Speaking engagements

Stevenson speaks to corporate, academic, policy, and general audiences on labor markets, AI and the future of work, the economics of the family, and the state of the U.S. economy. She is an accomplished keynote speaker, moderator, and panelist, with recent appearances at the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Symposium, the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum, the UNH John A. Hogan Distinguished Lecture, the UCLA Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development, and the Aspen Ideas Festival.

Featured talks

“Managing the Pace of Technological and Institutional Change” — Stanford Digital Economy Lab, 2024.

“Marriage, Family and Work in an Age of Rising Gender Equality” — Downing Public Lecture, University of Melbourne, April 2024.

Signature talks

• Every Decision Is Economic: The Role of Economics in Everyday Life — an accessible introduction to the core ideas of economics, drawn from the work behind the Think Like An Economist podcast and Principles of Economics textbook.
• From the White House to Your House — The Kitchen Table Impact of Tariffs — how trade policy reaches through the economy to household budgets, wages, and prices.
• The Impact of AI in the Job Market — Evolution or Revolution? — what the evidence says about AI’s effect on work, and how to prepare workers and firms for the transition.
• Women in the 2020s — How Are We Doing? — progress, setbacks, and the unfinished agenda in women’s labor market outcomes and family economics.

Selected recent speaking engagements

2025

• “Labor, Machines, and Economic Growth: Will Workers Be Needed in our AI Future?” — Data & AI in Society Lecture Series, University of Michigan
• “Women’s Evolving Role in the Labor Market: Families, Work, and Gender Equity in the 21st Century” — John A. Hogan Distinguished Lecture, University of New Hampshire Paul College

2024

• “Women and Work: Evolution and Crisis over the Last 25 Years” — Dalhousie University, Department of Economics Seminar (November)
• The 2024 Election: Deep Dives on the Economy and on Women Voters — SIPA Institute of Global Politics, Columbia University (October)
• “AI Will Cause Jobs to Evolve” — University of California, San Diego; San Diego State University (October)
• “Women’s Changing Lives: Work, Family, and Public Policy in a Time of Rising Gender Equality” — David A. Vose Economic Lecture Series, UMD Labovitz School of Business & Economics (September)
• “Both Governments and Markets Fail: Teaching Economics with Real-World Insights” — EconEd (September)
• “Pandemic Recovery and the Impact on Women” — University of Melbourne seminar (April)
• “Marriage, Family, and Work In an Age of Rising Gender Equality” — Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (April)
• “Policies for the Best Possible AI Transition” — Stanford Digital Economy Lab and Stanford HAI (March)
• APEC Masterclass to Advance Gender Equality (February)

2023

• Pandemic Recovery and Beyond — 2023 Governor’s Economic Outlook Briefing, Michigan Department of Treasury (November)
• Toward an Inclusive Capitalism — Obama Foundation Democracy Forum (November)
• Moderator — Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (August)
• “The Pandemic’s Impact on Women” — OECD Economic Policy Committee (May)
• “The Coming AI Revolution: Threats and Promises” — Carleton College (April)

2022

• UCLA Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development — “The Pandemic’s Shock to Home Production” (May)
• Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision-Making — Keynote (May)
• James C. Kautz Lecture — University of Cincinnati (November)
• London School of Economics Macroeconomic seminar (April)
• National Association of Business Economists (October)

2021

• Hamilton Project Retreat — “Examining the Short-term and Long-term Challenges in the Labor Force Participation” (November)
• OECD Economic Policy Committee — “The Pandemic’s Impact on Women”
• Tufts Wellington Burnham Lecture — “Women’s Employment, Family Life, and Public Policy: An Incomplete Revolution Meets a Pandemic” (March)
• C. Woody Thompson Lecture — Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting (March)
• Wellesley College — “Economy She Deserves” panelist (April)

A fuller list of recent and historical speaking engagements is available in the downloadable CV (PDF).

Booking

Stevenson is represented by the Robin Wolfson Agency for speaking engagements.

• Speaker profile: robinwolfsonagency.com/speakers/betsey-stevenson
• Email: info@robinwolfsonagency.com