The conference took place on June 29 and 30 2026, with Video Posters premiering on YouTube 24-26 June.

TeachECONference2026 was the sixth annual virtual conference on economics education organised by the Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics (CTaLE) and Cornell University. The conference brought economics educators worldwide together to share ideas, experience, and best practice.

As in previous years, TeachECONference2026 consisted of two parts: online Video Posters that premiered on the CTaLE YouTube Channel 24- 26 June, and online live presentations and discussions over two days (delivered via zoom), Monday June 29 and Tuesday June 30 2026.

The live portion of the conference included four presentation sessions on current research and practice in economics education and two plenary panel sessions. At the end of each day, we hosted Socials where participants and speakers were able to chat and mingle.

Once again, many participants hosted Watch Parties in their area, bringing peers together from nearby universities to join the online sessions and have their own in-person networking.

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TeachECONference2026 Programme

Video Posters

The following Video Posters are available on the CTaLE YouTube Channel.

Live Conference

You can find a summary of this year’s plenary panels and presentation sessions below.
Scroll further down for more information on the content of each panel and session.

The recordings will be uploaded to YouTube in early August.

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Plenary panels

Opening Plenary
AI in Economics Education – What Works and What Doesn’t

Monday 29 June
2pm – 3:30pm BST / 9am – 10:20am EDT

As Artificial Intelligence, and especially Generative AI, becomes increasingly embedded in higher education, Economics educators face both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. This panel will explore how AI tools are being used to support teaching and learning in Economics—a discipline often characterised by mathematically rigorous content and large student cohorts. Panellists will share practical insights into how they have deployed AI to enhance conceptual understanding, personalise feedback at scale, support assessment and academic integrity, and manage the demands of large-group teaching. At the same time, we’ll critically examine where these technologies fall short, raise new pedagogical or ethical concerns, or require significant adaptation to be effective in Economics contexts.

With: Antonio Mele (LSE), Nazanin Khazra (University of Toronto), Sedefka Beck (Valparaiso University) and Teddy Svoronos (Harvard University). Chaired by Doug McKee (Cornell University).

Closing Plenary
Teaching Macroeconomics for Today’s World

Tuesday 30 June
5pm – 6:20pm BST / 12pm – 1:30pm EDT

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, the teaching of Macroeconomics has come under extended scrutiny. Calls for reform—from initiatives like the CORE Econ project and the Rethinking Economics movement—have challenged educators to rethink not only what we teach, but how and why. This panel explores how, nearly 20 years on, university educators are responding to these challenges in the classroom, particularly in the context of large cohorts, technical content, and increasingly diverse student bodies. The panel also aims to broaden the conversation beyond traditional Western contexts, bringing in educators teaching across the world.

With: Stefania Paredes Fuentes (National Bank of Slovakia), Diego Mendez-Carbajo (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), George Orlov (Cornell University), and Paul Segal (Universidad Austral, Argentina). Chair: Cloda Jenkins (Imperial College London).

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Watch back presentations from our past conference here:

• TeachECONference2024
• TeachECONference2023
• TeachECONference2022
• TeachECONference2021
• TeachECONference2020