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6th International Research Workshop “Methods for PhD” near Flensburg, September 30-October 5, 2012

Empirical research is seeking through methodological processes to discover, hopefully, nontrivial facts and insights. Beside choosing a topic and grounding an idea in theory, empirical research consists of gathering and analysing data as well as presenting results in scientific contexts in order to contribute new issues to the body of acquired knowledge – not only to someone‘s own but also to that of others.

Our workshop tackles these steps of your research project:

  • Gathering data via (un)structured interviews and analysing standardized survey data,
  • using the computer for qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

These steps will strengthen the cooperation in empirical research to boost and streamline ones project.

The regular workshop fee is 395 Euro (including meals and accommodation at Sankelmark). The workshop fee is 245 Euro without accomodation at Sankelmark (only meals are included).

It is possible to get a certificate on the credit points (according to the European Credit Transfer System).

In detail the following courses will be offered:

Quantitative Methods:

  • Analysing Panel Data
  • Structural Equation Modelling with Amos
  • Data Analysis with Stata – Beginners
  • Data Analysis with Stata – Intermediates
  • Data Analysis with R
  • Sequential Analysis
  • Introduction to the SOEP
  • Network Analysis
  • Questionnaire Design

Qualitative Methods:

  • Qualitative (Expert) Interviews
  • Qualitative Inquiry and Content Analysis with MAXQDA
  • From Words to Networks: Information and Relation Extraction from Text Data and Analysis of Socio-technical Networks
  • Case Study Research
  • Introduction to MAXQDA for Case Studies
  • Grounded Theory

PLEASE notice that every course has just a certain amount of participants and that some courses are offered in German only!

For further information, especially lecturers, program, organizers and registration visit our website at: http://www.phd-network.eu/

For any questions don’t hesitate to contact the workshop coordinator Dr. Simon Fietze.

The International Research Workshop is organised by Prof. Dr. Wenzel Matiaske, Professor for Business Studies, particularly Leadership and Labour Relations at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Federal Armed Forces and Research Professor at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

The workshop is supported by

  • Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
  • the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin
  • University of Southern Denmark Campus Soenderborg, Department of Border Region Studies
  • University of Flensburg
  • University of Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • University of Hamburg, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Human Movement
  • Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Economics, Behavioural Sciences and Law

The International Research Workshop on the internet:
Website
Facebook Page
Google Page
XING Group
LinkedIn Group

Universität Hamburg: PhD Scholarships “Modelling and Normative Assessment of Collective Decisions”

The Departments of Philosophy and Economics at Hamburg University invite applications for three PhD scholarships (1100€ per month, taxfree; up to three years) within the small graduate group (kleine Graduiertengruppe) “Modelling and normative assessment of collective decisions”. The earliest starting date is 1st June 2012.

If suitable candidates are still in the process of finishing their Master’s degree, a later starting date can be negotiated.

Please find further details in the job offer. The closing date for applications is 31st May 2012.

Doktorandenworkshop “Agent-Based Models and Heterogeneous Agents” vom 28.-30.11.2011 mit Prof. Delli Gatti

Programme: University of Hamburg, Graduate School, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Doctoral Programme

Course: Agent‐Based Models with Heterogeneous Agents

Course No: n.a.

Credits: 2

Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Domenico Delli Gatti
Istituto di Teoria Economia e Metodi Quantitativi
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano, Italy
E‐Mail: Domenico.delligatti@unicatt.it
Web: http://docenti.unicatt.it/ita/domenico_delli_gatti/

Prof. Dr. Delli Gatti is Full Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Milan in the Faculty of Economics. He received his doctorate in political economy in 1987 from the Joint Doctoral Program of the Catholic University, Bocconi University and State University. In addition to his position at the Catholic University of Milan, he has been visiting professor at Columbia University and the Santa Fe Institute and visiting scholar in various high‐ranking universities.

From 2008‐2011, he has been European coordinator of the 7th Framework Programme research project on “Monetary, Fiscal and Structural Policies with Heterogeneous Agents” (POLHIA, www.polhia.eu).

He is currently coordinator of a new 7th Framework Programme research project: “Complexity based Research Initiative Systemic InstabilitieS” (CRISIS). This project will start in November 2011 and last until 2014. His main research interests cover models of complex systems and agent‐based macroeconomic models, including models of networks in a macroeconomic context. These models are applied, inter alia, to business cycle fluctuations and firms’ size dynamics, bankruptcy avalanches, credit chains and financial fragility.

Full list of publications: http://docenti.unicatt.it/ita/domenico_delli_gatti/

Learning Objectives and Outcome:

Most models in modern macroeconomics assume a representative agent (RA), thus ignoring direct interaction among individual agents, as any interaction or coordination occurs only indirectly through prices. However, the price mechanism can only work if complete information is assumed. By contrast, imperfect information necessarily leads to a model with heterogeneous agents and incomplete markets.

As an alternative to RA models, agent‐based (AB) models with heterogeneous agents aim at deriving the structure of aggregate macro behavior from the interaction of agents at the micro level. The economy is then regarded as a complex system of many interacting agents, where aggregate regularities may emerge as the consequence of complex patterns of interacting individuals. Using methods for instance from statistical mechanics or physics, the dynamics and equilibrium of the model economy can be described.

Important subtypes of AB models are network models, which represent the structure of partnerships within the economy. Generally, AB models with heterogeneous agents can be applied to a wide variety of economic areas, such as business cycle dynamics, credit chains and bankruptcy avalanches, and models describing interlinkages in networks of banks, firms and governments.

The objectives of the course are first, to present, compare and contrast various macroeconomic AB models and second, to implement the dynamic system which emerges as the reduced form of the macroeconomic model into a software code. Finally, the models will be calibrated and validated in order to corroborate the model’s dynamics against the empirical evidence.

Content:

1. Modeling the macro economy in an agent‐based framework. The following macroeconomic ABMs will be presented: MBU (Macroeconomics from the Bottom Up), EURACE, KS (Keynes meeting Schumpeter)

2. Translating the dynamic system of the model into software code (MATLAB)

3. Calibration and validation: bringing the model to the data

4. Modelling credit networks. The following models of a credit network will be presented: Battiston et al. (2007,2010), Delli Gatti et al. (2010)

Detailed Schedule and Further Information

Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ): 5th Doctoral Conference

The Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) is pleased to organize its

5th Doctoral Conference in Economics.

It will take place on February 27-29, 2012 at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
The aim of the Conference is to facilitate the exchange and discussion of research results on an international level by bringing together top PhD students and experienced researchers in a professional and social forum.

Both empirical and theoretical papers will be considered. The range of topics covers all research areas in Economics including

  • Microeconomics,
  • Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
  • Financial Markets,
  • International Economics,
  • Public Economics,
  • Health Economics,
  • Labour and Demographic Economics,
  • Population Economics,
  • Industrial Organization.

Papers should be submitted no later than December 10, 2011.

Further details can be obtained from the website of the RGS Econ at: www.rgs-econ.de

We would appreciate if you could advertise this event to your PhD students with the enclosed poster.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Vivien Procher
Managing Director RGS Econ

Call for Papers – Further Information

5th International Research Workshop – “Methods for Ph.D.”

5th International Research Workshop – “Methods for Ph.D.”

October 2-7, 2011
Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg (Germany)
University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg (Denmark)

For the fifth time Ph.D. students in the field of Social Sciences and Economics have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience in research on empirical data, including SOEP. The workshop language will be English. Interested parties from all countries are invited. The workshop is especially for those who need training in the process of choosing a topic, grounding the research idea in theory, as well as in gathering and analyzing data and presenting results in scientific contexts.

The workshop tackles these steps of Ph.D. research projects:

  • gathering data through (un)structured interviews and analyzing standardized survey data (e.g., SOEP),
  • using the computer for content analysis and as a statistical tool,
  • writing a report and making presentations.

These steps will strengthen the cooperation in empirical research to boost and streamline ones project. For more information about the programme, see:

https://hermes.hsu-hh.de/doctoralstudy/irws/programme/

It is possible to obtain credits for the workshop under the European Credit Transfer System.

The workshop fee is 390 Euro. This includes all lectures, meals, and accommodations during the workshop (October 2-7, 2011). For more information about the registration procedure, see:

https://hermes.hsu-hh.de/doctoralstudy/irws/registration/

Organizers of the Workshop are: Helmut-Schmidt University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, University of Flensburg, the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin, University of Southern Denmark Campus Soenderborg, Leuphana University Lüneburg, University of Hamburg – Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and Faculty of Education Psychology and Human Movement.

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4th International Research Workshop – “Methods for Ph.D.”
October 3-8, 2010

Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg (Germany)
University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg (Denmark)

For the fourth time Ph.D. students in the field of Social Sciences and Economics have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience in research on empirical data, including SOEP. The workshop language will be English. Interested parties from all countries are invited. The workshop is especially for those who need training in the process of choosing a topic, grounding the research idea in theory, as well as in gathering and analyzing data and presenting results in scientific contexts.

The workshop tackles these steps of Ph.D. research projects:

  • gathering data through (un)structured interviews and analyzing standardized survey data (e.g., SOEP),
  • using the computer for content analysis and as a statistical tool,
  • writing a report and making presentations.

These steps will strengthen the cooperation in empirical research to boost and streamline ones project. For more information about the programme, see:
https://hermes.hsu-hh.de/doctoralstudy/?page_id=26

It is possible to obtain credits for the workshop under the European Credit Transfer System.

The workshop fee is 380 Euro. This includes all lectures, meals, and accommodations during the workshop (October 3-8, 2010). For more information about the registration procedure, see:
https://hermes.hsu-hh.de/doctoralstudy/?page_id=28

Organizers of the Workshop are: Helmut-Schmidt University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, University of Flensburg, the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin, University of Southern Denmark Campus Soenderborg, Leuphana University Lüneburg, University of Hamburg – Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and Faculty of Education Psychology and Human Movement.

For more information, see:
http://www.phd-network.eu/

Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium – Research Seminar in Economics

Institution: Promotionskolleg VWL, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Studiengang: Promotionsstudium

Dozent/in: Stefan Baumgärtner, Maik Heinemann, Joachim Wagner, Thomas Wein (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

Termin(e): wöchentlich, Mittwoch, 08:30 Uhr – 09:30 Uhr, 30.03.2009 – 03.07.2009, Raum C 4.215, Beamer und Internetzugang dringend erforderlich

Raum: k.A.

Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 30

Semester-Wochen-Stunden: 2

Credit Points: k.A.

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

Beschreibung: k.A.

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