NYU Wagner Seminar - Spring 2026

Please join us for the following iterations of the Wagner Seminar Series this coming Spring 2026. A light lunch will be served at each session. Please email christopher.harris@nyu.edu for building access if you are not currently affiliated with NYU.

Thursdays, 12:30–2:00pm **Except where noted below**

NYU Wagner
105 East 17th street
3rd Floor Faculty Seminar Room
New York, NY 10003

Video Stream (note that this will not be interactive): https://nyu.zoom.us/j/98527449630

Thursday, February 5, 2026
Gerard Torrats-Espinosa
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Member of the Data Science Institute
Columbia University

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 **Note day of week**
Brian Taylor
Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Research Fellow in the Institute of Transportation Studies
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Visiting Faculty, NYU Wagner

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Evelyn Blumenberg
Professor of Urban Planning
Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Visiting Faculty, NYU Wagner

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Diane Alexander
Assistant Professor of Health Care Management
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
 

Thursday, March 5, 2026
Zoë McLaren
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Thursday, March 26, 2026
Rob Collinson
Assistant Professor, Economics Department at the University of Notre Dame and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
University of Notre Dame

Thursday, April 16, 2026
Brianna Castro
Assistant Professor of Urban Sustainability
Yale School of the Environment

Thursday, April 30, 2026 **Note time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm**
NYU Wagner Doctoral Student Presentations
Grace Brang
Tim Wu
Sharmistha Chakrabarti
Ellie Lochhead
 

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Robert Hampshire
Executive Director, Research Development Office
University of Minnesota