Oligo Society
The Oligo Society is a circle of economists interested in the game-theoretic analysis of competition and related topics in microeconomic theory. Topics of particular interest include industrial organization, contests, and auctions. The Oligo workshop series started in 2013. Since then, the organizing committee has steadily grown by electing local organizers into the committee. The Oligo Society is organized as a not-for-profit association ("Verein") under Swiss law.
Oligo Workshop 2026
The Oligo Society organizes one workshop each year, usually in early June. If you are interested in becoming the local organizer of a future workshop, please contact any member of the Scientific Committee or write an email to office@oligo-society.org. Indications of interest for the organization of the upcoming workshop in 2026 will be collected until early fall 2025.
Previous Workshops
2025 Cambridge, UK
Keynote speakers: Steven Tadelis, Xavier Vives | Local organizers: Flavio Toxvaerd, Christos Genakos
2024 Rethymno, Greece
Keynote speakers: Emmanuelle Auriol, Vincenzo Denicolò, Paul Heidhues | Local organizer: Giorgos Stamatopoulos
2023 Padua, Italy
Keynote speakers: Gabrielle Demange and Massimo Motta | Local organizers: Riccardo Camboni, Leonardo Madio, Fabio Manenti, Riccardo Saulle, Orestis Troumpounis, and Paola Valbonesi
2022 Nicosia, Cyprus
Keynote speaker: Patrick Rey | Local organizer: Nikolas Tsakas
Link to the conference page2021 Maastricht, Netherlands (Virtual)
Keynote speaker: David Myatt | Local organizers: Iwan Bos, Christian Ewerhart
Link to the conference page2020 Virtual
Keynote speaker: Natalia Fabra | Local organizers: Christian Ewerhart, Sergei Izmalkov, Attila Tasnádi
2019 Nottingham, UK
Keynote speaker: Mark Armstrong | Local organizer: Debasmita Basak
2018 Piraeus, Greece
Keynote speaker: Costas Arkolakis | Local organizer: Nickolas Michelakacis
Link to the conference page2017 Moscow, Russia
Keynote speaker: Jacques-François Thisse | Local organizer: Sergei Izmalkov
Link to the conference page2016 Paris, France
Keynote speaker: Giancarlo Spagnolo | Local organizer: David Ettinger
2015 Madrid, Spain
Keynote speaker: Luis Cabral | Local organizer: Luis Corchón
2014 Rome, Italy
Keynote speaker: Jean Gabszewicz | Local organizer: Marco Marini
2013 Budapest, Hungary
Keynote speaker: Botond Köszegi | Local organizer: Attila Tasnádi
Scientific Committee
Debasmita Basak, University of Nottingham
Iwan Bos, Maastricht University
Luis Corchón, Carlos III University
David Ettinger, University Paris-Dauphine
Christian Ewerhart, University of Zurich
Sergei Izmalkov, New Economic School Moscow
Marco Marini, Sapienza University of Rome
Nickolas J. Michelacakis, University of Piraeus
Attila Tasnádi, Corvinus University of Budapest
Nikolas Tsakas, University of Cyprus