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February 3, 2015

Kiel Institute Summer School 2015 – Call for applications

Next June 14–19, 2015 will take place the Kiel Institute Summer School on Economic Policy on the topic “ Innovation, Employment and Growth in the Global Economy”. The speakers are Klaus Desmet (SMU Austin, Texas), Jordi Jaumandreu (Boston University), Ingrid Ott (KIT, Karlsruhe), Jonathan Vogel (Columbia University), Fabrizio Zilibotti (University of Zurich). The Summer School addresses PhD students and Post-docs with a strong academic record and a keen interest in policy issues, and staff members of…

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December 19, 2014

Enrique Fuentes Quintana Awards

Since 2007, FUNCAS has rewarded excellence in economic and social research in its academic form par excellence – the Doctoral Thesis. The objective of these awards, named in honour of the eminent Professor Fuentes Quintana, is to recognise and reward the effort, commitment and hard work required to produce a Doctoral Thesis. The award consists of a gross cash sum of €4,000 and the publication of the doctoral thesis in…

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December 2, 2014

PhD in Economics Workshop, December 1st-2nd 2014

Next December 1st-2nd will take place the 2nd PhD in Economics Workshop at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UB).  PhD in Economics students are presenting their papers from 9.00 to 13.00h. Click HERE to check the Workshop program. Confirm your attendance HERE.

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December 1, 2014

Assistant/Associate Professor position at UC Louvain

A tenured-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor in International Trade and Emerging/Developing Economies at Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) in International Trade and Emerging/Developing Economies is offered. You can find full information about this academic position HERE. They will be interviewing candidates at the ASSA meetings in Boston. To receive full consideration, applicants must submit their file simultaneously through both the AcademicJobsOnline website and the university website (the only officially valid…

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November 28, 2014

EC Social Sciences & Humanities research priorities for 2016-2017 (H2020)

The European Commission has recently published which are the main research priorites in Social Sciences and Humanities for 2016 and 2017. You can already have a look to the document “External advice and societal engagement: Towards the 2016 and 2017 work programme of “Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies” of Horizon 2020″.

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November 28, 2014

2014 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics

AQR-IREA will host the Workshop on Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Urban Development on November 27th-28th 2014 in Barcelona. The aim of this workshop is to deeply analyse the relationship among cultural tourism, heritage and economic growth. The regional/local dimension will be one of the topics to consider. Also the relationship between cultural tourism and sustainable urban development will be analyzed. More information HERE.

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November 27, 2014

Job Opening: Post-Doctoral Researcher

The IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics), jointly with the department of Public Economics at University of Barcelona, invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher beginning in September 2015. Candidates from the following fields are particularly encouraged to apply: Public Economics,Urban Economics and Applied Microeconomics. Applicants should have completed a doctorate by July 2015. Application deadline: November 27th, 2014. Application Instructions: Submit applications via the Econ Job Market website (https://econjobmarket.org/AdDetails.php?posid=2920). Email enquiries should be…

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November 25, 2014

CREIP’s 3rd PhD-student Workshop – Call for Papers

The Research Centre on Industrial and Public Economics (CREIP) will host the 3rd PhD-Student Workshop on Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE) in Reus (Catalonia, Spain) on 12-13 February 2015. WIPE aims to be an academic meeting where PhD students, young doctors, postdoc researchers and senior researchers exchange experiences, research topics, ongoing projects and future research activities on the Industrial and Public Economics. Extended Abstracts of proposed papers (between 500 and 1,000 words) should be submitted…

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November 25, 2014

2015 Royal Economic Society PhD Meetings – Call for papers

In January each year, the Royal Economic Society (RES) organises two-days of PhD meetings in London. The 2015 RES PhD Meetings & JobMarket will take place on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th January 2015 at University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.  Submissions are now invited from PhD students either on the job market or planning to go on the job market. The deadline for the submission of papers…

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