Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation (COMPIE)

Developments in the theory and the applications of counterfactual methods for policy impact evaluation.

The European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation, in collaboration with other research institutions, organizes the series of conferences named: "Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation" (COMPIE).

Objectives The aim of COMPIE is to bring together practitioners and academics to discuss developments in the theory and the applications of counterfactual methods for policy impact evaluation. Applications can cover a broad range of interventions, from labor and social policy to regulation and funding programmes, ideally with a focus on EU policies.

Next edition 

COMPIE 2026  IESEG School of Management, Paris, June 24-26, 2026 

Last edition

COMPIE 2024 Vrije University Amsterdam, June 24-26, 2024  

Past editions

• COMPIE 2022,
  • Mannheim, July 4-6, 2022  https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/compie-2022-conference_en
  • Program: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/COMPIE2022/program/COMPIE2022.html
• COMPIE 2020>2021,
  • Online conference, June 23-25, 2021  https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/compie-2021-conference_en
  • Program: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/COMPIE2021/program/COMPIE2021.html  
• COMPIE 2018,
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,  26-28 September, 2018
  • Program: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/COMPIE2018/program/COMPIE2018.html  
• COMPIE 2016
  • Università Cattolica “S. Cuore” Milan, Italy, October 20-21, 2016  https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/event/conference/compie-2016
  • Program: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/COMPIE2016/program/COMPIE2016.html  
• COMPIE 2014
  • Rome, November 27–28, 2014  https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/event/site/compie2014
  • Program: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/COMPIE/program/COMPIE.html