The 11th edition of the Warwick Economics PhD Conference was held between 6th-8th June 2023 at the new Faculty of Arts Building. The event was organised by PhD students with the help of the administrative team.

This year, the PhD Conference received over 450 applications from graduate students within leading research institutions from across the world. A scientific review committee, consisting of Warwick PhD students, helped in the process of selecting 25 papers from this pool of high-quality applications. Of the selected 25 papers, 18 were presented in seminar presentations, and 7 in poster presentations.

The conference continued for an additional day this year, to allow participants from all over the world to reach the University campus more easily and to have additional networking opportunities throughout the event.

Over the three days, conference delegates and speakers engaged in intellectually stimulating presentations delivered by students from:

The papers presented on each day covered a broad range of topics and fields:

Day 1

Political Economy & Public Economics

Macroeconomics & Monetary Economics

Day 2

Development Economics

International & Urban Economics

Microeconomics

Poster session

Day 3

Labour Economics

Each 20-minute seminar presentation was followed by a discussion and feedback from the students and faculty members in the audience. In addition to the plenary presentations, there were five-minute flash presentation sessions where researchers delivered the key message of their paper in a concise and engaging manner, which was followed by a poster session.

Overall, the event was a remarkable success. It provided a platform for graduate students from different institutions to showcase their work, while serving as a terrific opportunity for Warwick students to engage in world-leading research. The participants received valuable feedback on their projects, formed professional networks and, most importantly, enjoyed their time at our campus with fellow PhD students. The organising team looks forward to the next edition of the conference in 2024.

More information about the conference participants and their projects can be found here.

Reported by the PhD Conference Organising Committee (Immanuel Feld, Andrea Guerrieri D’Amati, Carolina Kansikas, Youngji Sohn, and Alperen Tosun).

The tenth edition of the Warwick Economics PhD Conference was held on 8th-9th June 2022 at the Department of Economics. The event was organised by PhD students with the help of the faculty and administrative team.

This year, the Warwick Economics PhD conference received over 250 applications from graduate students of leading research institutions from across the world. A scientific review committee consisting of Warwick PhD students and faculty members helped in the process of selecting 25 papers among this pool of high-quality applications. Of the selected 25 papers, 17 were presented in seminar presentations, and 8 in flash presentations akin to traditional conference poster sessions.

Thanks to the easing of pandemic restrictions, we were able to host the conference entirely in person. The first day kicked off with Professor Herakles Polemarchakis’ opening lecture, which was named after Professor Avinash K. Dixit to honour his research contribution and his influence on the Department of Economics at Warwick. The conference was concluded with a keynote speech by Professor Andrew Oswald on the future of economics and academic careers.

Over the two days, conference delegates and speakers engaged in intellectually stimulating presentations delivered by students from Toulouse, Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, UCL, Warwick, UC Louvain, Essex, UC Berkeley, Ecole Polytechnique, Cambridge, Amsterdam, LSE, Imperial College, Queen Marry, Nottingham, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Bristol and Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

The papers presented covered a broad range of topics and fields, grouped into Behavioural Theory, Applied Economics and Labour Economics on the first day; Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Networks & Platforms on the second day of the conference. Each 20-minutes seminar presentation was followed by a discussion and feedback from the students and faculty members in the audience. In addition to the plenary presentations, there were two five-minute flash presentations sessions where researchers delivered the key message of their paper in a concise and engaging manner.

Overall, the event was a remarkable success. It provided a platform to graduate students from different institutions to showcase their work, while serving as a terrific opportunity for Warwick students to engage in world-leading research. The participants received valuable feedback on their projects, formed professional networks and, most importantly, enjoyed their time at our campus with fellow PhD students. The organising team looks forward to the conference in 2023.

Learn more about the participants and their projects.

The ninth edition of the Warwick Economics PhD Conference was held virtually on 24-26 June 2021. The event was organised by PhD students with the help of the Marketing & Communications Team.

This year, the Warwick Economics PhD conference received over 180 applications from graduate students of leading research institutions from across the world. A scientific review committee consisting of Warwick faculty members and PhD students helped in the process of whittling down these high-quality applications to thirty-three – 25 seminar presentations and 8 flash presentations.

Thanks to the possibility of connecting digitally, this year the Conference was held over three days (instead of the usual two), and including participants from all over the world. The first day kicked off with the keynote speech by Professor Sascha Becker, while the second day closed with the keynote speech by Professor Roger Farmer.

Over three days, conference delegates and speakers engaged in intellectually stimulating presentations delivered by students from Bocconi University, University College Dublin, KU Leuven, Bonn, Oxford, Bologna, Boston College, CEMFI, University of Pennsylvania, Nottingham, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Amsterdam, Erasmus University, Lausanne, Durham, Maryland, Princeton, UCLA, Bristol, PSE, Mannheim, Edinburgh, Hebrew University and Stanford.

The papers presented covered a broad range of topics and fields, grouped into Applied Economics on the first day, Macroeconomics on the second day, and Economic Theory and Behavioural Economics on the third day. Each 20-minutes presentation was followed by a discussion and constructive feedback from students and faculty members in the audience. Five-minute flash presentations, which replaced the in-person poster presentations, allowed speakers to deliver the key message of their paper in a concise and engaging manner.

Overall, the event was a great success. It provided a platform to graduate students from different institutions to showcase their work, while serving as a great opportunity for Warwick students to discuss their research and promote the Department to their peers across the globe. The organising team looks forward to delivering the next edition of the Conference in 2022, which will be the tenth anniversary of the event.

The tenth edition of the Warwick Economics PhD Conference was held between 8-9 June 2022 at the Department of Economics. The event was organised by PhD students with the help of the faculty and administrative team.

This year, the Warwick Economics PhD conference received over 250 applications from graduate students of leading research institutions from across the world. A scientific review committee consisting of Warwick PhD students and faculty members helped in the process of selecting 25 papers among this pool of high-quality applications. Of the selected 25 papers, 17 were presented in seminar presentations, and 8 in flash presentations akin to traditional conference poster sessions.

PhD student and one of the organisers, Alperen Tosun commented:

"Thanks to the easing of pandemic restrictions, we were able to host the conference entirely in person. The first day kicked off with Prof. Herakles Polemarchakis’ opening lecture, which was named after Professor Avinash K. Dixit to honour his research contribution and his influence on the Department of Economics at Warwick. The conference was concluded with a keynote address by Prof. Andrew Oswald on the future of economics and academic careers."

Over the two days, conference delegates and speakers engaged in intellectually stimulating presentations delivered by students from Toulouse, Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, UCL, Warwick, UC Louvain, Essex, UC Berkeley, Ecole Polytechnique, Cambridge, Amsterdam, LSE, Imperial College, Queen Marry, Nottingham, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Bristol and Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

The papers presented covered a broad range of topics and fields, grouped into Behavioural Theory, Applied Economics and Labour Economics on the first day; Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Networks & Platforms on the second day of the conference. Each 20-minutes seminar presentation was followed by a discussion and feedback from the students and faculty members in the audience. In addition to the plenary presentations, there were two five-minute flash presentations sessions where researchers delivered the key message of their paper in a concise and engaging manner.

Overall, the event was a remarkable success. It provided a platform to graduate students from different institutions to showcase their work, while serving as a terrific opportunity for Warwick students to engage in world-leading research. The participants received valuable feedback on their projects, formed professional networks and, most importantly, enjoyed their time at our campus with fellow PhD students. The organising team looks forward to the next edition of the conference in 2023.

More information about the conference participants and their projects can be found on the PhD Conference Programme 2022Link opens in a new window webpage.

Reported by the PhD Conference Organising Committee (Alperen Tosun, Carolina Kansikas, Edoardo Tolva, Sarthak Joshi and Zoe Zhang).

The eighth edition and the first virtual version of Warwick Economics PhD Conference was held on 6-7 November 2020. The event was organised by PhD students with the help of the Marketing & Communications Team and with financial support from the Department.

This year, the annual conference which is organised by PhD students of the Department of Economics, received over 150 applications from graduate students of leading research institutions across the world. A multi-stage selection process, involving a scientific committee consisting of Warwick faculty members and PhD students, helped in the process of whittling down these high-quality applications to seventeen – 10 seminar presentations and 7 poster presentations.

The conference was due to take place earlier in the year but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. As with most events this year, we decided to host the 2020 edition online, aiming to provide an opportunity for young researchers to present and exchange their work and ideas via a digital platform of MS Teams.

Over two days, conference delegates and speakers engaged in intellectually stimulating presentations by students from Paris School of Economics, New York University, University of Amsterdam, Oxford University, University of California Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Columbia University, Georgetown University, Erasmus School of Economics, KU Leuven, VU Amsterdam, Stanford GSB, and University of Southern California.

The papers presented covered a broad range of topics and fields, and were organised into four main sessions: Public Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Economics, and Economic Theory. Each 20-minutes presentation was followed by a discussion and comments from students and faculty members in the audience, providing the authors constructive feedback. Another interesting aspect of the conference were poster presentations which were also well received.

Overall, the event was a great success: it provided a platform to graduate students from different institutions to showcase their work and gave a great opportunity to Warwick students to discuss their research and promote the Department’s program to their peers across the globe.

Learn more about who the participants were and their projects.