Causal inference workshop 2026

Dear colleagues, 

You are cordially invited to our upcoming workshop on causal inference, which will take place on May 26^th, 2026. 

This workshop is part of a working group dedicated to methodological issues in the social sciences. In recent years, the quality of empirical methods used in our fields has greatly improved, supported by the adoption of increasingly rigorous and sophisticated identification techniques.

The program

he goal of this workshop is to present, analyse, and discuss together a major article in the recent methodological literature, in the spirit of a reading-group workshop. For this 4th edition, the entire day will be devoted to the following reference:

Baker, A., Callaway, B., Cunningham, S., Goodman-Bacon, A. & Sant’Anna, P.H.C. (2025). Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner’s Guide, Journal of Economic Literature.

This article will serve as our sole support to present and discuss modern approaches to Difference-in-Differences methods. You will find the detailed program here :

Place and subscription

The event is free and will take place at IAE Lille, Vieux Lille campus (Avenue du Peuple Belge, Lille).Please confirm your attendance before April 20^th  by sending an email to : jean-yves.filbien@univ-lille.fr