Professional Development Resources
Conferences, Events, and Opportunities
To update or add to the opportunities on this list, email info@cswep.org.
AEA Summer Economics Fellows Program
Sponsored by the American Economic Association and the National Science Foundation, summer economics fellowships are available to senior graduate students and junior faculty. During their residency, fellows participate as members of the research community while engaged in a research project of their own choosing. Location varies based on supporting sponsors.
The Women in Economics Initiative Mentoring Programme
The Women in Economics Initiative set up the Mentoring Programme to empower the next generation of young economists by connecting them in a structured setting. This is a 10-month program starting each October.
The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) National Conference: May 27-29, 2026
The conference is held in Washington, DC, over a two-day period typically at the end of the Memorial Day week. The sessions are informative and ample time is provided to allow for discussion among the presenters and session participants. Policy makers, academics, and real estate practitioners have all come to rely on the leading research and vigorous discussions that are a tradition of this conference.
Adopt a Paper Program
Adopt a Paper is a mentoring program aimed at providing feedback to junior scholars in the field of economics. Junior scholars submit a working paper to the program and receive comments from a senior scholar who volunteers to provide constructive feedback on the content of the paper as well as publication advice.
CSWEP Networking Luncheon
This is an informal meet-and-greet event. Senior female economists meet and provide mentoring advice to junior faculty in areas such as teaching, research and publishing, tenure and promotion, work-life balance, teaching-research-service balance. Held at the Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting.
CeMENT Mentoring Workshop for Faculty in Doctoral Programs
The CSWEP CeMENT workshop for faculty in doctoral programs is aimed at mentoring women and nonbinary faculty in tenure-track positions at PhD granting economics departments in the US or at institutions with similar research expectations.
CeMENT Mentoring Workshop for Faculty in Non-Doctoral Programs
This CeMENT workshop is geared toward women and nonbinary junior economics faculty in departments that do not award PhD's in Economics.
CSWEP Mentoring Breakfast for Junior Economists
At these informal meet-and-greet events, senior economists (predominately senior women) are pre-assigned to one of a variety of topical tables to provide mentoring advice to junior economists in areas such as research and publishing, tenure and promotion, non-academic careers, grant writing, teaching, work-life balance and the job market. Held during the ASSA Meeting each year.
Annual Mentoring Workshop for Junior Women at Midwest Econometrics Group
The workshop provides an opportunity for young women in the profession to interact with established senior mentors, with the goal of helping them to build a substantive, long-lasting intellectual relationship. The location of the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group changes every year.