Each academic year, the Incubator is dedicated to a specific topic of importance to society that stands to benefit from focused research attention and ideation. An integral part of our incubator is the Distinguished Visitor Program. This program offers a small set of distinguished scholars the opportunity to participate in the Incubator’s activities, including an invited lecture series, a conference, and culminating with the publication of an article in a special issue of Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics. Nine distinguished scholars from across the globe will visit The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago throughout the winter quarter and will present a special condensed course pertaining to Casual Inference in economics.