Lars Peter Hansen

David Rockefeller Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago and Director of the @MFRProgram

[Lars Peter Hansen @UncertainLars]

The @MFRProgram, which I lead at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, is currently hiring Research Professionals.

We’re recruiting for two positions: one starting this fall and another starting next July. If you’re interested in joining our research team, please apply here:

https://t.co/WLcgnfICR8

#EconTwitter #Macroeconomics #Finance #FinancialEconomics #MacroFinance #PreDoc #PreDoctoral

@predoc_org @UChicago

[Richmond Fed Research @RichFedResearch]

@UncertainLars of the University of Chicago closes the day with his presentation. The Nobel Prize winner will also be featured in an upcoming episode of our podcast, Speaking of the Economy, and in #EconFocus magazine #EconTwitter

[PREDOC.org @predoc_org]

A new position at @ChicagoBooth, to work with Leland Bybee @Leland_Bybee, Antonio Coppola @acoppola4, Lars Hansen @UncertainLars, and Amir Sufi @profsufi, among many others.
Learn more at https://t.co/qzubuPlOgT

[Marlon Azinovic-Yang @MarlonAzinovic]

My colleague @rabinovich_stan introduced @UncertainLars before the keynote "In 1984, the greatest of all times went from UNC to Chicago to play basketball, so it is only fair that in 2026, another greatest of all times came from Chicago to UNC to deliver this keynote address"

[Marlon Azinovic-Yang @MarlonAzinovic]

At the high-point of the conference @UncertainLars @ChicagoBooth @UChi_Economics presented an inspiring lecture on robust policy design! The framework uses DL methods to study emission & knowledge extern's in a true model-beast: agg shocks & climate & regions & Knightian unc.

[Marlon Azinovic-Yang @MarlonAzinovic]

Last week, we hosted the First Chapel Hill - Copenhagen Conference on Macroeconomics and Deep Learning @UNC_econ. The conference was jointly organized by @JeppeDruedahl, @rabinovich_stan, Will Jungerman and myself. We were honored to have a brilliant keynote by @UncertainLars.

[Utah State University College of Arts & Sciences @usuartsci]

Registration OPEN for 2026 Hansen Life Sciences Retreat, Oct 23-24, at USU. The gathering honors the memory of R. Gaurth Hansen; open to scholars of all disciplines studying biological processes at the molecular level: https://t.co/fErVMkdI76 @utahstate_qanr @UncertainLars

[Lars Peter Hansen @UncertainLars]

The 2026 @MFRProgram Summer Session for Young Scholars was a tremendous success! It was a privilege to meet so many talented and promising young researchers in economics and finance and to see their enthusiasm and ideas firsthand.

Thanks to all the students, faculty, and staff whose participation and dedication made this year’s program such a success. Looking forward to seeing where these young scholars go next. #EconTwitter #MacroFinance #MFRSummerSession

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Exchanging ideas while taking in Chicago’s iconic architecture, our PhD cohort had a wonderful time together Tuesday night on a dinner cruise along the Riverwalk #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Closing out the 2026 MFR Summer Session is Oleg @itskhoki (Harvard) presenting "Exchange Rates and Financial Markets." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Starting our morning session, we are excited to have @guido_lorenzoni (Chicago Booth) presenting "Inflation: An Excess Demand Perspective." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Stefan Nagel @ProfStefanNagel]

It was a pleasure meeting the students in this year's MFR Summer Session. Lots of great questions. I look forwarding to seeing and reading their research in the coming years!

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

We’re delighted to have @ProfStefanNagel (UChicago) end the afternoon session with his presentation on, "Long-Run Expectations in Finance and Macroeconomics." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Our final poster presentations include Elies Lucio (Université Paris Dauphine), @ricciardi_a_ec (Ohio State), Neel Shah (Columbia), and Tianping Wu (UBC). #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Exciting to see research by our promising young scholars! Today we have @AllaireNolwenn (Columbia), Shirui "Suri" Chen (UChicago), Chang-Shu Chung (Baruch), Myunghwan Andrew Lee (NYU), and Zijia Liu (INSEAD) #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Next speaker is @profsufi (UChicago) presenting, "Finance and Structural Transformation of the Economy: An Intangible Question." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Kicking off day 3 with Yueran Ma (UChicago) presenting "World at Scale: Facts, Models, and Open Questions." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Closing out today's sessions with @CarolinPflueger (UChicago) presenting, "Bonds, Betas, and Beliefs." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Excited to see some more poster presentations by Gabriel Ruiz Radrigan (UCL), Zhi Quan (Bill) Shu (NYU), Can Soylu (Brown), and Antonia Tsang (Cambridge). #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Today's Young Scholars Poster Session includes @LeweiHe (UChicago), @vicenteajg (MIT), @jsebastianla1 (Princeton), Jiaer Janet Liu (UCLA), and @RikutoOnishi (UT Austin). #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter

[Macro Finance Research Program @MFRProgram]

Wrapping up the morning session is Rohan Kekre (UC Berkeley) presenting, "International Asset Pricing in Segmented Markets." #MFRSummerSession #MacroFinance #EconTwitter