The Battles within Globalization

Please join us for the 2026 Elliott School Research Celebration, featuring a keynote address from Professor Maggie Xiaoyang Chen. About the Event: The Elliott School Research Team and Institute for International Economic Policy invite you to the 2026 Research Celebration honoring, Professor Maggie Chen. Each year, the Elliott School celebrates research with a keynote address from its latest Michael E. Brown Research Prize. This annual award is the foremost research prize at the Elliott School. It honors a faculty member who has made an outstanding contribution to the scholarly and policy relevant understandings of important international issues. This year, Elliott is honored to have Professor Maggie Xiaoyang Chen as prize winner and keynote speaker. Her lecture will examine: "The Battles within Globalization." 1:30 PM - Opening Remarks | Alyssa Ayres , Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU 1:35 PM - Keynote Address | Maggie Xiaoyang Chen , Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU 2:05PM - Q&A This will be an in-person event, open to the public and media. Light lunch will be served. About the Speaker: Maggie Xiaoyang Chen is a Professor of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University. She has worked as an economist in the World Bank's research department and a consultant for the World Bank, the International Finance Cooperation, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. She has served as Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University and is a co-editor of the Economic Inquiry. Professor Chen's research areas include multinational firms, international trade, and the digital economy. Her work has been published in academic journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics , American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Development Economics .