The research group GEN at the University of Vigo is pleased to announce the 23rd Public Economics Meeting that will take place on February 4 and 5, 2016 at the Faculty of Business and Tourism in Ourense (Galicia). This year’s topic will be “Public Policy in a Decentralized Context”. The Scientific and Local Organizing Committees invite submissions of original works on any topic in the field Public Economics, by Conference Maker,…
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and the Chair of Energy Sustainability (University of Barcelona) offer 1 PhD Scholarship for 3 years (with possible extension), starting September 2015. This scholarship is for students who have graduated after 2011 and who aim at enrolling on the PhD program in Economics (University of Barcelona). The candidates must have a Master in Economics completed by summer 2015 and apply to the PhD program in…
The GATE (Economic Analysis and Theory Research Group) is offering a 12 months postdoc position in Saint-Etienne. The postdoc researcher will integrate the GATE research team located at Saint-Etienne. She/he will take part in an ongoing research project aiming at identifying the effects of interjurisdictional agreements on the supply of commercial/industrial land and its spatial distribution among jurisdictions. A focus will be put on the impact of the interjurisdictional governance,…
The Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY) and the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS), University of Mannheim, are pleased to announce a joint Summer School for postgraduate students, postdocs and junior faculty. The 2015 Summer School will, titled ‘Empirical Analysis of Markets with Asymmetric Information‘ take place August 2-7 at the Bronnbach Monastery in Germany, held by a leading economist in the…
On December 3-4, 2015, Facultat d’Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona will host a Frontier Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) meeting. The broad theme of the meeting is “Economic History of Education”. Keynote Speakers will be David Mitch (UMBC Maryland) and Francesco Cinnirella (Ifo Institute, CESifo, CEPR, and CAGE). Local Organizers are Alfonso Herranz and Sergio Espuelas. FRESH Organizers: Rowena Gray, Paul Sharp and Martin Uebele. The deadline…
The IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics) organizes the VI Workshop on Economics of Education: Competences’ Acquisition, Skills & the Labour Market that will take place next September 9th-10th 2015 at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona. Keynote speakers will be Guido Schwerdt (University of Konstanz, Germany) and Rolf Van der Velden (Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market – Maastricht University). Deadline for submission of…
The Department of Economics and Business at the University of Cagliari organizes the Summer School in Computational Economics in Cagliari, Sardinia, from the 6th to the 10th of July 2015. The school consists of two courses, both at PhD level, aimed at PhD students, assistant professors, practitioners in central banks and international institutions. They are ‘Continuous-time Methods for Economics and Finance’, taught by Galo Nuño (Banco de España), and ‘Introduction to simulation…
The 6th Competition and Innovation Summer School (CISS) will take place from May 25 to 30, 2015 in Turunç/Marmaris (Turkey). This workshop offers young researchers within the fields of the economics of innovation and competition the opportunity to intensively discuss their dissertation projects within a peer group of experienced and renowned scholars, as well as other PhD students and postdoc researchers in an inspiring environment. CISS offers lectures and workshops…
The Asociación Española de Economía del Trabajo (AEET) celebrates the XI Jornadas de Economía Laboral in Bellaterra in July 2015, organized by the Departament d’Economia Aplicada at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Submit your paper until March 29th 2015. More information HERE.
The Jaume I Prizes were created in 1989 through the initiative of the Valencian Foundation for Advanced Studies. Their objectives were to promote investigation and scientific development in Spain with the help of scientific entities and business organizations. There are different categories: Basic Research, Economics, Medical Research/Clinical Medicine, Protection of Nature, New Technologies, Entrepreneur and Social Commitment. Deadline for applications: March 22nd 2015. More information HERE.