IÉSEG School of management, in collaboration with the European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME) is happy to host the COMPIE 2026 conference.

COMPIE 2026 Conference

 *COunterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation

 24-26 June 2026

IÉSEG School of Management, Paris la Défense Campus, France 

Promenade Building

The conference will consist of plenary, contributed and organised sessions, and will be in-person only.

The conference is also supported by the commission recherche of Lille Catholic University and its Foundation, and the LEM (Lille Economie Management – UMR 9221)

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

The aim of COMPIE is to bring together practitioners and academics to discuss developments in the theory and the applications of counterfactual methods for policy impact evaluation. Applications can cover a broad range of interventions, from labor and social policy to regulation and funding programmes, ideally with a focus on EU policies or developing countries.

The conference will consist of plenary, contributed and organised sessions.

More info on the COMPIE conference series

> https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/microeconomic-evaluation/compie-conference-series_en 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna, Emory University

• Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper submissions: From 1 Jan to 28 Feb, 2026 (Link to conference maker).

• Acceptance decision: 31 Mar, 2026. Authors of accepted papers need to register by 30 Apr, 2026 to confirm participation.

• Registration: Between 1 Apr and 15 May, 2026.

CONTACT POINTS

👉 General contact for local organization inquiries: compie2026@ieseg.fr 

• Enkelejda Havari, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, IÉSEG School of Management (academic requests)

• Céline Le Suün, Research Events manager, IÉSEG School of Management (requests related to logistics)

👉 Contact for inquiries about the programme: Paolo Paruolo (Paolo.PARUOLO@ec.europa.eu)

MORE INFORMATION

 > Visit the IÉSEG website

 > Visit the the European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME) website 

> More info on COMPIE 2026: https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/compie-2026-conference_en