Previous keynote speakers at the SGPE conference include
- Jagjit Chadha (National Institute of Economic and Social Research): "Money and Fiscal Interactions Redux"
- Andrew Clausen and Chris Stapenhurst (University of Edinburgh): "A research case study: Lemons by design"
- Mairi Spowage (University of Strathclyde): "Making an impact –using economics to bring insights"
- Martin Chick (Professor, University of Edinburgh): "Economics and Changing Times in Britain since 1945"
- Simon Roberts (Director, Competition and Markets Authority): "Economic theory and practical considerations in CMA's analysis: Some specific cases"
- Carlo Morelli (Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee): "Beyond neo-classical theories of the firm. Marx, pluralist and hetrodox economic ideas in business history"
- Stephan Heblich (Reader in Economics, University of Bristol): "East Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighbourhood Sorting"
- Michael King (Senior economist for the Scottish Government): "Using economics analysis to inform policy decisions"
- Liam Delaney (Professor of Behavioural Economics, University College Dublin): "Using insights from behavioural economics for public policy"
- David Bell (Professor, University of Stirling): "Economics and Brexit
- Vania Sena (Professor, University of Essex): "Big Data for Economics"
Along with these keynote presentations, the SGPE conference has included talks from Sheila Dow (Emeritus Professor, Stirling University) on "Pluralism in Economics". A talk on Numerical Methods has also been a regular feature of the conference.
Speakers for the 2025 conference will be announced soon.