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Research Fellow posts for MSc Students (or equivalent)

The Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, based at the Said Business School, are looking for Research Fellows who are interested in all aspects of taxation and related fields, such as corporate finance, investment, location, fiscal policy and governance.

More information here

Posted 4 May 2012

Office of Fair Trading: Summer Economic Internship Programme (closing date Monday 7 May 2012)

The OFT is currently advertising for its Summer Economic Internship Programme, aimed at undergraduates or graduates in economics, with a good knowledge of and strong interest in microeconomics:

"The OFT summer economics internship programme is a 10 to 12 week placement that runs from early or mid July 2012. The scheme is an excellent opportunity to undertake paid employment while gaining invaluable experience working with government economists.

OFT economists apply microeconomic principles to the real world. They consider how competition is affected by agreements between firms, by firms' conduct and by mergers. They provide advice to other departments on how government policies can impact upon competition. They contribute to market studies, look at ways to evaluate the OFT's work and carry out economic research. The work is high profile and often receives press coverage."

Please follow the link for further details and how to apply: http://www.oft.gov.uk/about-the-oft/working-for-us/vacancies/OFT-SEIP12

Posted 2 May 2012

Employment opportunity at the UK Data Archive

The UK Data Archive is currently looking for a Data and Support Services Officer. Responsibilities of the post include enhancement of data and documentation to the highest standard, including data conditioning, data management and version control, in order to prepare research data and documentation for use by social science researchers and research institutions. (You will not be required to conduct research.) This position requires 15 hours of work a week during term-time (there is flexibility to manage these hours around your academic schedule) and then full-time during the summer holidays until 30^th September 2012.

Full details and application forms can be found on the Careers Centre's 'Jobs Online' web pages. For further questions please contact Hilary Beedham (beedh@essex.ac.uk) or Kim Berry (kimb@essex.ac.uk) at the UK Data Archive. The closing date is Wednesday 25th April.

Posted 19 April 2012

Careers support for students from India

Career development services for students returning to India. The University has reached an agreement with an organisation called Sannam S4 to provide a range of career development services for graduates returning to India. One of the key benefits they offer is to connect you with employers in India and preparation for interviews.

Further details can be found at http://www.essex.ac.uk/careers/students/sannam.shtm

Posted 2 April 2012

Central Bank of Turkey - Summer Internship Program for 2012

Please click here for flyer.

Posted 2 April 2012

University of Essex, 2012 Graduation Yearbook

FINAL DEADLINE 26th March 2012

Thank you for all your contributions to the University of Essex, 2012 Graduation Yearbook. We have received hundreds of entries and thousands of photos for inclusion. It’s looking great!

Please do not miss your chance to make your entry into the Yearbook. It is FREE to submit your entry and upload your photos and it will take just a few minutes of your time. To make your entry (or complete an entry you may have started) please go to http://www.gradfinale.co.uk/students/register

All Yearbook entries will be published in a professionally printed Yearbook.

You and your fellow students make the Yearbook what it is! – A colourful, fantastic publication - brimming with priceless memories of your life at University to treasure forever!!

If you have not yet started your entry or you have started it but have not yet pressed submit it please visit the site ASAP to register or log back in: http://www.gradfinale.co.uk/

Hundreds of you have uploaded brilliant photographs and written some funny, moving, and fantastic entries! It is going to be an amazing Yearbook - brimming with priceless memories that you will treasure for the rest of your life!!

All pre-ordered Yearbooks will be handed out at your Graduation ceremony in July, please order your Yearbook online http://www.gradfinale.co.uk/basket.

Do not risk missing the opportunity to have your name, memories and photos printed in this once in a lifetime publication.

If you have any problems uploading your pictures online or you have forgotten your login details, please feel free to email us at: admin@gradfinale.co.uk

Posted 16 March 12

Islamic Finance Workshop

The Islamic Society would like to invite you to the Islamic Finance Workshop which will be run by Tarek El-Diwany. The title of the workshop is 'The Islamic Alternative to a Life of Debt'. Below is some biographical information about El-Diwany.

Time: Monday 19th March, 18:00 - 19:30, Venue: LTB 1

Tarek El Diwany is a writer and consultant in Islamic banking and finance. Between 1996 and 1998 he headed the Islamic Finance department at Prebon Yamane in London, having previously established an OTC bond derivatives dealing operation for the same company. He is the author of The Problem With Interest (1997), the editor of Islamic Banking and Finance and founder of http://www.islamic-finance.com (1997). He holds a BA Hons in Accounting & Finance from the University of Lancaster in the UK (1985) and is a founding partner of Zest Advisory LLP.]

Here is a taste of his talks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIOrHl0MI6Y

Posted 16 March 12

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC SERVICE : FAST STREAM ECONOMIST RECRUITMENT ROUND 2. OPENS 5 MARCH 2012

There will be a further round of the economist fast stream which will open on Monday, 5 March 2012. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 10 April 2012. Opportunities will be available across government departments in London, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Newport, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow. To join as a fast stream Assistant Economist, applicants need to have, or expect to obtain in 2012, a first or upper second-class honours degree in economics, or a postgraduate degree in economics. At least 50% of the course modules must be in economics.

For further details about our jobs and the application process please visit our website http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/ges

Posted 9 March 12

Opportunity to Showcase: Future Leaders Nomination

Could you be a Future Leader?

Do you want the chance to be featured as one of UK'S most talented graduated?

We have an opportunity for African and African-Carribean graduates in the country to feature in an exclusive magazine.

Do you want to know how? Well the time has come to send your nominations for next year's Future Leaders. The Future Leaders Magazine is an annual publication that lists 100 of the most talented powerful African and African-Caribbean graduates in the country.

Nominations should be made for: ·

Candidates of African/Caribbean decent, ·
n ANY year on target for a 2:1 degree, ·
With 300 UCAS points or a POST-GRADUATE student who has already obtained a 2:1 degree and 300 UCAS points at A-Level, and ·
Who are engaged in extra-curricular activities- this could be anything from being involved with sport and societies to running your own projects

For more information and the Nomination form: http://www.elevationnetworks.org/1250/100-most-outstanding-black-students-the-search-is-on/

Final deadline for nominations: 30 March 2012

Posted 8 March 2012

Job Hunting for Mature Students

8 March 2012 13.00 - 15.00

Job hunting for anyone is a challenge at the moment, regardless of age or background. This practical 2-hour workshop will provide the opportunity to consider employment-seeking issues that might be age-related or not. We will look at how you act positively in determining your career direction and how you market yourself as favourably as possible in the job market. https://www.essex.ac.uk/careers/eventbooking/

Posted 29 February 2012

PhD Vacancies at the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)

The Health Economics Research Unit has three PhD’s currently being advertised, the titles of these are listed below along with a hyperlink to further details and application procedures.

PhD Vacancies Investigating the Validity of Responses to Discrete Choice Experiments - click here for more details
Valuing the Patient Experience in Randomised Controlled Trial: Going Beyond QALYs - click here for more details
Economic Aspects of Food Choice and its Association with Health Inequalities in Scotland and the UK - click here for more details

Posted 17 February 2012

TALK BY CFA ON FEB 17th

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Posted 15 February 2012

PhD funding available at Essex:

Topic: The impact of relocalised food systems on wellbeing

Background
Food produced with a light ecological footprint, as a collective community effort, and distributed through short food chains could contribute to achieving sustainability, resilience and improved wellbeing. This research will further our understanding of the outcomes of such relocalisation initiatives in the East of England on the wellbeing of individuals, households and communities. It will also contribute to an understanding of the wider implications of relocalisation – i.e. its implications for regional and national policy and economy. The research will be part of a wider initiative to actively work together with members of local groups in the East of England to achieve positive and measurable outcomes in terms of betterment of local food production and consumption.

Full details of this PhD project, starting in October 2012, are available here

http://www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance/pg/essex_coop_studentship2012.pdf

The successful applicant will be based at the University of Essex (working both at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Environment and Society and Essex Business School), and research activities will involve fieldwork throughout selected communities in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.

If you want to apply for this studentship, please send a one page proposal plus your CV (including details of your most recent academic results) by 13 February 2012 to: Professor Steffen Böhm, Essex Business School, University of Essex, steffen@essex.ac.uk. Strong candidates will be invited to submit a formal application through the Essex ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (by 29 February 2012).

Posted 1 February 2012

Prague Summer Schools 2012

The Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Prague Summer Schools 2012 on the following topics:

European Summer Institute on the Future of Europe:
Lobbying in Brussels Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology Summer School on European Union:
Interests versus Culture? Summer School on China:
A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?

Where? Summer Schools will take place in Prague, Czech Republic

When? June 30 – July 7, 2012 Why? The Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.

We invite you to visit our website www.praguesummerschools.org to discover the details about the upcoming programs. The website contains detailed information on academic content, guidelines to application process including on-line application, practicalities, photos and alumni feedback.

We also suggest students to submit their applications to Prague Summer Schools by Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2012. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2012.

Should you have any questions regarding the Prague Summer Schools or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Prague Summer Schools 2012, Center for Public Policy, Vyjezdova, 510, 190 11 Prague 9, Czech Republic

Tel: +420 737 679 605

E-mail: info@praguesummerschools.org

Posted 17 January 2012

Economics PhD Studentships

Lancaster University

Department of Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK

The Department has a number of studentships available for study from September/October 2012 for three years. Applicants should have a Masters degree in Economics. ALL nationalities are eligible for these studentships. Studentships are currently £13,590 pa - plus £3000 enhanced stipend for ESRC funded students. Full fee waivers will be granted. Applications should be made as soon as possible – and no later than end February.

As a PhD student in the Department of Economics you will not only be working within an innovative department with a high quality research active environment, but at a Top 10 UK University with a world class reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Moreover, our PhD training is coordinated within the ESRC funded NW Doctoral Training Centre (NWDTC – see www.nwdtc.ac.uk ) to give students wider access to advanced training courses. Economics PhD students are Lancaster are firmly embedded within the Department’s research culture and are expected to participate in research seminars and workshops. Students work closely with their supervisors and will be supported to attend relevant training activities outside Lancaster and to present papers at conferences. Students may be required to engage in limited teaching activities – under close supervision by experienced teaching staff.

We have several open studentships
• where we encourage aspiring applicants to consult staff webpages http://bit.ly/xw9XFR, and those of senior staff member in particular. Then email a CV to the relevant staff and get help and advice on developing a research proposal. We also have a number of studentships that are linked to specific projects:
• Alcohol consumption. This project is supported by an ESRC CASE studentship as part of an EU Framework 7 project on addictive behaviour, ALICE-Rap (see http://www.alicerap.eu/ ) with the support of the RAND Corporation. The student will select and suggest research within a broad range and will be supervised by Ian Walker in Economics and Bruce Hollingsworth in the Division of Health Research and supported by Dr Priscillia Hunt at RAND. Contact ian.walker@lancaster.ac.uk .
• Youth unemployment. This project is supported by an ESRC CASE studentship and forms part of a collaboration with The Work Foundation, a major London think tank (see http://www.theworkfoundation.com/ ). The student will select and suggest research within a broad range and will be supervised by Steve Bradley and Rob Crouchley in Economics and supported by Neil Lee at TWF. Contact s.bradley@lancaster.ac.uk .
• Absenteeism. This project is supported by an ESRC CASE studentship and forms part of a collaboration with The Work Foundation, a major London think tank (see http://www.theworkfoundation.com/ ).

The student will select and suggest research within a broad range and will be supervised by Colin Green and Maria Navarro in Economics with support from Neil Lee at TWF. Contact c.p.green@lancaster.ac.uk . For further information please contact: Professor David Peel (d.peel@lancaster.ac.uk ) or Dr Themis Pavlidis (e.pavlidis@lancaster.ac.uk) . Online applications for a place on the PhD programme can be made via http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/phd/PHDAPPLY/

Posted 16 January 2012

Bocconi PhD program in Economics and Finance

The PhD program follows the classical model: two years of courses followed by (at least) two years of research. The first year is devoted to the sequences in quantitative methods, microeconomics and either finance or macroeconomics (according to the students’ interests), the second year to advanced courses that bring the students to the frontier of research in several fields.

The program, which is taught in English, combines rigorous training in theoretical/methodological subjects and advanced techniques with special attention to empirical research and policy issues. The faculty are first rate active researchers at the frontier of their areas of expertise (most of them affiliated to IGIER, a premier research centre).

More information is available at www.unibocconi.eu/phds (also on other Bocconi PhD programs).

Please find here the Call for the 2012-13 positions (with scholarship of about Euro 13000 and paid tuition). The deadline to submit applications is February 15th, 2012. (www.unibocconi.eu/admissionphd)

Clarification questions may be addressed to angela.baldassarre@unibocconi.it

Posted 22 December 2011

Oxford Economics

Oxford Economics is one of the leading economic consultancies, providing analysis and advice on a wide range of macro and micro issues to international institutions, governments and blue-chip companies.

They are looking for high-calibre junior economists to join their expanding forecasting and consultancy teams in Oxford and London.

The successful candidates will assist in the production of Oxford Economics’ global macro and sectoral forecasts; prepare briefing articles on topical economic issues; and assist senior economists on a variety of consultancy projects. Excellent analytical and quantitative skills are essential.

A competitive salary package (including bonus scheme) is available.

To apply, please send your CV to: Anji Hussian, Oxford Economics, Abbey House, 121 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1HB, UK (email: ahussain@oxfordeconomics.com).

Closing date: 3 February 2012

Posted 16 December 2011

ODI Fellowship Scheme

The ODI Fellowship Scheme has been sending young postgraduate economists to work in the public sectors of developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific on two-year contracts since 1963. Providing an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and gain experience working within a developing country's government, the application process for the 2012-2014 Fellowship Scheme is now open. Apply before 15 December 2011 for your chance to be part of the ODI Fellowship Scheme.

Essential criteria:

· Degree in economics or a related field

· Postgraduate degree qualification*

· Ability to commit to a two-year assignment

* For those studying for a postgraduate degree at the time of application, the award of a Fellowship will be conditional upon the successful completion of their degree

Salary is c.£21,000.00 p.a.

Start date is September/October 2012.

There are currently one hundred Fellows in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific; we expect to recruit fifty during this round of applications.

Application is via a Word application form: http://www.odi.org.uk/fellowship-scheme/applications.asp

Posted 2 November 2011

Subscribe to The Economist 12 issues for £12 - 75% discount on cover price

Make the leap between grade boundaries by subscribing to The Economist today on the following link:

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The Economist is an exceptional supplement to academic reading, preparing you for both exams and the competitive graduate interview process. The benefits include:

- No contract - cancel at any time

- Free text book "A-Z of Economics" RRP.£9.99

- Unrestricted access to the Economist Online. Including: news analysis, rankings, blogs, online debates and fully searchable archive dating back to 1997. (Perfect for referencing and getting that edge for the exam!)

- Temporary suspension for up to four weeks - perfect for exams and academic vacations

- Change the address between university and home with ease -perfect for academic vacations

- Every article available on your phone

Posted 31 October 2011

Welcome to Milkround!

Dear student

If you are a Fresher and recently joined University then welcome to Milkround! We are the UK's number 1 resource for students looking for graduate employment.

1. Are you currently studying and looking for that all important work experience or internship?

-OR-

2. Have you finished your degree and looking for a full time graduate job?

If so you must sign up to Milkround today! Even in these tough times, Milkround is first for graduate careers, with hundreds of internships and 1000’s of graduate jobs and schemes. Whether you are in undergraduate study, fresh out of university or looking to make the most of your degree, Milkround is the site for you.

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Posted 26 October 2011

Postgraduate Scholarship in Canada in 2012

The Canada Memorial Foundation is currently offering Scholarships for postgraduate study in Canada in 2012.

The Scholarships are offered annually for British students or graduates wishing to pursue a postgraduate course at a university or other appropriate institution in Canada (These awards are not available for study at doctoral level).

The Scholarships, tenable for one year only, will cover air-fares, fees, maintenance and other allowances.

Candidates should be United Kingdom citizens resident within the United Kingdom. They should hold, or expect to hold by September 2012, a first or upper second class Honours degree.

In addition candidates should be able to show convincing reasons why they wish to study in Canada

For further information see the ACU’s website at www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/fellowships_mobility/canada_memorial_foundation_scholarships or contact: CMF Competition, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HF (email enquiries welcome at cmf@acu.ac.uk ).

Closing date: 25 November 2011

Posted 12 October 2011

The Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) and the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health (RINH) based at the University of Aberdeen have a vacancy for a PhD

We are seeking to recruit a well qualified graduate in economics to undertake a PhD in "Economic aspects of food choice and its association with health inequalities in Scotland and the UK". The specific research project will fit within the existing research interests of HERU and RINH, and may be chosen from one of the following examples:

o The effect of time preference on food choice and health inequalities (Dr van der Pol, Dr Macdiarmid and Professor Ludbrook)

o Applications of experimental economics to food choice (Dr Watson, Dr Macdiarmid and Professor Ludbrook)

o Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation for a healthier diet (Dr Farrar, Dr Macdiarmid and Professor Ludbrook)

o Family and household effects on food choice (Dr Olajide, Dr Macdiarmid and Professor Ludbrook)

It may be possible for candidates to propose their own research question, within the same topic area. Funding is available for UK/EU fees and a stipend (currently £13,590) for up to 4 years. (Student stipends are not subject to tax.) The student will be based at HERU. Funding is available from October 2011 and the successful candidate must commence by March 2012 at the latest. Further particulars follow this advert and details of how to apply can be found by clicking HERE. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Ludbrook a.ludbrook@abdn.ac.uk

Posted 8 September 2011

Student Support Support Workers

Are you a 2nd, 3rd or 4th YEAR UNDERGRADUATE or a POSTGRADUATE looking for a job that fits around your own studies & will enhance your CV?

Student Support recruits support workers to work with disabled students in roles such as:

Academic Assistants
Notetakers
Readers
Examination scribes

Job descriptions can be found on the Student Support webpage, http://www2.essex.ac.uk/stdsup/disab/Jobs/sww.shtm.

Vacancies are advertised on this web page and with the Careers Office in around September and February each year.

Posted 24 August 2011

Careers Centre GradFocus 2011

For Economics students graduating 2011

Have a look at the Career Centre's GradFocus 2011 page at http://www.essex.ac.uk/careers/advice/GradFocus2011.shtm You might want to register for the GradFocus newsletter. To subscribe, please email to careers@essex.ac.uk stating GradFocus in the subject line. - The latest newsletter edition has details of a position for a Data Analyst, specifically aimed at Essex Economics graduates.

Posted 11 July 2011

PhD Studentship - Health Economics

Please follow this link for information about a PhD studentship in health economics at Cardiff University http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/funding/R667.htm The studentship is on violence research and jointly supervised by the Violence Research Group in the School of Dentistry and the Economics Section of Cardiff Business School. Applicants should preferably have a Masters in Health Economics and a willingness to train in qualitative research methods if they have not already done so.

Posted 9 May 11

DOCTORAL STUDY IN NEW ZEALAND

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission will shortly be inviting applications for three-year doctoral Scholarships in New Zealand starting in February 2012. Further information is available on their Website at: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/outward_awards.asp and anyone interested in applying should register with the Commission by sending an e-mail to csfpout@acu.ac.uk

Posted 23 March 2011

DOCTORAL AND POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS AT UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

The University of Pretoria is inviting applications for 3-year doctoral and 2 year post-doctoral scholarships tenable from January 2012

Further information on all these awards can be found on their Website at: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/outward_awards.asp and by e-mailing

csfpout@acu.ac.uk

Posted 23 March 2011

University Skills Centre

The Learning Resource Centre located in room 4.204, now has 40 advisor slots a week that students can book if they are looking for help with academic writing, English language or related study skills.

More information:

http://www.essex.ac.uk/internationalacademy/resources/learning-resource-centre/lrc-leaflet-Feb2011.pdf

Posted 11th March 11

Short-term Opportunities Abroad

The Careers Centre has compiled a resource pack regarding short-term opportunities abroad, including work, internships and voluntary work abroad. You can access the document at

http://www.essex.ac.uk/careers/information_general/shortterm_abroad.pdf

Posted 10 February 11

Short Courses

The University of Manchester are offering short courses in Social Research Methods for Practitioners, Researchers & Policy Makers in 2011.

To book and for more information go to www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses or contact the short course administrator at courses@ccsr.ac.uk

Posted 3rd February 2011

Working in the UK after study (for International Students)

Are you keen to work in the UK but are not sure of the current regulations which will allow you to do this? Meet immigration experts and find out about current visa regulations for working in the UK after your studies. This event takes place Wednesday 13 October at 2pm in LTB2.

For details and to book your place go to https://www.essex.ac.uk/careers/eventbooking/

Erasmus Mundus

Opportunities offered by UCL's Erasmus Mundus International Masters in Economy, State and Society (IMESS - see www.imess.eu).

This programme is a prestigious, European Commission approved, two-year Masters offered by a consortium of European universities headed by UCL (www.ucl.ac.uk). The programme draws on an unparalleled pool of academic resources to offer the definitive Masters course focusing on the important Economies, States and Societies of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.

IMESS offers three distinct discipline-based study tracks in 'Economics and Business', 'Politics and Security' and 'Nation, History and Society' and as such should appeal to all students currently on Social Science or Arts and Humanities programmes with an interest in the pan-European region.

Students spend the first year at UCL and the second year in one of our partner institutions in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Poland and Russia.

Full details about the programme, the application process, the scholarship opportunities and so on can be found on our website: www.imess.eu

Posted 3 December 09

Postgraduate Research

FOUR-YEAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP IN ECONOMICS ST HILDA’S COLLEGE, OXFORD

St Hilda’s College invites applications for a Career Development Fellowship in Economics for four years from 1st October 2012. Applicants will have completed a doctorate but be at an early stage of their career. The appointee will be expected to engage in research, to offer six hours per week undergraduate tutorial teaching for St Hilda's College, to teach up to 20 hours per annum of lectures or classes for the Department, and to share in the College administration of degree courses involving Economics. There is no possibility of renewal beyond 30th September 2016.

The appointment will be paid on a scale from point 3 £31,020 to point 6 £33,384 per annum (Grade 7). The successful candidate will also receive an Academic Allowance of £1,300 per annum, and an entertainment allowance of £235 per annum. The Fellow will be a member of the Senior Common Room, and will be entitled to all meals in St Hilda’s when the College kitchens are open.

The closing date for applications is noon GMT on Wednesday 13 June 2012, and it is expected that interviews will take place in the week commencing 25 June 2012. Further particulars, including details of how to apply, are available from the College website at www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk , or from the Academic Registrar, St Hilda’s College, Oxford OX4 1DY (college.office@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk ).

Posted 18 May 2012

Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher position at MSCI

For full details of this post click here

Posted 10 May 2012

Guardian Live Q&A on career options for economics graduates (Friday 11 May)

The Guardian is hosting a live Q&A on Friday 11 May on opportunities with a degree in economics. For details and how to participate see http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/economics-degree-career-options?CMP=

Posted 8 May 2012

The British Growth Crisis: The Search for a New Model

16 - 18 July 2012 Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield

Officially launched by Rt Hon Ed Miliband in February, SPERI is a new interdisciplinary & politically neutral research institute that focuses in the first instance on questions of growth in the wake of the global financial crisis. Our inaugural conference reflects this focus.

The institute is co-directed by Professors Colin Hay and Tony Payne at the University of Sheffield, and its International Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge, comprises twenty leading commentators in the field.

The Conference Programme

Monday 16 July 2012 The conference will open with introductory plenary talks from Andrew Gamble (University of Cambridge) and Linda Weiss (University of Sydney).

Tuesday 17 July A day of parallel running panels will conclude with a pre-dinner talk by Lord Robert Skidelsky and a conference dinner.

Wednesday 18 July Further plenary sessions; the first will feature presentations by Nicola Phillips, Helen Thompson & Robert Wade. The second will gather together speakers from a range of influential think-tanks including Centre Forum, Green Alliance, the Institute of Economic Affairs, IPPR, Policy Network and the Resolution Foundation.

Posted 3 May 2012

2012 CIMS SUMMER COURSE - Surrey University

We are glad to announce the 2012 CIMS SUMMER COURSE. The course will be about Model Construction, Estimation and Use of DSGE Macroeconomic Models, a Dynare-based Summer Course, organized by the Center for International Macroeconomics Studies (CIMS), in the School of Economics at the University of Surrey, to be held next September 10 - 13 in Guildford.

The course will cover the construction and estimation of Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) macroeconomic models and their use for policy analysis. This is a hands-on course all based on available facilities in the software platform Dynare.

The course is intended for PhD students, Post-docs, academics and members of policy institutions (such as central banks, ministries, and international organizations) with academic background who wish to gain state-of-the-art insights on DSGE modelling.

Please check for further details and other activities organized by CIMS: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/economics/research/groups/centreinternationalmacro/Events/cims_summer_course.htm

Posted 3 May 2012

Call for Papers - 2012 China International Conference on Game Theory and Applications

Please click here for full details

Posted 3 May 2012

Employment opportunity at the UK Data Archive

Posted 19 April 2012

Conference on Applied Econometrics and Public Policy on July 3rd, 2012

The National University of Ireland Galway is hosting a conference on Applied Econometrics and Public Policy on July 3rd, 2012 in conjunction with the Economic and Social Review journal. A selection of the highest quality papers submitted to the conference will be put forward for a special thematic edition of the journal to follow after the conference. The abstract submission deadline is 17th April 2012. For details, abstract submission and registration please see: http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=164.

Immediately following the conference there is a three day intensive course on 'Discrete Choice Modeling' with Professor William Greene of the Stern School of Business at New York University from the 4th to the 6th of July 2012. It is my pleasure to invite students and/or colleagues who might be interested in attending from University College Cork. For details of the course outline and registration see: http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=163

Posted 3 April 2012

OFT955 - POST GRADUATE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIST

Salary: c. £28,928 plus excellent benefits. (Additional allowance may be payable dependent on qualification)

Start date: October 2012 (some flexibility)

Are you ready to apply the microeconomic principles of how markets work to the real world?

We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals who are close to completing a PhD in the economics of industrial organisation or competition economics to embark on a career with the Office of Fair Trading. An outstanding opportunity to experience the variety of work on offer at the OFT, the role of a Post Graduate Industrial Economist will see you involved in high profile, challenging and interesting work that is integral to our success.

As a Post Graduate Industrial Economist you will provide economic advice and draw out salient theories, lead on research projects, work streams and literature reviews, liaise with internal and external stakeholders; and scope and design new projects.

This post will see you involved in competition and consumer matters across all sectors of the UK economy. This could include working on Competition Act cases, market studies, or first stage merger assessments. It could see you, helping to advocate and advise on competition policy across government, or get involved in assessing our impacts and commissioning research as part of the evaluation team.

To succeed, you will have or be close to completing a PhD in the economics of industrial organisation or competition economics or you will have a master’s degree in economics with a strong industrial organisation theoretical or empirical background and significant work experience in a competition economics role.

Additionally, you will have strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as within a team. If you have these attributes, together with lots of initiative and the ability to organise a busy workload in order to meet tight deadlines, we would like to hear from you.

To find out more and apply please visit: www.oft.gov.uk/vacancies The closing date for applications is 6th April 2012 The Office of Fair Trading is an equal opportunities employer.

Posted 14 March 12

York Annual Symposium on Game Theory 2012

Following the first and second Game Theory Symposium successfully held in 2010 and 2011, we are happy to announce that the 3nd York Annual Symposium on Game Theory is to take place on 18-19 June 2012 (full day on 18th and half day on 19th) at the University of York.

Youngsub Chun (Seoul), Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford), Inés Macho-Stadler (UAB) and Hans Peters (Maastricht) will give the keynote presentations. To view the poster click here.

We welcome faculty members and PhD students in all universities who are interested in game theory to attend this symposium. If you would like to attend, please email to Miss Jiawen Li (jl741@york.ac.uk) to book a place as soon as possible, by at latest at the end of April.

We expect you to contribute £50 as the participation fee for drinks, lunches and the dinner of the symposium. Please note that this is a well subsidised rate due to the financial support from the economics department. Looking forward to seeing you in York this June. The Microeconomics Research Cluster Department of Economics and Related Studies University of York

Posted 9 March 12

Mainz Workshops and Summerschools 2012

The events cover issues ranging from labour economics via macro and econometrics to behavioural economics. Guest lecturers come from Stanford, Chicago and other universities. The first workshop is on 30 April, the last summer school ends on 31 August. There are various calls for papers which are listed below for your information. For more information on schedules, summerschool details and all other information, please go to http://www.macro.economics.uni-mainz.de/visitors. We are looking forward to welcoming you and/ or your students here. Alejandro Donado Andrey Launov Daniel Schunk Klaus Wälde http://www.macro.economics.uni-mainz.de/visitors

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Call for papers - Search, Matching and Unemployment

The Department of Economics at the University of Mainz, Germany, invites submissions for a one-day Mainz Workshop in Labour Economics, which will take place on April 30, 2012. The workshop intends to provide a platform for discussion of new ideas in the structural modeling of labour market search and matching frictions. Particular emphasis will be made on (but not restricted to) unemployed search and benefit systems. Keynote speech of the workshop will be delivered by Prof. Melvyn Coles (University of Essex). The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2011. Authors of submitted papers will be notified of the decision shortly thereafter. For submission, please send your paper as an email attachment to Andrey Launov. University of Mainz will provide accommodation and reimburse economy class travel expenses for the authors whose contributions were accepted to the workshop.

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Call for papers: Research Workshop: "The future of trade unions"

The Departments of Economics at the University of Mainz and the University of Mainz, Germany, invite papers for a one day workshop on 13 June 2012 in Mainz on "The future of trade unions". Our keynote speaker is John Pencavel from Stanford University. There is no doubt that trade unions influence economic acivities of a country. There is quite some dispute, however, whether the influence of trade unions is positive or negative. Critics and standard economic theory emphasize that trade unions are responsible for unemployment as they push up wages above the market clearing level. Supporters also stress positive contributions: unions provide a "collective voice" (Freeman and Medoff, 1984), they can be seen as the precursor of the modern welfare state (Brugiavini et al., 2001, ch. II.2.1), they play a " constructive role <...> in providing individuals with an opportunity to participate in fashioning their work environment" (Pencavel, 2005) or they collect information, improve occupational health and safety at the workplace and thereby increase output and welfare of an economy (Donado and Wälde, 2011), to name just a few positive examples. It is the objective of this workshop to bring together economists who also see "the good face" of trade unions (or of any social group more generally speaking). Society is more than a group of individuals, it is rather a group of groups who mostly contribute in some useful way to society. We welcome analyses of union behaviour (or social groups more generally) both from an empirical and theoretical perspective. The deadline for submissions is 22 April 2012. Authors of selected papers will be notified of the decision shortly thereafter. The Department of Economics can cover travel and accommodation costs for all speakers and discussants. Please send your paper as an email attachment to Alejandro Donado.

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Call for papers: Mainz Workshop in Trade, Growth, and Macroeconomics: A Quantitative Approach The Department of Economics at the University of Mainz, Germany, invites submissions for a two-day workshop in Trade, Growth, and Macroeconomics, which will take place on August 14-15, 2012. The workshop aims at stimulating exchange of ideas in the theoretical and empirical modeling of macroeconomic aspects as related to trade and growth. The keynote speech of the workshop will be delivered by Samuel S. Kortum (University of Chicago). The deadline for submissions is June 10, 2012. Authors of submitted papers will be notified of the decision beginning of July. For submission, please send your paper as an email attachment to Silke Brandau. We can cover accommodation and reimburse travel expenses for the authors whose contributions were accepted to the workshop.

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Call for Papers - Research Workshop and Summer School in Behavioral Economics Research Workshop The Center for Emotional Economics and the Department of Economics at the University of Mainz, Germany, invite papers for a one day workshop on 29 August 2012 in behavioral and emotional economics. Our keynote speakers are Jordi Brandts (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) and Dan Houser (George Mason University). The workshop is open to empirical and theoretical approaches. Recent contributions in neuro- and genoeconomics or on emotions are highly welcome as well.

The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2012. Please send your paper or extended abstract (about 2 pages) as an email attachment to ls_schunk@uni-mainz.de Authors will be notified of the decision shortly thereafter. We can cover travel and accommodation costs for all speakers of the Research Workshop.

Posted 8 March 12

Contests, Mechanisms & Experiments Conference - 27th to 29th April 2012

The Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School is pleased to announce a conference on Contests, Mechanisms and Experiments from April 27-29 to be held at University of Exeter. The conference aims to bring together researchers who are at the forefront of research in the areas of contests and mechanisms in theory and experiments to idyllic South West of England.

Our schedule is to have registration at 12-1 pm on Friday April 27 followed by lunch. The first talk will begin at 2 pm. There will be dinners on Friday and Saturday with a tour of the Exeter Cathedral on Friday and on Saturday we have planned a tour to Castle Drogo and a short walk to Fingle Bridge at the edge of Dartmoor. The workshop will end at 3 pm on Sunday. Each talk will be approximately 45 minutes.

The paper presentations consists of the following speakers: Tim Cason, Yan Chen, Alex Gershkov, Dan Kovenock, Vijay Krishna, Bernard Lebrun, Dan Levin, Ron Siegel, Aner Sela, Ted Turocy, David Wettstein, Eyal Winter and Charles Zheng.

We would like to invite participants to attend the conference. We will also have a poster session to be held during the conference. All participants are invited to submit posters. The posters as expected need to be in the areas suggested by the name of the conference, Contests, Mechanisms and Experiments.

We will partially subsidize stay, travel and food for all participants whose posters are accepted for the poster session. As there are limited spaces available, all interested participants should please let us know by March 15, 2012 at the latest if you are able to attend and also the title of the tentative poster you intend to present. Please email Steph Barnard (s.c.barnard@exeter.ac.uk) with the details.

Posted 8 March 12

Cork Call for Papers

There is an upcoming International Workshop on “Surviving the Economic and Financial Crisis” being held in Cork on June 8-9. This workshop is jointly organised by UCC, the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies and the International Network for Economic Research.

Please click here for the Call of Papers

The closing date for preliminary or completed papers is April 9th.

Two keynote speakers will present at the Workshop and these are: Professor Philip Lane (Trinity College, Dublin) and Professor Holger Görg (Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

Workshop website: http://www.survivingthecrisisconference.com

Posted 15 February 2012

Global Firms, Global Finance and Global Inequalities Conference - Call for papers

Global Political Economy Network: Global Firms, Global Finance and Global Inequalities

Conference Venue: Loughborough University, UK Dates 25-26 April, 2012.

Call for papers Background: Global capitalism is again facing a popular backlash in advanced countries, focused upon the disparities between the ‘1 per cent’ – largely associated with the finance sector – and the rest of the Global population. Yet there is still little consensus about the effects of globalisation upon income distribution – either within countries or between countries. Rising inequality in the Anglo-Saxon countries, and increasing unemployment in continental Europe, led to a political backlash against global trade in the 1990s. However, traditional analyses, based upon the neoclassical model of the global economy, failed to find a link to trade with developing countries, since traded commodity prices did not seem to be shifting. In addition, inequality was also rising within many developing countries, which was contrary to the simple version of the Stolper-Samuelson theorem.

More recent analyses, based upon intra- and inter-firm trade, outsourcing and networking, have suggested that these early conclusions may have been premature. It is argued that many effects initially attributed to technological progress may, in fact, reflect selective outsourcing of certain labour-intensive processes. In addition, global financial liberalisation has led to strong shifts in costs of, access to and returns to finance in different parts of the World, whose effects on inequalities have not fully been explored. The role of the finance sector – both in terms of its extreme concentrations of income on the highest earners, and in terms of its alleged failure to support development among poorer groups – is at the heart of current debate.

Call for papers on the themes of:

North-North capital market integration and tax/subsidy competition.
North-South capital market integration.
Different labour market institutions and responses to global shifts.
Labour market effects of outsourcing and FDI.
Degree of competition and income distribution.
Finance and access to education in North and South.
Access to finance as a driver to FDI.
Appropriate policy responses.

Papers on other related themes will also be considered.

Keynote speakers: Confirmed Rodney Falvey, Bond University, Australia. Carl Davidson, Michigan State University, USA. Udo Kreickemeier, University of Tübingen, Germany. Ray Riezman, University of Iowa, USA.

Submission of papers The url to submit papers to GPEN2012 via Conference Maker is https://editorialexpress.com/conference/GPEN2012

Deadline for extended abstracts. 24 February 2012. (EXTENDED)

Authors of accepted papers to be informed by 9 March 2012.

Registration, payment and submission of full paper by 23 March, 2012.

Conference fee £130. Conference dinner an extra £30. It is intended to submit a selection of papers to a journal special issue. More information will follow.

Posted 15 February 2012

Call for Papers - 3rd International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education

3rd International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education

Catanzaro, Italy June 17 to 19, 2012

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the third IWAEE that will be held in Catanzaro, Italy, 17th to 19th of June 2012. The conference programme will include invited lectures, contributed sessions and poster sessions.

Keynote Speakers:

Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova)
Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Holger Sieg (University of Pennsylvania)

We invite you to submit an extended abstract or full paper through the workshop website www.iwaee.org by midnight 29th of February 2012.

We will consider contributions across all applied areas of education economics. Preference will be given to full papers for contributed sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to submit their paper to a special issue of the Taylor and Francis journal Education Economics. Registration fees will be €220 and €180 for doctoral students.

The conference is organised jointly by the Department DOPES and Faculty of Law, Magna Graecia University and the Economics Department, Lancaster University.

For further details: contact@iwaee.org Local contact: Giuseppe Migali (LU and UMG): gmigali@iwaee.org Organisers: Colin Green (Lancaster University), Giuseppe Migali (Lancaster University and Magna Graecia University), Michele Trimarchi (Magna Graecia University)

Posted 26 January 2012

Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute Inaugural Conference

The British Growth Crisis: The Search for a New Model

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

The new Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) seeks to develop and take to a new level the work of the longstanding Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) first established in the Department of Politics of the University of Sheffield in 1996. The aim is to establish as quickly as possible a world-leading research centre devoted to the exploration of the political economy of growth in a changing global world order. Its 1st Co-Directors are Professors Colin Hay and Tony Payne and the Chair of its Advisory Board is Professor Andrew Gamble of the University of Cambridge.

The deadline to submit a paper and/or proposal for the upcoming inaugural annual conference due to be held 16-18 July at Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield is just over a week away.

If you have not yet done so, all abstracts should be sent to the SPERI Administrator Sarah Boswell by emailing s.boswell@sheffield.ac.uk or speri@sheffield.ac.uk by 31 January 2012 .

You can also register for the conference online by going to www.sheffield.ac.uk/speri to take advantage of the early bird offer.

The Conference Programme:

The conference will open on Monday 16th July 2012 with introductory plenary talks from Andrew Gamble (University of Cambridge) and Linda Weiss (University of Sydney). A day of panels on Tuesday 17th July will conclude with a pre-dinner talk by Lord Robert Skidelsky and a conference dinner. Further plenary sessions will be held on Wednesday 18th July. The first will feature presentations by Nicola Phillips (University of Manchester), Helen Thompson (University of Cambridge) & Robert Wade (LSE). The second will gather together speakers from a range of influential think-tanks with an interest in economic policy issues such as Centre Forum, Green Alliance, the Institute of Economic Affairs, IPPR and the Resolution Foundation.

To find out more about SPERI and the upcoming conference please visit the website www.sheffield.ac.uk/speri or contact Sarah Boswell, SPERI administrator by emailing s.boswell@sheffield.ac.uk.

For more information click here

Posted 26 January 2012

Conference on debt and debt rescues - London 20th February

Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London

Learning from Latin America: Debt crises, debt rescues and when and why they work 20 February 2012, 10:00 - 18:00

Event Type: Conference / Symposium

Speakers:

Enrique García (CAF)
Enrique Iglesias (SEGIB)
Rosario Green (Mexican Senate)
Alessandro Leipold (Lisbon Council)
Ugo Panizza (UNCTAD)
Carlos Eduardo Freitas (OF Consultoria Econômica)
Roberto Frenkel (CEDES)
Stephany Griffith-Jones (Columbia University)
Jose Antonio Ocampo (Columbia University)
Rosemary Thorp (Oxford)
Others TBC

This conference brings together scholars and practitioners deeply knowledgeable about recent Latin American crises and rescue experiences, with people actively interested in the current European crisis. The Brady rescue in Latin America in the 1980s is frequently quoted as a model for Europe on the basis of inadequate knowledge. But other recent crises, in particular Argentina and Ecuador, contain interesting lessons well worth careful analysis and debate.

This event is by invitation only. Please email expressions of interest to Dr. Paulo Drinot.

This conference is generously supported by CAF, Latin America’s Development Bank

Venue : The Senate Room (Senate House, First Floor) South Block of Senate House, Ground Floor Download a map of the central precinct with directions for getting to the University of London Senate House.

Posted 26 January 2012

Global Firms, Global Finance and Global Inequalities Conference - Call for papers

Global Political Economy Network: Global Firms, Global Finance and Global Inequalities

Conference Venue: Loughborough University, UK Dates 25-26 April, 2012.

Call for papers on the themes of:

North-North capital market integration and tax/subsidy competition.
North-South capital market integration.
Different labour market institutions and responses to global shifts.
Labour market effects of outsourcing and FDI.
Degree of competition and income distribution.
Finance and access to education in North and South.
Access to finance as a driver to FDI.
Appropriate policy responses.

Papers on other related themes will also be considered.

Submission of papers The url to submit papers to GPEN2012 via Conference Maker is https://editorialexpress.com/conference/GPEN2012

Deadline for extended abstracts. 10 February 2012.

Authors of accepted papers to be informed by 9 March 2012.

Registration, payment and submission of full paper by 23 March, 2012.

Conference fee £130. Conference dinner an extra £30. It is intended to submit a selection of papers to a journal special issue. More information will follow.

Posted 25 January 2012

Kiel Institute Summer School 2012

We would like to inform you about the forthcoming Kiel Institute Summer School on Economic Policy which will take place in the week June 24 –30, 2012 on the topic Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy.

The speakers are Jean-Claude Trichet (former president, ECB), Tommaso Monacelli (Bocconi University), Sheri Markose (University of Essex), Werner DeBondt (De Paul University, Chicago) and Enrique Mendoza (University of Maryland).

The Summer School addresses PhD students and Post-docs with a strong academic record and a keen interest in policy issues, and members of financial and policy institutions such as central banks, ministries and international organisations.

More information and an application form are available at http://www.ifw-kiel.de/konfer/kissep

Posted 24 January 2012

Empirical Strategies: IV and RD go to school" (Prof. Angrist)

CEIS and the University of Rome Tor Vergata are very pleased to announce the presentation of the next set of LABOUR Lectures on Empirical Strategies: IV and RD go to school given by Professor Joshua Angrist (MIT), to be held at EIEF (via Sallustiana 62, Rome) from June 18 to June 20, 2012.

Empirical Strategies: IV and RD go to school covers econometric ideas and widely used empirical modeling strategies discussed in the book Mostly Harmless Econometrics. The course will include 6 classroom lectures and 9 participants’ presentations. Presentations will be given in the American labor lunch style, with discussion and feedback.

Interested researchers and advanced graduate students are encouraged to submit a paper (see the CALLInterested researchers and advanced graduate students are encouraged to submit a paper (see the CALL FOR PAPERS section at the course web-page), though everyone is welcome to attend even if not presenting. The number of participants is limited, so early registrations are encouraged!

Applications should arrive no later than March 15, 2012

For further information, please see: http://www.ceistorvergata.it/angrist gata.it/angrist

Posted 24 January 2012

Call for Papers: Augustin Cournot Doctoral Days 2012

The ACDD 9th edition is coming.

Submission are now open at www.acdd-conference.org

Further details here.

Posted 19 January 2012

Global Political Economy Network

Global Political Economy Network: Global Firms, Global Finance and Global Inequalities Conference

Venue: Loughborough University, UK

Dates 25-26 April, 2012.

Call for papers

Background: Global capitalism is again facing a popular backlash in advanced countries, focused upon the disparities between the ‘1 per cent’ – largely associated with the finance sector – and the rest of the Global population. Yet there is still little consensus about the effects of globalisation upon income distribution – either within countries or between countries. Rising inequality in the Anglo-Saxon countries, and increasing unemployment in continental Europe, led to a political backlash against global trade in the 1990s. However, traditional analyses, based upon the neoclassical model of the global economy, failed to find a link to trade with developing countries, since traded commodity prices did not seem to be shifting. In addition, inequality was also rising within many developing countries, which was contrary to the simple version of the Stolper-Samuelson theorem.

Call for papers on the themes of:

North-North capital market integration and tax/subsidy competition.
North-South capital market integration.
Different labour market institutions and responses to global shifts.
Labour market effects of outsourcing and FDI.
Degree of competition and income distribution.
Finance and access to education in North and South.
Access to finance as a driver to FDI.
Appropriate policy responses.

Papers on other related themes will also be considered.

Submission of papers The url to submit papers to GPEN2012 via Conference Maker is https://editorialexpress.com/conference/GPEN2012

Deadline for extended abstracts. 10 February 2012. Authors of accepted papers to be informed by 9 March 2012. Registration, payment and submission of full paper by 23 March, 2012. Conference fee £130. Conference dinner an extra £30. It is intended to submit a selection of papers to a journal special issue. More information will follow.

Posted 18 January 2012

Lecturerships / Senior Lectureships in Economics

Lancaster University, UK

Department of Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK

http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/departments/economics/

These TWO posts consolidate our recent renewal and expansion. We are keen to recruit in macro, broadly defined, for one post. For the second we will consider any area but we have particular interests in macro, broadly defined, and in international economics and trade, international business, financial economics, development, environmental economics, and microeconometrics. You must have a PhD in Economics or be very close to completion. Applicants straight from graduate school will be expected to have working papers or job market papers that can be evaluated for their quality. Applicants who are not early career researchers would be expected to have evidence of publication in high quality journals. Whatever your interest, and approach - applied, empirical, or theory – you will need to be be able to develop and deliver high quality and engaging teaching at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels in your own areas of interest as well as contribute to our core teaching needs. As a faculty member in the Department of Economics, part of Lancaster University Management School, you will be working in an innovative department with a high quality research-active environment, within a Top 10 UK University with a world class reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Lancaster is well placed for the new higher education environment in the UK. If you are an energetic, dynamic, ambitious and committed researcher then you will want to apply, and we will welcome your application. These posts are both appointable as either Lecturer or Senior Lecturer. We intend to invite interested applicants to visit during February/March with a view to a start in October 2012. For further information please contact: Professor David Peel (d.peel @lancaster.ac.uk ) or Ian Walker (ian.walker@lancaster.ac.uk).

Posted 16 January 2012

STATA Training Courses

Timberlake Consultants will be running several Stata training courses in 2012, which may be of interest to you.

Discounts are available for early registration and multiple delegates.

For more information, please click on the links below or email training@timberlake.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 8697 3377.

UK Courses

Microeconometrics Using Stata

When: 3-5 April / 24-26 September, 2012

Where: Cambridge, UK

Delivered by: Dr Melvyn Weeks

Learn More

Applied Econometrics With Stata

When: 23-25 July, 2012

Where: Cambridge, UK

Delivered by: Prof Sean Holly

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Introduction to Programming in Mata

When: 2 March / 10 September, 2012

Where: London, UK

Delivered by: Dr Alfonso Miranda

Learn More

Posted 11 January 2012

Research Positions at INED Paris

For more information on how to apply please see: http://www.ined.fr/en/institut/recruitment/external_contests/cr/

The deadline for application is February 10th.

Student sought for funded PhD position in endogenous risk/macroprudential risk management

Rajiv Sarin and Colin Rowat at the University of Birmingham have a fully funded PhD studentship (including maintenance) to work on endogenous risk and macroprudential risk management. See http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=35588 for more information.

The application deadline is 9 January 2012; funding runs from October 2012 – 2015.

Posted 8 December 2011

COMPETITION AND INNOVATION SUMMER SCHOOL (CISS) 2012

The applications for "Competition and innovation summer school" which is jointly organized by K.U.Leuven, ZEW Mannheim and the Düsseldorf Institute of Competition Economics (DICE) can now be submitted.

The school will take place in Turunc (Turkey), from May 21, 2012 until May 26, 2012.

CISS offers lectures and workshops on - current topics of entrepreneurship - the economics of science and intellectual property rights - empirical competition analysis - contemporary issues in theories of industrial organization - patent knowledge

The deadline for applications is January 31, 2012. We hope that this summer school will be of interest to many young researchers.

For on-line application and further information, please visit our website: http://www.euro-ciss.eu

Please click here for the flyer

Posted 8 December 2011

Workshop on "The Social Dimension of Organizations"

This workshop will take place at the Central European University in Budapest on April 27-28, 2012. It aims to bring together a small group of researchers and will include both theoretical contributions as well as empirical papers using experimental or field data. The goal is to disseminate recent findings and foster interaction among economists of diverse interests (theory and empirics). We also welcome submissions with an interdisciplinary approach that draw insights from related disciplines such as psychology and management. The workshop will comprise invited and contributed papers. Topics of interest include but are not restricted to research on peer effects in the workplace or in other environments; corporate social responsibility; the analysis of principal-agent relationships with behavioural traits (e.g. altruism, reciprocity, trust); the effects of non-pecuniary compensation.

Jim Andreoni, Iwan Barankay, and Roberto Weber will deliver keynote speeches. There will be no charge for participating and accommodation will be provided. There will be two "Best Papers Award" offered by UniCredit & Universities Foundation. To apply, send your paper by 1 March 2012 to: budapest.workshop@gmail.com>

For further information: http://sites.google.com/site/mircotonin/workshop and click here for the flyer

Posted 7 December 2011

Teaching Opportunities in China

Each year, Teach English (a UK based organisation of teachers and volunteers http://teach-english-in-china.co.uk/) offer a limited number of summer internships in China. Teaching English in China is an unforgettable experience. You gain invaluable skills and live like a local person and find out what modern China is all about.

The internships for the summer of 2012 are at educational institutions in the cities In different cities in China. The internships are one or two months in duration. Accommodation is provided and interns receive approximately £110 pocket money per month. Applicants do not need any previous teaching experience.

Aditionally, we offer long-term paid teaching positions in China for graduates. The main intake at state schools is in February and September each year, but applicants can start at private institutes at any time. We place teachers in cities like Wuhan, Xian and Xuzhou. Accommodation and teachers earn a comfortable salary by local standards that easily provides for their living expenses.

For all our programmes we offer different support packages; applicants can apply for a free work placement but can also opt for more support in China and meetings in London before departure. The price of the serviced packages is £349 for the summer programme and £399 for the long-term programme.

For more information about these two programmes visit http://www.teach-english-in-china.co.uk/programs.html

If you are interested in applying please e-mail a full CV and cover letter to info@teach-english-in-china.co.uk
They can call: 020 324 12008

For additional information they can also:
Join our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teach-English-in-China/8861318597
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eslinchina

Watch teaching videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/Teachenglishinchina

Royal Economics Society Easter School, 15-19 April 2012

The RES Easter School has funded places for doctoral students. The title of the 2012 school is “The Economics and Econometrics of Forecasting”. For further details see http://www.res.org.uk/uploads/RESAutumnTrainingSchool2012.pdf.

Application deadline: Friday 6 January 2012.

Posted 17 November 2011

Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) 2012

The Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) 2012 will take place at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany, on April 26-28, 2012

The Spring Meeting of Young Economists is an international conference intended to give non-tenured young economists such as PhD students, post-docs, assistant professors, and equivalents a chance to present and discuss their work. For the 2012 conference, we are delighted to welcome Mary Amiti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Armin Falk (University of Bonn) and Ayhan Kose (IMF) as keynote speakers.

The call for papers and further information on the conference is available at www.smye2012.org.

Posted 10 November 2011

ADRES Doctoral Conference call for papers

This year the event will take place at GREQAM, Centre de la Vieille Charité in Marseille, on January 19th and 20th 2012

The Conference aims at stimulating exchanges between PhD students, young doctors, postdoc and invited experienced researchers coming from French and European research centers, Universities and Business Schools to discuss scientific results, start collaboration and get in touch for future academic positions. The conference will include plenary sessions with two keynote speakers and (approx 75) contributed paper sessions.

Please click here for full details.

Posted 8 November 2011

Subscribe to The Economist 12 issues for £12 - 75% discount on cover price

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Posted 31 October 2011

Bocconi University - Junior Job Market

Are you a graduate student on the job market this year?

Bocconi University are calling for candidates for tenure track positions in their upcoming junior job market.

Details on their website:

http://www.igier.unibocconi.it/folder.php?vedi=4909&tbn=albero&id_folder=177

Posted 14 October 2011

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is, once again, offering a wide range of grants to students, researchers, and academics from UK universities during the academic year 2011/2012. Please see below an overview of our funding programmes and deadlines. Please note that most schemes are open to all subject areas.

Funding programmes for PhDs/ post-docs / junior academics

One-Year Grants for PhD Students & Junior Scholars (7-10 months) (all subjects): 20 January 2012

Research Grants for PhD Students & Junior Scholars (1-6 months) (all subjects): 1 October 2011; 1 April 2012

The DAAD is the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. Please visit: www.daad.org.uk for further information and details on all above funding schemes.

Posted 11 October 2011

LIS is hiring

LIS, a non-profit cross-national data center located in Luxembourg, is seeking applications for two additional staff persons. LIS provides access to household- and person-level microdata to researchers interested in cross-national comparisons of income, employment, and wealth.

Our microdata are made available through two cross-national databases, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database and the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database. The positions involve harmonising and documenting microdata in the areas of income, labour, demographics, and wealth, as well as contributing to the conceptual framework of harmonising cross-national microdata. All staff also participate in LIS training and pedagogical activities.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references (with contact information). Send applications via email (admin@lisdatacenter.org), or via postal maiCaroline de Tombeur, LIS, 17, rue des Pommiers, L-2343 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG

Required background: Applicants should have an advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in the social sciences, economics, statistics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying work experience may be accepted in place of an advanced degree.

Applicants should also have the following: - substantial experience with microdata, especially producing or harmonising datasets - substantial knowledge of a major statistical program, preferably Stata - proficiency in English (the working language in the LIS office)

Priority will be given to applicants with work experience related to: - income or consumption/expenditure data - and/or labour market data - and/or data on assets/wealth/debt - and/or datasets from middle-income countries Candidates with various levels of experience and seniority will be considered, and salary will be commensurate.

Review of applications will begin on 2 November, 2011. Applications will be considered until the positions are filled.

Posted 5 October 2011

Postdoctoral Fellowships at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy)

The deadline for applications for the academic year 2012-2013 is 25 October 2011

Max Weber Fellowships The Max Weber Programme (http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesandFellowships/MaxWeberProgramme/Index.aspx) is the largest postdoctoral programme for young researchers in the social sciences, funded by the European Commission (DG Education). Max Weber Fellowships are for 1 or 2 years and are open to candidates who have received a doctorate in the social sciences (economics, law, political science, sociology, history and related fields) within the last 5 years.

The Max Weber fellowships are designed for junior post-docs who would like to pursue an academic career, concentrate on their own research and enhance their academic practice in a multidisciplinary environment. Fellows are selected on the basis of their research accomplishments and potential, their academic career interests, and the availability of the EUI faculty to provide mentorship. Each year 40 - 45 postdoctoral fellows are part of the programme.

For more information on how to apply please see: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/PostdoctoralFellowships/MaxWeberFellowships/Index.aspx

Jean Monnet Fellowships Through its Jean Monnet Fellowship Programme the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies offers fellowships to post-docs in an early stage of their academic career. During their stay at the RSCAS, fellows work on a research topic that fits well in the overall research profile of the RSCAS (http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/RobertSchumanCentre/Index.aspx) and participate in the academic life of the Centre and of the EUI. Each fellow is assigned a professorial mentor.

Jean Monnet Fellowships have a duration of 1 or 2 years and are open to candidates who have received a doctorate within the last 7 years. The main criteria during the selection procedure are the CV, the overall scientific quality of the proposal, and the fit of the proposal with the research programme of the Centre.

For more information please see http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/PostdoctoralFellowships/JeanMonnetFellowships/Index.aspx

Posted 5 October 2011

Short Courses at the University of Manchester

The Centre for Census and Survey Research (www.ccsr.ac.uk) at the University of Manchester short course training programme in social research methods and statistics begins again in September. See www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/list

Selected Upcoming Courses include:

Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus - 14th-16th March 2012

Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and compared to data than by using these techniques individually. Advances in recent years have made SEM methods for categorical data available to applied researchers. This course aims to train quantitative social scientists to use the Mplus programme in the application of structural equation modelling techniques to non-continuous observed data.

There are a number of other course available. For more information and to book please go to www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/list

Posted 2 Sept 2011

Student Support Support Workers

Are you a 2nd, 3rd or 4th YEAR UNDERGRADUATE or a POSTGRADUATE looking for a job that fits around your own studies & will enhance your CV?

Student Support recruits support workers to work with disabled students in roles such as:

Academic Assistants
Notetakers
Readers
Examination scribes

Job descriptions can be found on the Student Support webpage, http://www2.essex.ac.uk/stdsup/disab/Jobs/sww.shtm.

Vacancies are advertised on this web page and with the Careers Office in around September and February each year.

Posted 24 August 2011

Central Bank of Turkey - Summer Internship Programme 2011

The Central Bank of Turkey is currently accepting applications for the 2011 summer internship program. Applications must be received no later than May 20, 2011. The purpose of the program is to attract candidates who would like to conduct research on macroeconomic and/or financial aspects of the Turkish economy. A typical summer internship lasts 6 to 12 weeks and takes place sometime in between June and September.

To be eligible for the Summer Internship Program, candidates must be enrolled in a full time Ph.D. program in Economics or Finance, and must have already completed their coursework and working towards their dissertation. Moreover, we expect candidates to submit a draft paper regarding an ongoing project that they expect to complete during their residency at the Central Bank of Turkey.

Interns will receive an economy class roundtrip airfare to Ankara, Turkey from their universities, a monthly allowance of Turkish lira (TL) equivalent of 700 US Dollars per month, medical insurance and accommodation. Applications must feature a recent resume, at least one letter of recommendation and a draft research paper. Materials must be sent to the following address: Mrs. İlknur Dumanlı Research and Monetary Policy Department Central Bank of Turkey Istiklal Cd. No: 10 Ulus (06100) ANKARA/TURKEY E-mail: ilknur.dumanli@tcmb.gov.tr

Posted 9 May 11

UK Game Theory Workshops

Starting in late May or early June 2011, the LSE, UCL and University of Warwick are launching a series of workshops in Game Theory, sponsored by the ESRC. The purpose of these one-day workshops is to bring together researchers in game theory in the UK from all stages in their careers and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and for making contacts. Each workshop is centered around a topic, with the following provisional list of topics and institutions where they will be held: Correlation and coordination in games (LSE) Knowledge, learning and communication (UCL) Markets, contracts and games (Warwick) Reputation and memory in dynamic games (UCL) Finding equilibria in games (LSE) The empirical predictions of Game Theory (Warwick) Approximate dates for these workshops (which may be held in a different order than the above), are May/June, October, and December 2011, and February/March 2012, June, and October 2012. We hope the workshops will serve as a meeting place between members of all UK institutions that are active in Game Theory, and we would be very happy to count on your presence for some or all of these workshops. In order to assist us with planning these workshops, could you please indicate if you would be interested in all or some of the workshops. We particularly encourage the participation of junior faculty, post-docs and graduate students, and will support their travel costs. We look forward to hearing from you and hope to meet you at the workshops.

The organisers: Andres Carvajal (Warwick) Martin Cripps (UCL) Olivier Gossner (LSE) Bernhard von Stengel (LSE)

Contact: Prof Bernhard von Stengel email: stengel@nash.lse.ac.uk http://www.maths.lse.ac.uk/Personal/stengel

Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics, Houghton St, Room B412, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom

Posted 8 April 2011

Harvard Summer School 2011

Choose from more than 300 courses.

www.summer.harvard.edu

Explore the diverse offerings such as Organic Chemistry, Beginning Hindi, and Principles of Finance.

Posted 15 March 2011

Work Experience

Each year, Teach English (a UK based organisation of teachers and volunteers http://teach-english-in-china.co.uk/) offer a limited number of summer internships in China. The internships for the summer of 2011 are at educational institutions in the cities In different cities in China. The internships are one or two months in duration. Accommodation is provided and interns receive approximately £110 pocket money per month. Applicants do not need any previous teaching experience. Additionally, long term paid teaching positions are offered in China for graduates. T

All the programmes offer different support packages; applicants can apply for a free work placement but can also opt for more support in China and meetings in London before departure. The price of the serviced packages is £349 for the summer programme and £399 for the long-term programme. If you are interested in applying please e-mail a full CV and cover letter to info@teach-english-in-china.co.uk or call 020 324 12008

Posted 9 March 11

Public Sector Pension Schemes

The Treasury has started a consultation on the appropriate choice of discount rate for public sector pension schemes. Details are at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/consult_unfunded_pension_condoc.pdf

Posted 4 January 11

Training workshops for GTAs

Training workshops for Graduate Teaching Assistants offered by the Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU)

General Interest

Olympics 2012: Opportunities for Students and Graduates

There are still various opportunities available to students and graduates, including paid and volunteering roles - LOCOG are looking to recruit for 100,000 jobs, 84,000 of which are in London! Click here for more details

The simplest way to initially register your interest is to apply via the Summer Jobs Portal; http://summerjobs.jobsforthegames.co.uk/ Registration takes only a few minutes to complete.

Job opportunities are varied and offer a minimum of £8.30 per hour.

Opportunities have been posted on JobsOnline, closing date is 30 April.

JobsOnline is the Employability and Careers Centre’s online vacancy service http://www.essex.ac.uk/careers/resources/jobsonline.shtm

Posted 7 February 2012

Internship Opportunity in Nepal

The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution at the University of Essex (IDCR) and Mountain Trust (MT), an NGO based in Cambridge that works on development projects in Nepal has established a joint internship programme for postgraduate students at Essex studying in the areas of political science, international law and human rights.

The main aims and objectives for the Joint Programme are:

1.To provide assistance to organisations at the local level in Nepal to build democratic institutions

2. To provide students at Essex the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in the field

3. To build practitioner knowledge networks in the areas of development, democracy, governance, and human rights

In addition to working in Nepal, students will also be given the opportunity to develop their knowledge base, work on social media and communications about their experiences in the field, and network with other interns through the Mountain Trust, including the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge.

The internships are available for any postgraduate student in the social sciences or law with an interest in building democratic institutions abroad.

The internship costs £1400 for a one month placement in Nepal.

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Posted 12 December 2011

Royal Economic Society

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Posted 29 November 2011

ADMIN

ADMIN (Administrative Data - Methods, Inference and Network) is a research node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. We teach short courses on methods for the linkage of survey and administrative data and methods for the analysis of linked data and administrative data, e.g. the National Pupil Database.

Courses in 2010 include:

Longitudinal Data Analysis (2-4 June - Cardiff)
Enhancing Longitudinal Surveys by Linking to Administrative Data (14 July - London)

Further information can be obtained from:

Fees per day:

£30 - UK registered postgraduate student
£60 - Staff at UK academic institution
£60 - ESRC funded researcher
£60 - Registered charity organisation
£220 - Other All fees include event materials, lunch, morning and afternoon tea.

*Fees may vary for course

Posted 3 December 09

Short courses run by CASS (Courses in Applied Social Surveys)

CASS is a programme of short courses covering topics in survey design, data collection and data analysis methods. Courses are aimed at academic social scientists and applied researchers in government, market research and the independent and voluntary sectors.

Teaching is interactive and responsive to course participants' needs. All courses include practical sessions or computer workshops to enable participants to put the learned methods into practice.

Further information on all CASS courses and online registration