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We are very sorry to announce that the Mirco and Macro of The Changing Nature of Work and Leisure workshop has been cancelled.
Thursday 04 June 9:00am, 1 day 8 hours 30 minutes
We are very sorry to announce that the Warwick Economics PhD Conference 2020 has been cancelled.
Thursday 14 May 9:00am, 1 day 8 hours
We are very sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled.
Thursday 30 April 1:00pm - 2:30pm
We are very sorry to announce that the Discover Economics event has been cancelled.
Thursday 26 March 8:45am - 4:30pm University of WarwickEvent Overview
- Wed25Mar
Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Wed25Mar
Postgraduate Live Chat
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- Thu26Mar
Discover Economics at Warwick
We are very sorry to announce that the Discover Economics event has been cancelled.
Discover Economics aims to open the eyes of Year 10 students from local schools to the exciting subject of economics, to help them gain a better understanding of what economics is at a crucial stage of their education, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their future studies.
At Warwick, we believe that access to a world-leading university should be open to people from all backgrounds. We hope to raise student's aspirations and increase their awareness of the benefits of Higher Education.
It is well known that economics, as a subject, suffers from a lack of female role models. This has been indicated as one of the reasons why female students in economics are under-represented. It is our objective to emphasise the role of women in economics with the objective to widen female participation within the subject.
The event is delivered by Department of Economics at the University of Warwick and includes a combination of exciting and insightful talks from economists and academics, an opportunity to participate in interactive games and networking, and a chance to experience the wide variety of career opportunities available to economics graduates.
Date: Thursday 26 March 2020
Location: University of WarwickTime 8.45 - 9.00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome Session
9:30 - 10:45
Morning Interactive Session
Students will take part in an interactive ice-breaking economics game.
10:45 - 11:00
Break 11:00 - 11:30 "What is economics and what do economists do?" - Dr Arun Advani
11:30 - 13:00 Meet an Economist
Students will have the opportunity to meet a panel of four economists and interact with them asking questions related to their profession.
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Interactive Session
After a briefing session, in groups, students will produce a poster presentation where they will suggest possible solutions to the problem of climate change.
Parallel Session: Teachers Interactive Session
Teachers will be asked to share their ideas/views on “how education can increase girls’ self-confidence and academic self-efficacy in the context of teaching economics”. This session is organised with the Centre for Education Studies, which will bring their education knowledge and active pedagogic ideas.
15:30 - 16:00 Poster Presentations
Students will present their posters to fellow students at the event, as well as a committee of economists. This will be followed by an announcement of winners and distribution of prizes.
16:00 - 16:30 End of Event/Post Event Survey
Eligible Students
We will consider applications from all schools in the local area, however we believe that this workshop will be of most benefit to students who meet our Widening Participation criteria as set out below.
Students should be in Year 10 and preference will be given to students who meet one of more of the following criteria:
- Be predicted in the region of 5 A* - Bs
- Be the first generation in their family to attend University
- Been in receipt of Free School Meals whilst at secondary school
- Have parent(s)/guardian(s) who qualify for means-tested benefits
- Have been looked after or in care
Places shall be allocated to those who meet the most criteria.
This call is open to all Economic students to bring their ideas/proposals/projects and help us to contribute to make Economics more attractive to all. You need to be a current Economics student (or related e.g. joint degrees with Economics) from an UK university in order to be eligible to participate. If you want more guidance or want to discuss your idea before applying, please contact us: economics dot womenconf at warwick dot ac dot uk
Download the application form here
Application deadline: 20th November 2019
If you are selected, we will cover an advanced standard-class return rail fare to Coventry and accommodation during the Workshop. All participants will stay at Warwick Conference Centre (lunches and dinner are also provided - please see the programme).
PRIZE: From each session, we will choose the best presentation and the winner will get a prize of £300.
Your proposal needs to focus on one of the following topics: (there is also one ‘open session’, please see more details on the application form)
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the Econ101 syllabus - and the Economics curriculum more generally - have been under scrutiny. It has been discussed that traditional Economics syllabus do not allow students to engage with real world challenges. Since then, there have been many initiatives and some universities have taken a positive action and changed the way they teach Economics and engage students with the subject. The changes also apply to assessment and feedback methods.
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- how changes to the curriculum have made/could make the discipline more attractive to women;
- what teaching/curriculum innovations have been/can be introduced that make the discipline more inclusive;
- how assessment and feedback can be more inclusive;
- any other ideas on the Economics curriculum that can make feel the discipline more inclusive.
Students’ experience at university is not only influenced by their academic engagement. Student-led organisations play a key role. Students unions play an important role in creating a more inclusive environment;
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- we are particularly keen to hear from Economic societies, Finance societies and related, but also other types of student committees such as SSLCs (Economics Staff and Student Liaison Committee), Students unions and other forms of students’ representations;
- any students’ initiatives aimed to improve Economics female-students’ university experience.
There is evidence that having role models is very important as they influence our actions and motivate us to strive to uncover potential and overcome weakness. While we cannot assume that female students will always desire female mentors, open discussion of the benefits of having more female (and broader representation in general) to share backgrounds and experiences can be beneficial to all students. Female economists’ experiences can help students to broaden their perception about the discipline and increase students’ engagement.
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- the role of female economists (but not only) in inspiring female students;
- role models that have contributed to a greater engagement of female economics students;
- any other ideas on how role models can benefit students’ engagement.
While there is the perception that economics students tend to go to work in Banking and Finance, a degree in Economics opens many doors. Female economists tend to be more interested in different areas (e.g. economic policy) and their expectations of what to get from an Economics degree may vary. Also, their expectations on what to do after university may affect how they engage with their academic life;
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- how do female students’ expectations differ from male students and how these can affect (positively and negatively) their academic engagement;
- if female students are interested in pursuing further studies (MSc, PhD), what aspects of the BSc discourage them from doing this and what can be done to overcome these issues;
- any other ideas on how female students’ expectations may interact with their performance and engagement with university life.
Dr Luisa Affuso (Ofcom Chief Economist)
Luisa Affuso is Chief Economist at Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. She joined Ofcom in October 2018 from PwC where she headed the Competition Economics practice. Luisa has over twenty years’ experience in the application of competition, regulatory, and industrial economics. She has consulted for a range of organisations including economic consultancies, the World Bank and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). She has given expert evidence on a number of high-profile cases before several antitrust authorities and courts. She has an MSc and PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Professor Wendy Carlin
Wendy Carlin is Professor of Economics at the University College London (UCL) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). She is leading an international project - the CORE project - to reform the undergraduate economics curriculum. The CORE project has produced an open-access e-book for a first course in economics used in various universities worldwide.
Wendy is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility and has acted as a consultant for international organisations such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, and the World Bank.
Urvashi Parashar
Urvashi is Deputy Director, Sector Analysis in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy where she leads a multi-disciplinary team of analysts supporting business sectors policy that involves appraisal and evaluation of interventions, understanding the impact of EU exit and future trade deals on sectors, and the role of industrial strategy.
Urvashi is a passionate believer in improving diversity in the civil service and in Economics. She is joint lead of the engagement strand of an initiative in the Government Economic Service called “Women in Economics” which aims to reach out to female students to encourage them to study, work and progress in Economics. The initiative has recently started to work with Royal Economic Society’s Discover Economics campaign so that the two organisations can achieve their common goals.
Dr Tom Schuller
Tom is the author of ‘The Paula Principle: how and why women work below their level of competence”. Women outperform men in education at every level and in almost every subject and there will soon be two women for every man in higher education in the UK. In a properly meritocratic system, we would expect women to be rewarded for these achievements but progress towards pay equality has been slow and stuttering. It is this striking contrast – between a fast-growing female/male competence gap on the one hand and a slow-shrinking male/female careers gap on the other – that has prompted The Paula Principle. Tom is currently a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck (London) and the Institute of Education.”
Professor Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department at the University of Bristol. She is the Women’s Committee Chair for the Royal Economics Society which role is to promote women in the Economics profession. Sarah’s research is on pensions, saving and retirement and welfare policy and more recently she has been working with a number of charity organisations to understand what motivates individuals to give and how donations respond to different (economic and non-economic) incentives. She has previously worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, HM Treasury, Financial Services Authority and the London School of Economics.
Dr Gemma Tetlow
Gemma is Chief Economist at the Institute for Government, she works across the institute’s programmes of work, which aims to improve the effectiveness of government. Prior joining the institute, Gemma was Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times, reporting on and analysing economic developments in the UK and globally. Gemma also spent 11 years at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, leading the organisation’s work on public finances and pensions. Gemma has a PhD in economics from University College London and an MSc and BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Additional speakers will be confirmed later.
Programme
The preliminary programme for the workshop is:
Day 1 Saturday 18 January
Time 10.30 - 11.00
Coffee and registration
11.00- 11.15
Welcome and Introduction
11.15 - 12.15
Session A: Economics curriculum, and assessment & feedback
12.15 - 13.15 Session B: Universities’ students-led organisation
13.15 - 14.10 Lunch
14.10 - 15.00 Plenary: (speaker to be confirmed)
15.00 - 16.00 Session C: Role models in Economics
16.00 - 16.15 Break
16.15 - 17.15 Session D: Female students’ expectations
17.15 - 18.15 Session E: Other ideas
18.30 Drinks reception
19.30 Social Dinner
Day 2 (Sunday 19 January)
Time 10.00 - 11.00
Coffee
11.00 - 12.30
Panel discussion: Luisa Affuso (Ofcom), Wendy Carlin (UCL, The Core), Tom Schuller (Author of the Paula Principle), Sarah Smith (Bristol, RES), Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government)
12.30 - 13.30
Buffet Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Concluding Remarks and prizes
15.00 Event ends
Travel to the Warwick campus (Coventry): University of Warwick is at the heart of the Midlands and can be accessed through various types of transport. For more information please follow the link here.
Accommodation: All selected students will stay at the Warwick conference centre in campus. All accommodation is en-suite single bedroom, located few minutes walk from the workshop venue. Free parking and Wi-Fi. More information for students will be provided before the conference.
Registration
Registration for this event is essential. Please register your interest via the form below by midnight on Monday 2 March 2020.
If you have any enquiries or further questions about the programme, please don't hesitate to get it touch via economics.admissions@warwick.ac.uk.
- Wed25Mar
Postgraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with University admissions staff to get your postgraduate questions answered.
- Thu26Mar
Discover Economics at Warwick
We are very sorry to announce that the Discover Economics event has been cancelled.
Discover Economics aims to open the eyes of Year 10 students from local schools to the exciting subject of economics, to help them gain a better understanding of what economics is at a crucial stage of their education, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their future studies.
At Warwick, we believe that access to a world-leading university should be open to people from all backgrounds. We hope to raise student's aspirations and increase their awareness of the benefits of Higher Education.
It is well known that economics, as a subject, suffers from a lack of female role models. This has been indicated as one of the reasons why female students in economics are under-represented. It is our objective to emphasise the role of women in economics with the objective to widen female participation within the subject.
The event is delivered by Department of Economics at the University of Warwick and includes a combination of exciting and insightful talks from economists and academics, an opportunity to participate in interactive games and networking, and a chance to experience the wide variety of career opportunities available to economics graduates.
Date: Thursday 26 March 2020
Location: University of WarwickTime 8.45 - 9.00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome Session
9:30 - 10:45
Morning Interactive Session
Students will take part in an interactive ice-breaking economics game.
10:45 - 11:00
Break 11:00 - 11:30 "What is economics and what do economists do?" - Dr Arun Advani
11:30 - 13:00 Meet an Economist
Students will have the opportunity to meet a panel of four economists and interact with them asking questions related to their profession.
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Interactive Session
After a briefing session, in groups, students will produce a poster presentation where they will suggest possible solutions to the problem of climate change.
Parallel Session: Teachers Interactive Session
Teachers will be asked to share their ideas/views on “how education can increase girls’ self-confidence and academic self-efficacy in the context of teaching economics”. This session is organised with the Centre for Education Studies, which will bring their education knowledge and active pedagogic ideas.
15:30 - 16:00 Poster Presentations
Students will present their posters to fellow students at the event, as well as a committee of economists. This will be followed by an announcement of winners and distribution of prizes.
16:00 - 16:30 End of Event/Post Event Survey
Eligible Students
We will consider applications from all schools in the local area, however we believe that this workshop will be of most benefit to students who meet our Widening Participation criteria as set out below.
Students should be in Year 10 and preference will be given to students who meet one of more of the following criteria:
- Be predicted in the region of 5 A* - Bs
- Be the first generation in their family to attend University
- Been in receipt of Free School Meals whilst at secondary school
- Have parent(s)/guardian(s) who qualify for means-tested benefits
- Have been looked after or in care
Places shall be allocated to those who meet the most criteria.
This call is open to all Economic students to bring their ideas/proposals/projects and help us to contribute to make Economics more attractive to all. You need to be a current Economics student (or related e.g. joint degrees with Economics) from an UK university in order to be eligible to participate. If you want more guidance or want to discuss your idea before applying, please contact us: economics dot womenconf at warwick dot ac dot uk
Download the application form here
Application deadline: 20th November 2019
If you are selected, we will cover an advanced standard-class return rail fare to Coventry and accommodation during the Workshop. All participants will stay at Warwick Conference Centre (lunches and dinner are also provided - please see the programme).
PRIZE: From each session, we will choose the best presentation and the winner will get a prize of £300.
Your proposal needs to focus on one of the following topics: (there is also one ‘open session’, please see more details on the application form)
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the Econ101 syllabus - and the Economics curriculum more generally - have been under scrutiny. It has been discussed that traditional Economics syllabus do not allow students to engage with real world challenges. Since then, there have been many initiatives and some universities have taken a positive action and changed the way they teach Economics and engage students with the subject. The changes also apply to assessment and feedback methods.
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- how changes to the curriculum have made/could make the discipline more attractive to women;
- what teaching/curriculum innovations have been/can be introduced that make the discipline more inclusive;
- how assessment and feedback can be more inclusive;
- any other ideas on the Economics curriculum that can make feel the discipline more inclusive.
Students’ experience at university is not only influenced by their academic engagement. Student-led organisations play a key role. Students unions play an important role in creating a more inclusive environment;
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- we are particularly keen to hear from Economic societies, Finance societies and related, but also other types of student committees such as SSLCs (Economics Staff and Student Liaison Committee), Students unions and other forms of students’ representations;
- any students’ initiatives aimed to improve Economics female-students’ university experience.
There is evidence that having role models is very important as they influence our actions and motivate us to strive to uncover potential and overcome weakness. While we cannot assume that female students will always desire female mentors, open discussion of the benefits of having more female (and broader representation in general) to share backgrounds and experiences can be beneficial to all students. Female economists’ experiences can help students to broaden their perception about the discipline and increase students’ engagement.
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- the role of female economists (but not only) in inspiring female students;
- role models that have contributed to a greater engagement of female economics students;
- any other ideas on how role models can benefit students’ engagement.
While there is the perception that economics students tend to go to work in Banking and Finance, a degree in Economics opens many doors. Female economists tend to be more interested in different areas (e.g. economic policy) and their expectations of what to get from an Economics degree may vary. Also, their expectations on what to do after university may affect how they engage with their academic life;
For this session, we are looking for proposals/ideas on:
- how do female students’ expectations differ from male students and how these can affect (positively and negatively) their academic engagement;
- if female students are interested in pursuing further studies (MSc, PhD), what aspects of the BSc discourage them from doing this and what can be done to overcome these issues;
- any other ideas on how female students’ expectations may interact with their performance and engagement with university life.
Dr Luisa Affuso (Ofcom Chief Economist)
Luisa Affuso is Chief Economist at Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. She joined Ofcom in October 2018 from PwC where she headed the Competition Economics practice. Luisa has over twenty years’ experience in the application of competition, regulatory, and industrial economics. She has consulted for a range of organisations including economic consultancies, the World Bank and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). She has given expert evidence on a number of high-profile cases before several antitrust authorities and courts. She has an MSc and PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Professor Wendy Carlin
Wendy Carlin is Professor of Economics at the University College London (UCL) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). She is leading an international project - the CORE project - to reform the undergraduate economics curriculum. The CORE project has produced an open-access e-book for a first course in economics used in various universities worldwide.
Wendy is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility and has acted as a consultant for international organisations such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, and the World Bank.
Urvashi Parashar
Urvashi is Deputy Director, Sector Analysis in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy where she leads a multi-disciplinary team of analysts supporting business sectors policy that involves appraisal and evaluation of interventions, understanding the impact of EU exit and future trade deals on sectors, and the role of industrial strategy.
Urvashi is a passionate believer in improving diversity in the civil service and in Economics. She is joint lead of the engagement strand of an initiative in the Government Economic Service called “Women in Economics” which aims to reach out to female students to encourage them to study, work and progress in Economics. The initiative has recently started to work with Royal Economic Society’s Discover Economics campaign so that the two organisations can achieve their common goals.
Dr Tom Schuller
Tom is the author of ‘The Paula Principle: how and why women work below their level of competence”. Women outperform men in education at every level and in almost every subject and there will soon be two women for every man in higher education in the UK. In a properly meritocratic system, we would expect women to be rewarded for these achievements but progress towards pay equality has been slow and stuttering. It is this striking contrast – between a fast-growing female/male competence gap on the one hand and a slow-shrinking male/female careers gap on the other – that has prompted The Paula Principle. Tom is currently a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck (London) and the Institute of Education.”
Professor Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department at the University of Bristol. She is the Women’s Committee Chair for the Royal Economics Society which role is to promote women in the Economics profession. Sarah’s research is on pensions, saving and retirement and welfare policy and more recently she has been working with a number of charity organisations to understand what motivates individuals to give and how donations respond to different (economic and non-economic) incentives. She has previously worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, HM Treasury, Financial Services Authority and the London School of Economics.
Dr Gemma Tetlow
Gemma is Chief Economist at the Institute for Government, she works across the institute’s programmes of work, which aims to improve the effectiveness of government. Prior joining the institute, Gemma was Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times, reporting on and analysing economic developments in the UK and globally. Gemma also spent 11 years at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, leading the organisation’s work on public finances and pensions. Gemma has a PhD in economics from University College London and an MSc and BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Additional speakers will be confirmed later.
Programme
The preliminary programme for the workshop is:
Day 1 Saturday 18 January
Time 10.30 - 11.00
Coffee and registration
11.00- 11.15
Welcome and Introduction
11.15 - 12.15
Session A: Economics curriculum, and assessment & feedback
12.15 - 13.15 Session B: Universities’ students-led organisation
13.15 - 14.10 Lunch
14.10 - 15.00 Plenary: (speaker to be confirmed)
15.00 - 16.00 Session C: Role models in Economics
16.00 - 16.15 Break
16.15 - 17.15 Session D: Female students’ expectations
17.15 - 18.15 Session E: Other ideas
18.30 Drinks reception
19.30 Social Dinner
Day 2 (Sunday 19 January)
Time 10.00 - 11.00
Coffee
11.00 - 12.30
Panel discussion: Luisa Affuso (Ofcom), Wendy Carlin (UCL, The Core), Tom Schuller (Author of the Paula Principle), Sarah Smith (Bristol, RES), Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government)
12.30 - 13.30
Buffet Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Concluding Remarks and prizes
15.00 Event ends
Travel to the Warwick campus (Coventry): University of Warwick is at the heart of the Midlands and can be accessed through various types of transport. For more information please follow the link here.
Accommodation: All selected students will stay at the Warwick conference centre in campus. All accommodation is en-suite single bedroom, located few minutes walk from the workshop venue. Free parking and Wi-Fi. More information for students will be provided before the conference.
Registration
Registration for this event is essential. Please register your interest via the form below by midnight on Monday 2 March 2020.
If you have any enquiries or further questions about the programme, please don't hesitate to get it touch via economics.admissions@warwick.ac.uk.
- Tue03Dec
Driving change in the UK bus network: Lessons from London
The number of people taking the bus in the UK is declining almost universally. London is no exception, though its franchise system sees significantly more bus travel per person than any other area – over 250 journeys per year.
There are a host of reasons why policymakers should be getting on board with investing across the UK’s bus networks. Bus travel remains essential to preserving free movement throughout the UK and investment in bus infrastructure can ease congestion in cities and contribute to the transition to net-zero.
The government has recently announced the first steps in its ‘bus revolution’. Plans include offering support to local authorities and metropolitan mayors who want to create London-style franchised services. In October 2019, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority began its journey towards a franchised system.
But can this work for the rest of the UK? And what considerations are needed to make bus franchising a success outside the capital? Join Mike Waterson to discuss at this CAGE event in collaboration with the Social Market Foundation.
Speaker:
Mike Waterson (Professor of Economics, University of Warwick, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy)
Chair:
James Kirkup (Director, Social Market Foundation)
Date and time:
Tuesday 3 Dec, 13:00-14:00 (Refreshments will be available from 12:30. Please arrive by 12:45 for a prompt start at 13:00)
Location:
Social Market Foundation
11 Tufton Street
London
SW1P 3QB
- Wed04Dec
CAGE Advisory Board
- Wed15Apr
Undergraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with University admissions staff to get your undergraduate questions answered.
- Mon20Apr
Economic History Seminar - Amanda Gregg (Middlebury) - CANCELLED
- Tue21Apr
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Cloda Jenkins (UCL) - CANCELLED
- Wed22Apr
Econometrics Seminar - Shakeeb Khan (BC) - CANCELLED
- Wed22Apr
CRETA Seminar - Michael Mandler (Royal Holloway) - CANCELLED
- Thu23Apr
Postgraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with University admissions staff to get your postgraduate questions answered.
- Thu23Apr
Macro/International Seminar - Pavel Krolikowski (Cleveland FED) - CANCELLED
- Thu23Apr
DR@W: New Insights - Cary Frydman (USC) CANCELLED
Details TBC
- Fri24Apr
IAS Workshop
This workshop will give the opportunity to discuss policy decisions made in risky or uncertain environments.
Participants will engage with how Social choice theory seeks to guide such decisions by formulating desirable principles and identifying the decision rules that satisfy these principles.
The workshop will present and discuss recent advances in the theory of social choice under risk and uncertainty, focusing in particular on the issue of agregating the preferences of agents with heterogeneous tastes or beliefs.
- Mon27Apr
Economic History Seminar - Melanie Meng Xue (NYU Abu Dhabi) - CANCELLED
- Tue28Apr
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Michela Tincani (UCL) - CANCELLED
- Wed29Apr
CRETA Seminar - Lucas Siga (NYU Abu Dhabi) - CANCELLED
- Thu30Apr
MTWP (Micro Theory Work in Progress) Workshop - Doruk Cetement - CANCELLED
- Thu30Apr
Undergraduate Mentor and Ambassador Awards Lunch 2020
We are very sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled.
To celebrate your hard work over the past academic year, we will be holding a thank you lunch and awards ceremony for 2019/20 mentors and ambassadors. We will start with prosecco, orange juice and canapes on the balcony, followed by a two course lunch and the awards announcements.
Date: Thursday 30 April 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Venue: Cryfield Sports PavillionAll mentors will receive their certificate of participation and we’ll be announcing the results of this year’s mentor and ambassador awards.
Registration
This is an occasion not to be missed so please book your place now via Tabula. You can find the event under module 'EC.GENERAL'. Spaces are limited so please only sign-up if you are able to attend.
Nominations
The awards available this year are:
- Best Mentor Team - This award recognises and celebrates the performance of a mentor team who work together as active partners to provide exceptional service for their mentor group.
- Best Mentor - This award recognises and celebrates individual mentors who have demonstrated exceptional contribution to the mentor scheme through a combination of effort, commitment and provision of an environment that has a positive impact on their mentees.
- Mentor Award - Department's Choice - This category will be voted for by administrative members of the Economics Department who have involvement in the mentor scheme, based on your nominations.
- Ambassador Award - Department's Choice - This category will voted for by administrative members of the Economics Department who work closely with the Economics Student Ambassadors.
Submit your nomination before midnight on Friday 10 April 2020.
- Thu30Apr
Macro/International Seminar - Meredith Startz (Stanford) - CANCELLED
- Thu30Apr
DR@W: New Insights - Arkady Konovalov (Zurich) CANCELLED
Revealing Private Information with Decision Times
- Mon04May
Political Economy Seminar - Roberto Galbiati (Sciences PO) - CANCELLED
- Wed06May
Econometrics Seminar - Mattias Cattaneo (Princeton) - CANCELLED
- Wed06May
CRETA Seminar - Jay Lu (UCLA) - CANCELLED
- Thu07May
Macro/International Seminar - Elisa Giannone (Penn State University) - CANCELLED
- Thu07May
DR@W: New Insights - George Farmer (Manchester)
Details TBC
- Mon11May
Economic History Workshop - Felipe Valencia Caicedo (Vancouver) - CANCELLED
- Mon11May
Political Economy Seminar - Galina Zudenkova (Dortmund) - CANCELLED
- Tue12May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Eleonora Pataccini (Cornell) - CANCELLED
- Wed13May
Econometrics - Debopam Bhattacharya (Cambridge) - CANCELLED
- Wed13May
Undergraduate Live Chat
Chat directly with University admissions staff to get your undergraduate questions answered.
- Wed13May
CRETA Seminar - Nikhil Vellodi (Princeton/PSE) - CANCELLED
- Thu14May
Economics PhD Conference
We are very sorry to announce that the Warwick Economics PhD Conference 2020 has been cancelled.
Our two day conference organised by Warwick Economics PhD students will bring together international PhD research from across the globe.
The 8th annual Warwick Economics PhD Conference, part-funded by the ESRC Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) will be hosted at the University of Warwick campus in Coventry, United Kingdom. Our two-day conference organised by Warwick Economics PhD students brings together PhD research from across the globe.
14-15 May 2020,
Social Sciences Building, S2.79, University of WarwickThis is a student-led conference organised annually by PhD students at the Warwick Economics Department, supported and attended by the Warwick Economics Department and members of the faculty.
This year the organisers are proud to announce that the conference will begin with a keynote speech from Prof. Roger E. A. Farmer. Prof. Farmer is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Economics at UCLA.
Applications for this year’s conference are now closed. We welcome applications from research students in Economics and related disciplines from departments all over the world.
Conference Programme
The Conference programme will be available as soon as the selection of the speakers is finalised.
About the PhD Conference
Find out more about how the PhD conference first began.
Previous Years
Learn more about previous conferences.
Application
Find out more about the application form and details about the application process.
Applications for this year’s conference are now closed
Contact
Our Campus is in Coventry, a city that lies at the very heart of England and is easy to get to by road, rail and air.
- Thu14May
Macro/International Seminar - David Hummels (Purdue) - CANCELLED
- Thu14May
DR@W: New Insights - Timothy Ballard (University of Queensland) CANCELLED
Details TBC
- Mon18May
Econometrics Workshop - CANCELLED
- Mon18May
Political Economy Seminar - Ruben Durante (UPF) - CANCELLED
- Wed20May
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- Wed20May
Econometrics - Frank Schorfheide (UPenn) - CANCELLED
- Wed20May
CRETA Seminar - Rossella Argenziano (Essex) - CANCELLED
- Thu21May
Research & Teaching Away Day - CANCELLED
- Thu21May
Macro/International Seminar - Erik Hurst (Chicago Booth) - CANCELLED
- Thu21May
DR@W: New Insights - Gianluca Grimalda (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
Preferences for redistribution, reward of individual merit and market integration
- Tue26May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Robert Townsend (MIT) - CANCELLED
- Wed27May
Econometrics Seminar - Elena Manresa (NYU) - CANCELLED
- Thu28May
DR@W: New Insights - Christian Tarsney (Oxford)
Stochastic Dominance as the Criterion of Rational Choice
- Wed03Jun
DR@W: New Insights - Rich Shiffrin (Indiana)
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- Thu04Jun
The Micro and Macro of The Changing Nature of Work and Leisure
We are very sorry to announce that the Mirco and Macro of The Changing Nature of Work and Leisure workshop has been cancelled.
The Department is pleased to announce the Mirco and Macro of The Changing Nature of Work and Leisure workshop organised by Christine Braun and Roland Rathelot and Thijs van Rens.
4-5 June 2020
Scarman, University of Warwick
The nature of work and leisure is changing. Labour force participation has been decreasing steadily since 2000 while the media is filled with claims of rapid growth in informal employment in the “gig” economy. At the same time, technological change has a deep impact on the demand for work, by making some skills and some occupations easy to substitute by machines. Are these changes reflecting a revolution on the labour market, perhaps driven by the emerging sharing economy, or are they symptoms of deeper structural changes on the supply side? What are the implications of these changes for productivity and unemployment policies?
In this workshop, we aim to bring together researchers working on documenting and explaining the causes and implications of the changing nature of work for the micro and macro of labour economics.
Call for papers
We are looking for submissions related to but not limited to:
- The casualisation of the labour market and the emergence of the gig economy
- Changes in patters of the flexibility and decentralisation of employment
- Determinants of trends in the demand for skill
- Implications of these shifts for household behaviour and non-market time
- Changing determinants of job search and labour force participation
- Demographic shifts of the workforce and its consequences for the economy
We welcome empirical, quantitative and theoretical papers, and contributions at both an individual and aggregate level.
Submission
The deadline to submit papers for consideration is 15th March 2020. Papers should be submitted to micromacrowarwick at gmail dot com. Authors will be notified by April 2020.
Registration
- Thu11Jun
DR@W: New Insights - Speaker TBC
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- Fri12Jun
Theory Workshop - CANCELLED
- Wed17Jun
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- Thu18Jun
DR@W: New Insights - Alberto Prati (Aix-Marseilles)
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- Thu25Jun
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- Thu02Jul
CEPR/Warwick/Princeton/Utah Political Economy Conference 2020
The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick along with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Department of Politics at Princeton University, the Department of Finance at University of Utah and the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) are organising the first CEPR Conference on Political Economy in March 2020. Thursday 2 – Friday 3 July 2020 Venue: EIEF- Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Via Sallustiana 62 - 00187 in Rome, Italy. The aim of the conference is to bring together the top theoretical and empirical political scientists and economists across Europe and North America. This conference will also launch the new CEPR Polecon Research Group. A limited number of papers will be presented (10 over two days) to allow maximum time for discussion. The workshop will be held in Rome this year, building on previous successful meetings held at the Warwick in Venice Palazzo since 2013. Programme The Conference will feature a range of academics from across the world presenting papers on a number of topics. Friday, 20 March 9.30 – 10.00 Registration, Coffee and Welcome Remarks from the Organisers Session 1 10:00 – 11.00 Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig (University of Lausanne)'Ethnic Conflict and the Informational Dividend of Democracy' 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 – 12.30 Gilat Levy (LSE)'Misspecified Politics and the Recurrence of Populism' joint with Ronny Razin (LSE) and Alwyn Young (LSE) 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Session 2 14.00 – 15.00 TBA 15.00 – 16.00 Melis Kartal (Vienna University of Economics and Business) 'Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice' joint with Jean-Robert Tyran (University of Vienna) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break 16.30 – 17.45 Keynote Speaker: TBA 19:00 onwards Dinner (by invitation only) Saturday, 21 March Session 3 10.00 – 11.00 Charlotte Cavaille (Ford School, University of Michigan - Princeton University, CSDP) 'Who Cares? Measuring Preference Intensity in a Polarized Environment' joint with Daniel L Chen (TSE - IAST) and Karine Van der Straeten (TSE - IAST) 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 – 12.30 Ernesto dal Bo (University of California at Berkeley)'Information Technology and Government Decentralization: Experimental Evidence From Paraguay' joint with Federico Finan (UC Berkeley), Nicholas Li (UC Berkeley), and Laura Schechter (UW-Madison) 12.30 – 12.45 Helios Herrera (University of Warwick) 'Political Economy as a Field: A Few Facts' 12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Session 4 14:00 – 15:00 TBA 15:00 – 16.00 Ravideep Sethi (University of Utah) 'The Power of the Agenda Setter: A Dynamic Legislative Bargaining Model' joint with Ewout Verriest (Penn State University) 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break 16.30 – 17.30 Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University) 'A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions' joint with Micael Castanheira (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Allan Drazen (University of Maryland) - Wed22Jul
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- Wed12Aug
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- Thu30Apr
MTWP (Micro Theory Work in Progress) Workshop - Doruk Cetement - CANCELLED
- Mon18May
Econometrics Workshop - CANCELLED
- Thu02Jul
CEPR/Warwick/Princeton/Utah Political Economy Conference 2020
The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick along with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Department of Politics at Princeton University, the Department of Finance at University of Utah and the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) are organising the first CEPR Conference on Political Economy in March 2020.
Thursday 2 – Friday 3 July 2020
Venue: EIEF- Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Via Sallustiana 62 - 00187 in Rome, Italy.The aim of the conference is to bring together the top theoretical and empirical political scientists and economists across Europe and North America. This conference will also launch the new CEPR Polecon Research Group. A limited number of papers will be presented (10 over two days) to allow maximum time for discussion. The workshop will be held in Rome this year, building on previous successful meetings held at the Warwick in Venice Palazzo since 2013.
Programme
The Conference will feature a range of academics from across the world presenting papers on a number of topics.
Friday, 20 March
9.30 – 10.00
Registration, Coffee and Welcome Remarks from the Organisers
Session 1
10:00 – 11.00
Dominic Rohner and Mathias Thoenig (University of Lausanne)
'Ethnic Conflict and the Informational Dividend of Democracy'11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
Gilat Levy (LSE)
'Misspecified Politics and the Recurrence of Populism' joint with Ronny Razin (LSE) and Alwyn Young (LSE)12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Session 2
14.00 – 15.00
TBA
15.00 – 16.00
Melis Kartal (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
'Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice' joint with Jean-Robert Tyran (University of Vienna)16.00 – 16.30
Coffee break
16.30 – 17.45
Keynote Speaker: TBA
19:00 onwards
Dinner (by invitation only)
Saturday, 21 March
Session 3
10.00 – 11.00
Charlotte Cavaille (Ford School, University of Michigan - Princeton University, CSDP)
'Who Cares? Measuring Preference Intensity in a Polarized Environment' joint with Daniel L Chen (TSE - IAST) and Karine Van der Straeten (TSE - IAST)11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
Ernesto dal Bo (University of California at Berkeley)
'Information Technology and Government Decentralization: Experimental Evidence From Paraguay' joint with Federico Finan (UC Berkeley), Nicholas Li (UC Berkeley), and Laura Schechter (UW-Madison)12.30 – 12.45
Helios Herrera (University of Warwick)
'Political Economy as a Field: A Few Facts'12.45 – 14.00
Lunch Session 4
14:00 – 15:00
TBA
15:00 – 16.00
Ravideep Sethi (University of Utah)
'The Power of the Agenda Setter: A Dynamic Legislative Bargaining Model' joint with Ewout Verriest (Penn State University)16.00 – 16.30
Coffee break
16.30 – 17.30
Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University)
'A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions' joint with Micael Castanheira (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Allan Drazen (University of Maryland)
- Mon20Apr
Economic History Seminar - Amanda Gregg (Middlebury) - CANCELLED
- Tue21Apr
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Cloda Jenkins (UCL) - CANCELLED
- Wed22Apr
Econometrics Seminar - Shakeeb Khan (BC) - CANCELLED
- Wed22Apr
CRETA Seminar - Michael Mandler (Royal Holloway) - CANCELLED
- Thu23Apr
Macro/International Seminar - Pavel Krolikowski (Cleveland FED) - CANCELLED
- Mon27Apr
Economic History Seminar - Melanie Meng Xue (NYU Abu Dhabi) - CANCELLED
- Tue28Apr
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Michela Tincani (UCL) - CANCELLED
- Wed29Apr
CRETA Seminar - Lucas Siga (NYU Abu Dhabi) - CANCELLED
- Thu30Apr
Macro/International Seminar - Meredith Startz (Stanford) - CANCELLED
- Mon04May
Political Economy Seminar - Roberto Galbiati (Sciences PO) - CANCELLED
- Wed06May
Econometrics Seminar - Mattias Cattaneo (Princeton) - CANCELLED
- Wed06May
CRETA Seminar - Jay Lu (UCLA) - CANCELLED
- Thu07May
Macro/International Seminar - Elisa Giannone (Penn State University) - CANCELLED
- Mon11May
Economic History Workshop - Felipe Valencia Caicedo (Vancouver) - CANCELLED
- Mon11May
Political Economy Seminar - Galina Zudenkova (Dortmund) - CANCELLED
- Tue12May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Eleonora Pataccini (Cornell) - CANCELLED
- Wed13May
Econometrics - Debopam Bhattacharya (Cambridge) - CANCELLED
- Wed13May
CRETA Seminar - Nikhil Vellodi (Princeton/PSE) - CANCELLED
- Thu14May
Macro/International Seminar - David Hummels (Purdue) - CANCELLED
- Mon18May
Political Economy Seminar - Ruben Durante (UPF) - CANCELLED
- Wed20May
Econometrics - Frank Schorfheide (UPenn) - CANCELLED
- Wed20May
CRETA Seminar - Rossella Argenziano (Essex) - CANCELLED
- Thu21May
Macro/International Seminar - Erik Hurst (Chicago Booth) - CANCELLED
- Tue26May
Applied Economics, Econometrics and Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Robert Townsend (MIT) - CANCELLED
- Wed27May
Econometrics Seminar - Elena Manresa (NYU) - CANCELLED
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