EGAP 31: Durham, May 2026
Date: May 14-16
Host: Edmund Malesky, Duke University
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA
Themes: (1) Climate Governance; (2) Open

EGAP, in collaboration with Duke University, will be hosting a policy event and a two-day meeting at Duke on May 14-16, 2026. Edmund Malesky, Professor and Director of Duke Center for International Development (DCID) will head the organization of the event.
Agenda
Policy Event
On Thursday, May 14th, EGAP and DCID will be co-hosting an optional policy event, Does Development Evidence Travel? Regional Reflections on Governance & Policy. View memos that will be discussed here.
Papers and Research Designs
Papers and research designs that will be discussed during the meeting can be found here. Additional materials will be linked when available.
Participants
Climate Governance
Alexandra Hartman (University College London)
Alexander Pfaff (Duke University)
Allison Grossman (Tulane University)
Alvaro Chirino (Aru Foundation)
Amanda Robinson (Ohio State University)
Annette Brown (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Clara Park (Duke University)
Cyrus Samii (New York University)
Darin Christensen (University of California, Los Angeles)
Edmund Malesky (Duke University)
Eric Coleman (Florida State University)
Gemma Dipoppa (Columbia University)
Guy Grossman (University of Pennsylvania)
Hannah Postel (Duke University)
Jacklyn Makaaru Arinaitwe (Ace Policy Research Institute)
Maarten Voors (Wageningen University)
Mark Buntaine (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Melina Platas (New York University – Abu Dhabi)
Morgan Holmes (World Bank)
Nahomi Ichino (Emory University)
Oliver James (University of Exeter)
Shelley Liu (Duke University)
Tanvi Mehta (Duke University)
Open Stream
Alessandra González (Duke University)
Alexander Coppock (Northwestern University)
Arkadev Ghosh (Duke University)
Bret Barrowman (Eidos Insights Research Partners (EIRP))
Daniel Posner (University of California, Los Angeles)
Daniel Rubenson (University of Toronto)
Eric Mvukiyehe (Duke University)
Francisco Garfias (Duke University)
Hieu Nguyen (Duke University)
Horacio Larreguy (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)
Jeremy Bowles (University College London)
Jiawei Fu (Duke University)
Jorge Gallego (Inter-American Development Bank)
Laura Paler (American University)
Lauren Prather (University of California San Diego)
Lucy Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Natalia Bueno (Emory University)
Nathanael Baugus (Duke University)
Nick Eubank (Duke University)
Pablo Beramendi (Duke University)
Rebecca Wolfe (University of Chicago)
Santiago López-Cariboni (Universidad de la República)
Santiago Tobón (Universidad EAFIT)
Soledad Prillaman (Stanford University)
Susan Hyde (University of California, Berkeley)
Tara Slough (New York University)
Yannick Brice Kougueng Yeyouomo (University of Yaounde II)