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Postgraduate programs and scholarships

This section collects all the information I acquire on postgraduate programs such as Phd and master programs, grad schools, grants and scholarships, seminars series and so on.

As all the other sections of this web site, this page is an incidental outcome of my personal research activity: of course it cannot be exhaustive. Thus I invite all researchers involved in the organisation of conferences and other initiatives related to social capital to keep me aknowledged about these activities. I will be glad to contribute in giving them further publicity through these web pages.

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May 13, 2008

Summer School in Advanced Quantitative Methods: Applied Multivariate Data Analysis, Bootstrapping and Productivity/Efficiency Measurement

Deadline for application: 15th of May 2008

The course presents the latest developments in parametric and nonparametric approaches.
Recent advances in these areas open new perspectives in fields of applications, including Science and Technology; Higher Education; Growth; Micro Economic Theory of Production; Operations Research;  Management Science; Regulated Industries and others.
The Summer School is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doc and junior faculty members. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own research ideas in a dynamic and open atmosphere. Enrolments will be limited to 25-30 fellows, all of whom will be in residence.

The application form should be submitted together with:

1.a detailed CV (certifyng the basic knowledge of: programming languages - such as Matlab and/or R, statistics and econometrics)

2. a reference letter motivating the application with respect to the research undertaken by candidates

3. (optional) a research proposal or abstract.

All the materials should be sent to:
daraio@dsea.unipi.it
and to
elena.rossi@ing.unipi.it.
Not later than 15 May 2008.

Admission decisions will be communicated by e-mail by 1st of June 2008.

For any other information write to daraio@dsea.unipi.it

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May 13, 2008

Dare Graduate School in Economic Governance, Development, and Public Policy at the Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

The annual DARE Graduate School in Economic Governance, Development and Public Policy will be held at the Åbo Akademi University, Department of Economics and Statistics, Turku, Finland. It will take place from 15th - 21st September 2008. 

The School is co-ordinated and organised by DARE (Democratic Communities in Academic Research on Economic Development), a community of international faculty focused on enhancing theoretical and policy understanding around democratic economic development. 

School Content  

The School will start with analysis of theoretical foundations for industrial development policy that is rooted in a strategic choice approach to governance, economic organisation and development.  These foundations will then be explored in a series of applications focussed on strategic failure, enterprise governance in different types of firms and organisations, foreign direct investment, and experiences from Europe (in particular UK and the Nordic countries), Asia and Latin America.  Throughout the School the specific topics focussed upon will include:

• Economic development (of regions and nations) based on localities
• Networking within and across countries
• Multinationalism and transnationalism
• The role of smaller firms and of large firms, including transnational corporations and state enterprises
• Clustering of firms
• Economic (political and social) democracy in the determination of production strategy

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May 5. 2008

Summer School in Applied Economics (SEEC2008) " Programming in MATLAB"

The Summer School in “Applied Economics” will be held at the Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods of the University of Lecce (Italy) from 28th July to 1st August 2008. The main aim of this 25 hours course is to provide an introduction to applied macroeconomics and macroeconometrics with MATLAB. The approach is problem based, i.e. students will be made familiar with the software using well-known examples from both economic theory and applied econometrics. In the morning sessions (9-12), we will discuss examples and required programming tools. In the afternoon computer sessions (14-16), students have the opportunity to consolidate the material from the morning lecture.
Please follow the link for further details.

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April 23, 2008

Full Ph.D scholarships at ICS

A full PhD scholarship is available at the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) of the Universities of Groningen, Utrecht, and Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Next to Ph.D scholarships, the vacancies include  two postdoc projects. The first one is on ‘Quick Fixes versus Never-Ending Stories: Causes and Consequences of Variation in the Duration of Reorganization.'
The second postdoc project is on ‘Labour market inequalities between men and women in Europe’.

The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) is an institute for postgraduate studies under the scientific directorship of Siegwart Lindenberg and Rafael Wittek of the University of Gronin­gen, Henk Flap, Louk Hagendoorn, and Werner Raub of Utrecht University, and Wout Ultee of the University of Nijmegen. The ICS offers a postgraduate program for a small selection of excellent graduates in one of the social sciences (including economics, history, mathematics or computer sciences). The structured program consists of training in advanced theory construction and research methods by means of courses, tutorials and individual study. Supervision and monitoring are intense: each Ph.D student is supported by a personal supervision team meeting on a regular basis. At the end of four years our Ph.D students will have finished his or her dissertation, ready to enter the growing market for highly trained researchers in the social sciences.

The salary amounts to approximately 2000 euros before taxes in the 1st year of appointment, raising to 2558 before taxes in the 4th year. Also, there are not tuition fees.

Please follow the link for further details.

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April 21, 2008

University of Verona, CEPR and BREAD - Alba di Canazei, Italy
Summer School on Development Economics

The Summer School is intended for PhD students. A limited number of places is reserved to junior faculty members who have completed their PhD within the last two years.

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own research ideas with leading researchers in the field and enjoy a relaxed and open atmosphere.

Enrollment will be limited to 30 participants. Selected proposals by PhD students will be presented during the evening sessions. We encourage PhD students to submit either a draft paper or an abstract describing the work-in-progress they may present. Attendants will benefit from the overall discussion.

If invited to attend the summer school, a €500 fee is payable (either by bank transfer or by credit card) to cover your participation costs. This fee includes 6 nights of accomodation and all dinners during the days of the school. Travel costs should be covered individually. Students from developing countries are offered a reduction to their participation fee. All participants are asked to stay for the entire duration of the summer school.

Please follow the link to learn more on the application procedure.

Submission deadline: April 30, 2008

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April 21, 2008

University of the Basque Country and Urrutia Elejalde Foundation - San Sebastian, Spain
Summer School on Economics and Philosophy "Social Norms"

Since 1998 the Urrutia Elejalde has annually organized a Summer School on frontier topics between philosophy, economics and other social sciences, bringing together scholars from all these fields to explore them. The aim of this year Summer School is to introduce participants to the vast research that is taking place in the area of social norms. From philosophy and psychology to evolutionary game theory and experimental economics, recent work on social norms is shedding light on why and under what circumstances people engage in pro-social behavior, and how norms may emerge, stabilize or decay.

Please follow the link to check the summer school's official web site and learn further details on the application procedure.

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April 21, 2008

University of Bologna - Bologna, Italy
PhD Program in Economics

The PhD Program offered by the Department of Economics at the University of
Bologna (DSE). This program aims at training students for a career as economists in academic institutions or in research departments of corporations, public organizations, financial institutions and the government.

The program has a standard organization and is taught in English. In the first year students are asked to take six courses in quantitative methods, mcroeconomics and macroeconomics. By the end of the first year they will also have to choose a field of specialization and a research supervisor.
In the second year, students will choose six more advanced courses consistent with their field of specialization. The rest of  the program is devoted to work on the dissertation. To this aim students will be asked to present their papers in the monthly PhD informal meetings and in the more formal second and third  year PhD forums.

The considerable diversification of research areas covered by the members of the DSE and their international reputation provide an outstanding environment where students of most fields in economics may find research ideas and tight guidance for their doctoral studies.

The department of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia is a partner institution in the PhD Program.

More information is available at
http://www.phdeco.unibo.it
Any further question may be addressed to laura.morigi@unibo.it or andrea.ichino@unibo.it

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April 21, 2008

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Pisa, Italy
International Doctoral Program in Economics

The International Doctoral Program in Economics is a three-year program designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to acquire the research and analytical skills of the international scientific community in economics. It is designed for students seeking jobs in academia as well as those who wish to acquire the skills of the professional academic research to work in government agencies, financial institutions, international agencies, private companies. Students will be offered one year and a half of intensive course work by an international faculty composed of both permanent staff of the School  and a large group of Visiting Scholars and will then proceed to supervised research work, yielding an original dissertation to be discussed  in a final, public examination. It is expected that students will produce articles publishable in international journals The Program, jointly sponsored by University of Strasbourg, is part of a European network - involving the University of Sussex, Aalborg, Manchester, Paris XIII, Oslo and several others - supporting inter-European exchanges of research students and faculty, within the European/Network of Excellence/DIME (www.dime-eu.org)

Four positions with four fellowships (amounting to EUR 12.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities) are offered. The School reserves the possibility of accepting up to a maximum of two further students without grant or other forms of financial support.
Detail on courses and faculty, and on-line application can be found at www.sssup.it/idpe.

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