MINNEAPOLIS FED WELCOMES 20262027 CLASS OF INSTITUTE VISITING SCHOLARS

The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis:

This is the 10th cohort of researchers hosted by the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute

Minneapolis, June 3, 2026

The Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Instituteannounced the visiting scholars selected to conduct research while in residence at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for 20262027.

Institute visiting scholars will research questions that address how to increase economic opportunity for all Americans and how opportunity and inclusion work in America today. These scholars include award winners, full professors, new Ph.D.s, and midcareer economists who bring with them a variety of research interests and technical expertise as well as a broad range of experiences.

Visiting scholars are central to the vibrancy of the Institute, said Andrew Goodman-Bacon, a principal research economist at the Institute who helped lead the search for visitors. We trade in ideas, and our visiting scholars come to share new ideas as well as to generate them.

In addition to the Visiting Scholar program, the Institute hosts an annual research conference for academic and policy experts from across the country to discuss leading-edge research related to the Institutes mission. The 2026 event will take place October 8.

Since 2017, the Institute has hosted a total of 172 visiting scholarsin nine cohorts. The following scholars make up the Institutes 10th cohort.

20262027 visiting scholars

Titan Alon, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego

Isaiah Andrews, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paula Donaldson, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University

Andres Drenik, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin

Maryam Farboodi, Jon D. Gruber Career Development Associate Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management

Ana Paula Franco, Assistant Professor, University of Manchester

Kyle Greenberg, Associate Professor of Economics, United States Military Academy at West Point

Ingrid Haegele, Associate Professor of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

Peter Hull, Professor of Economics, Brown University

Elena Pellegrini, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam

Xavier Ragot, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po

Amalia Repele, Assistant Professor of Economics, Institute for International Economic Studies

Bradley Setzler, Strumpf Early Career Associate Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

Oscar Volpe, Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Emma Wiles, Isabel Anderson Career Development Professor, Boston University Questrom School of Business

Francis Wong, Associate Professor of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

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