Brigitte Roth TranDec 29, 2022

The CSWEP article on economics seminar culture raised a couple of questions for me. Below is (my first) poll.

(See article on front page of this newsletter https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=17929 H/t @paulgp )

Does your department have a policy of no questions in the first 5 or 10 minutes of a seminar?

Yes, and people stick to it
19.2%
Yes, but it's generally ignored
3.8%
Nope
76.9%
Poll ended at .
Show threadGarret CDec 29, 2022
@Rothtran @paulgp Wait, this is a thing? Love it, wish that was the default.
Show threadBrigitte Roth TranDec 30, 2022
@GarretHasOneT @paulgp Yes! We have been following it in the seminars at my jobs in recent years. It works great, in my view. But the willingness to implement such a guideline may correlate with a generally respectful culture to begin with. So I wonder about the causal impact.
Show threadGarret C
@Rothtran @paulgp Shared the newsletter with my group this morning and might try with our flyouts this recruiting cycle.
Dec 30, 2022 at 7:26amWeb
Show threadBrigitte Roth TranDec 30, 2022

@GarretHasOneT @paulgp Definitely worth a try! FWIW, I think I have mainly seen the 5-minute rule in action, not the 10-minite rule.

Five minutes has worked well and gives the presenter some time to get a good start but also gives people a chance to clear some things up without going super deep if there are clarifying questions.