Organized sessions · 2021–2026

JuniorSpatialat the SEA

A conference within a conference for new work in spatial, urban, transport, trade, and network economics.

Explore the 2026 sessions

01 · 2026 meeting

Seven sessions in Houston

Date
November 21–23, 2026
Venue
Marriott Marquis Houston
Status
Sessions accepted; schedule forthcoming
01

Housing Demand and Supply in the City

  1. The Internal Geography of America’s Housing CrisisÁlvaro Sánchez-Leache
  2. Waiting Lists and Prices: Public Housing Allocation and Private Market SpilloversGiorgio Pietrabissa
  3. The Shape of Demand in Rental Housing MarketsNikhil Datta
  4. Within-City Geography and GrowthNathan Williams
02

Heterogeneous Consequences of Urban Mobility

  1. Public Transit, Residential Sorting and Labor Supply: Evidence and Theory from Lahore’s Bus Rapid Transit SystemBisma Haseeb Khan
  2. Travel Mode Choice and Distributional Impacts of Congestion Charge Policy in New York CityYikuan Ji
  3. Home Production in the CityCaterina Soto Vieira
  4. Moving Opportunity Closer: How Public Transit Transforms Firm Composition and EmploymentAkhila Kovvuri
04

Spatial Welfare, Regulation, and Development

  1. Urban Welfare: Tourism in BarcelonaSimon Fuchs
  2. Spatial Allocation of Inventors, Knowledge Diffusion and GrowthFurkan Kilic
  3. Can Industrial Policy Overcome Coordination Failures? Theory and EvidenceTishara Garg
  4. Directed Innovation across SpaceWeiliang Tan
05

Sourcing and Shipping in Trade

  1. Aggregating Distortions in Networks with Multi-Product FirmsYasutaka Koike-Mori
  2. Quantitative Trade with ShipsSonali Chowdhry
  3. Beyond Cheap Supplies: Risk and Competition in Global SourcingTao Wang
  4. Can Unilateral Policy Decarbonize Maritime Trade?Philipp Ludwig
07

Infrastructure and Spatial Transformation

  1. Wheels of Change: The Impact of the Automobile in the Early 20th Century United StatesSilvia Farina
  2. Strategic Transportation Investment and Coordinative Policies: Evidence from the U.S. Highway NetworkYuyang Jiang
  3. The Emergence of Public Transit and the Transformation of the American DowntownRené Livas
  4. Path Dependence and Automobility in the United StatesChris Severen

The session lineup reflects accepted proposals as of August 2026. Exact dates, times, rooms, and final participant details will follow the official SEA program.

Official SEA meeting information

02 · The series

Built around connected questions

The sessions bring together junior scholars and new papers that treat geography as central to economic adjustment. The program began with two spatial-economics sessions in 2021 and has grown into a wider conversation spanning cities, mobility, infrastructure, trade, public economics, and networks.

Convened by Simon Fuchs and Chris Severen, with collaborators across editions.

5
editions
19
organized sessions
72
papers
65
presenters
HousingUrban formMobilityInfrastructureTradeNetworksSpatial policy

03 · Archive

Past programs

Programs are reconstructed from the organizers’ planning records and checked against the official SEA programs. The series paused in 2024.

2025Tampa · 4 sessions · 14 papers

Saturday · 10:00–11:45 AM

Spatial Housing and Labor

  • Diversifying the Suburbs: Rental Supply and Spatial InequalityKonhee Chang · University of California, Berkeley
  • Highways, Commuting and Trade: Unpacking Suburban GrowthDaniel Velasquez · University of Michigan
  • Assessing the Impact of Geographic Shifts Driven by Remote Worker Relocation ProgramsHoyoung Yoo · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Does Skill Abundance Still Matter? The Evolution of Comparative Advantage in the 21st CenturyShinnosuke Kikuchi · University of California, San Diego

Saturday · 1:00–2:45 PM

Transport Costs

  • Spreading the Jam: Optimal Congestion Pricing in General EquilibriumThomas Hierons · Princeton University
  • Urban Cost around the WorldJordan Rosenthal-Kay · Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Market Segmentation in Informal Public Transportation: Evidence from Johannesburg’s Minibus Taxi NetworksOluchi Mbonu · World Bank

Sunday · 8:00–9:45 AM

Trade and Oceans

  • Trademarks and Gains from Variety: The Role of Multinational EnterprisesGiulia Lo Forte · University of British Columbia
  • Cargo Ships and Coastal SmogPhilip Economides · Texas Tech University
  • Search Frictions and Transportation CostsFederico Rodari · Boston College

Sunday · 10:00–11:45 AM

Costs and Benefits of Infrastructure

  • Foreign Ships in U.S. WatersSimon Fuchs · Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • The (Express)Way to Segregation: Evidence from ChicagoSara Bagagli · London School of Economics
  • Displacement and Infrastructure ProvisionPablo Valenzuela-Casasempere · Yale University
  • Asphalt Rivers of Life and DeathChris Severen · Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Official 2025 program
2024

No organized spatial/urban session series

2023New Orleans · 2 sessions · 8 papers

Saturday · 1:00–2:45 PM

Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Trade

  • Labor Market Power and the Pro-Competitive Gains from TradeAgustín Gutiérrez · University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • The Gains of Foreign Investment in an Economy with DistortionsRomán Zárate · World Bank
  • Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic PerspectiveHeitor Pellegrina · University of Notre Dame
  • R&D MobilityXian Jiang · University of California, Davis

Saturday · 3:00–4:45 PM

Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: The City

  • Modal Choice and Income in Mexico CityChris Severen · Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
  • Displacing Congestion: Evidence from ParisLéa Bou Sleiman · École Polytechnique
  • Homeownership, Polarization, and InequalityAndrii Parkhomenko · University of Southern California
  • Superstar Zip CodesCamilo Acosta · Universidad EAFIT
Official 2023 program
2022Fort Lauderdale · 4 sessions · 16 papers

Saturday · 3:15–5:00 PM

Urban Mobility and Its Consequences

  • Highways and Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. NeighborhoodsJustin Tyndall · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • Rough, Yet Smooth: Understanding the Importance of Mean Profile Depth for Highway ExternalitiesMargaret Bock · Goucher College
  • Traffic Congestion and Labor Supply: Evidence from Smartphone Big Data in MexicoMinoru Higa · Simon Fraser University
  • Why Do Improvements in Transportation Infrastructure Reduce the Gender Gap in South Korea?Eunjee Kwon · University of Cincinnati

Saturday · 5:15–7:00 PM

Congestion and Transit

Sunday · 3:00–4:30 PM

Sorting and Shocks

  • Crowning the Metropolis: Skylines, Land Values, and Urban PopulationDavid Albouy · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Spatial Implications of TelecommutingAndrii Parkhomenko · University of Southern California
  • The Great Reshuffle: Residential Sorting during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Welfare ImplicationsYichen Su · Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Transport Infrastructure Improvements and Spatial Sorting: Evidence from Buenos AiresPablo Warnes · Aalto University

Sunday · 4:45–6:15 PM

Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity

  • Economics of ApartheidTomás Domínguez-Iino · Federal Reserve Board
  • Precautionary ProtectionismSharon Traiberman · New York University
  • Labor Market Dynamics and Sectoral DiversitySimon Fuchs · Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Global Knowledge and Trade Flows: Theory and MeasurementNels Lind · Emory University
Official 2022 program
2021Houston · 2 sessions · 6 papers

Monday · 8:00–9:45 AM

Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity I

  • Multimodal Transport NetworksSimon Fuchs · Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Regional, Sectoral, and Aggregate Implications of Transportation CostsKerem Coşar · University of Virginia
  • Urban Transit Infrastructure: Spatial Mismatch and Labor Market PowerRomán Zárate · University of California, Berkeley

Monday · 10:00–11:45 AM

Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity II

  • Long-Distance Trade and Long-Term PersistenceSebastian Ellingsen · Dartmouth College
  • The Dual Local Markets: Family, Jobs, and the Spatial Distribution of SkillJingting Fan · Pennsylvania State University
  • A Quantitative Analysis of Tariffs across U.S. StatesMichael Sposi · Southern Methodist University
Official 2021 program