Dedicated to creating and sharing knowledge

Tippie College of Business is dedicated to sharing our research with the world. Our multiple research forum series brings together esteemed scholars, faculty, and researchers from across the campus and across the globe to share their work in all of our disciplines.

Join us to discuss some of the most important topics in business research.

Upcoming research forums

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Ali Kahn
Monday, February 16, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Ali Kahn is the Abram Hutzler Professor of Political Economy at John Hopkins University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Cormac O'Dea
Monday, February 23, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Cormac O'Dea is an assistant professor of Economics at Yale University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Michele Belot
Monday, March 2, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Michele Belot is the Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and a Professor of Economics at Cornell University.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Joey Engelberg
Friday, March 6, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Joey Engelberg is a Professor of Finance and the Atkinson/Epstein Chair in Management Leadership at the University of California San Diego.

Data Centers in Iowa: Perspectives from Community, Government, and Research promotional image
Data Centers in Iowa: Perspectives from Community, Government, and Research
Monday, March 9, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
This panel will offer a high-level overview of how community, government, and industry considerations shape data center development in Iowa and the broader Midwest.
Clarence Tow Seminars in Economics: Brantley Callaway
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Brantly Callaway is the P. George Benson Professor and an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Georgia.

Past research forums

Colloquium - New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond promotional image
Colloquium - New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond
Friday, December 12, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
How to efficiently learn the best policy when the objective is to ensure fairness among agents.
Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Economics: Xin Liu
Friday, December 5, 2025 11:30am to 12:45pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Xin Liu is an Assistant Professor in Economics at Washington State University.

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Finance: Christoph Herpfer
Friday, December 5, 2025 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Christoph Herpfer is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

Research Methods Roundtable "Lags, Leave-Outs, and Overlapping Fixed Effects" promotional image
Research Methods Roundtable "Lags, Leave-Outs, and Overlapping Fixed Effects"
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Research Methods Roundtable "Lags, Leave-Outs, and Overlapping Fixed Effects" by Cameron Ellis
Tippie Behavioral Research Roundtable: Beth Livingston promotional image
Tippie Behavioral Research Roundtable: Beth Livingston
Monday, November 17, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in how to develop a manager training and evaluate its efficacy in a field experiment?
Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Economics: Jack Porter
Monday, November 17, 2025 11:30am to 12:45pm
Pomerantz Center

Jack Porter is the Richard E. Stockwell Distinguished Chair and a Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Behavioral Research Roundtable Series

Hosted by the Tippie Research Office, the Behavioral Research Roundtable Series offers a space for faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students to share and discuss behavioral research in a collaborative, low-pressure setting.

Business Analytics Guest Lecturer Seminar Series

Join us to hear from high-profile business analytics researchers.

Clarence Tow Lectures in Economics

Scholars from both the private and public sectors present to economics faculty and students roughly once a week during the academic year.

Clarence Tow Lectures in Finance

Top finance researchers present at Tippie to faculty, PhD students, and researchers from the University of Iowa.

Research Methods Roundtable Series

Presented by the Tippie Research Office in collaboration with the Departments of Business Analytics, Economics, and Finance, this series highlights research methods.