The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) 2026 will be held in person at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on November 7 and 8, 2026. The conference is organized by the Collaboration for International Development Economics Research (CIDER), a cross-campus initiative at Cornell.
NEUDC has organized annual conferences on development economics since 1967, making it the longest-running gathering in the field. The conference rotates annually among its organizing institutions: Boston University, Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Tufts University, and Yale University.
Dear Fellow Development Economists,
The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) 2026 will be held in-person at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on November 7 and 8, 2026.
We are now accepting paper submissions for NEUDC 2026 at this link. Paper submissions will close on August 9, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET. Only full drafts of papers will be considered. We expect to notify all submitters of decisions by September 15, 2026.
Registration to attend the conference will open July 1, 2026, through the NEUDC website.
We hope you will share this announcement with your colleagues and students who may be interested. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at neudc2026@cornell.edu.
Warm regards,
NEUDC 2026 Organizing Committee
Answers to common questions about NEUDC 2026 will be posted here. Check back soon.
NEUDC 2026 is grateful for the support of our sponsors.
