East Anglia
- Chew Soo Hong, Professor, National University of Singapore
- Qiyan Ong, PhD Student, Nanyang Technological University
- Xiandong Qin, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Naomi Feldman, Economist, Federal Reserve Board
- Charles Karelis
- David Ong, Assistant Professor, Peking University
- Panu Poutvaara, Professor, University of Munich
- Justin Rao, Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
- Agnieszka Tymula, Post-Doctoral Scholar, New York University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Jasmina Arifovic, Professor, Simon Fraser University
- Michael Callen, PhD Student, University of California, San Diego
- Enrique Fatas, Professor, University of East Anglia
- Alexander Funcke, PhD Student, Stockholm University
- Qiyan Ong, PhD Student, Nanyang Technological University
- Tanya Rosenblatt, Associate Professor, Iowa State University
- Anya Savikhin, Post-Doc, University of Chicago
- Jason Shachat, Professor, Xiamen University
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- Alexander Funcke, PhD Student, Stockholm University
- Li Hao, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- Xiangdong Qin, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- Elias Khalil, Associate Professor, Monash University
- Sherry Li, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
- Enrique Fatas, Professor, University of East Anglia
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Senior Research Scholar, George Mason University
- Elizabeth Bugelmayer, PhD Student, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
- Stefan Vetter, Research Associate, University of Munich
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Research Scholar, George Mason University
- Hernan Bejarano, PhD Student, Pennsylvania State University
- Mark Bernhard, PhD Student, Stockholm School of Economics and New York University
- Luigi Butera, PhD Student, University of Lyon and CNRS
- Greg Leo, PhD Student, University of California-Santa Barbara
- Justin Rao, Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Research Scholar, George Mason University
- Elizabeth Bugelmayer, PhD Student, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
- David Butler, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
- Elias Kahlil, Professor, Monash University
- Sven Neelsen, PhD Student, University of Munich, Germany
- John Toohy, Professor, RMI University, Australia
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Research Scholar, George Mason University
- Alex Mislin, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Buffalo
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Research Scholar, George Mason University
- Elias Khalil, Professor, Monash University
- Xiaolan Yang, Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University, China
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Research Scholar, George Mason University
- Marco Castillo, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Robert Gazzale, Assistant Professor, Williams College
- Ragan Petrie, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
- Joachim Winter, Professor, University of Munich
- Eskil Ullberg, Visiting Research Scholar, George Mason University