Activities and Events

https://www.regional-disparities.de/courses/

RGS Mini-Lecture "Text as Data"

online
September 6-8, 2021

Instructor: Leif Anders Thorsrud, BI Norwegian Business School

Registration required for all via , indicating whether you want to take the course for credit.

2020

How to Behave at Conferences

Instructor: Thomas K. Bauer
Dec 7, 2020 15:00 - 17:00, online lecture - links for online event will be provided

How to Write a Paper

Instructor: Thomas K. Bauer
Nov 30, 2020 15:00 - 17:00, online lecture - inks for online event will be provided

RGS Jamboree

RGS Econ & RWI
October 27th, 2020.

all day - virtual

Program

Summer School "Theorie und Praxis ökonomischer Politikberatung"

- in German -
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Sep 7-9, 2020 -online-
Application deadline: May 24th, 2020
Call for applicatons and further information

RTG Mini-Lecture "Gravity with Gravitas"

online

Mini-Lecture organized by the RTG Regional Disparities and open to RGSians space permitting. Register via Email with Sebastian Kunert sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de

Yoto Yotov (Drexel University)
13 & 15 – 17 July, 9:00 – 13:00, online
14 July, 9:00 – 12:00, online

RGS Econ meets German Council of Economic Experts

online
June 30, 2020: 13:00-16:00
Florian Kirsch & tba
topics: Climate / Corona
The event is mandatory for RGSians in their first to third years.
Registration required for all, by June 23rd, 2020: via

How to Behave at Conferences

Instructor: Thomas Bauer
June 9th, 2020, 15:00 - 17:00, online lecture

https://www.regional-disparities.de/courses/

Registration required: via

How to Write a Paper

Instructor: Thomas Bauer
May 26 2020, 14:00 - 16:00, online lecture

https://www.regional-disparities.de/courses/

Registration required: via

Mini-Lecture "The Economics of Health Care"

online
May 25, May 27, June 3, and June 8, 2020; 15:00 - 18:00

Instructor: Molly Schnell, Northwestern

This course provides an introduction to theoretical models and empirical applications in health economics. Topics include the provision and design of health insurance, causes and consequences of provider behavior, and competition in health care markets. There will also be a module on Pollution and Health.

As all RGS Mini-Lectures, the course is designed for students who have taken a first-year PhD sequence in Economics. Students taking the course for credit will be asked to give a 30-minute, in-class presentation on one paper (papers and presentation dates to be assigned before the first class based on registration).

syllabus

Registration required for all, by May 22nd, 2020: via , indicating whether you want to take the course for credit.

RGS/PACE SoftSkills Seminar: Voice Training (in German)

Instructor: Reinhard Pede

Registration required until May 15th: via

Der Kurs besteht aus vier Modulen, je rund eine Stunde mit anschießender offenen Frage-Runde.

Modul 1: Freitag, 22.05., 11.00 Uhr
Modul 2: Mittwoch, 27.05., 15.00 Uhr
Modul 3: Mittwoch, 03.06., 15.00 Uhr
Modul 4: Freitag, 12.06., 11.00 Uhr

Modul 1: Die Stimme fit machen und sich professionell auf das Sprechen vorbereiten. - Ein Aufwärmtraining für die Stimme - Deutlich ist besser als laut (in Deutsch und Englisch) - Die "richtige Stimmlage" - Der Umgang mit Stress und Lampenfieber - Praktische Übungen

Modul 2: Wie klingt die Stimme lebendig und hörernah- Mentale Techniken zur besseren Vorbereitung der eigenen Präsentation - Souverän und sympathisch wirken - Engagement für die Sache zeigen - Was macht der Körper beim Sprechen? - Praktische Übungen

Modul 3: Die professionelle Präsentation Und wie kann die Stimme die Interaktion mit den Zuhörenden optimal unterstützen.

Modul 4: Ein Live-Coaching Ein individuelles Training in realitätsnahem Setting. Hier bekommen alle Teilnehmenden die Gelegenheit, am Mikrofon zu trainieren und ein professionelles Feedback einzuholen.

Online Research Seminars in Finance

The seminar series is joint effort of the Finance departments of the Universities of Bonn, Dortmund and Wuppertal as well as WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Upcoming Seminars
April 21, 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Samuli Knüpfer, Professor of Finance, BI Norwegian Business School
May 05, 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Henri Servaes, Professor of Corporate Governance & Finance, London Business School
May 19, 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Raghavendra Rau, Professor of Finance, University of Cambridge
June 02, 17:00 – 18:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Ran Duchin, Professor of Finance & Business Economics, University of Washington
June 16, 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Professor of Finance, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Registration and further information

Mini-Lecture "Health as Human Capital"

virtual
Start: April 21- April 24, 2020; 15:00 - 18:00 daily

Instructor: Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern

A form of assesment will be provided for those who wish to take the course for credit. This assesment is likely to be multiple choice exam due a few days after the end of the course. Details will be conveyed to registrants. The course will cover -based also on participants' interests and prior knowledge:

a selection of methods from: Regression basics (mandatory); Panel data, fixed effects; Difference-in-Difference; Instrumental variables; Randomized control trials; Regression discontinuity; Why FE, DiD, IV, RCT, and RD are all the same; Mortality and fertility measures; Happiness measures.

a selection of topics from: Models of health production; Fetal origins; Wealth-health relationship; Pollution; The health impacts of health insurance; Mental health; Mortality inequality; Fertility; Happiness.

Registration required until April 17th: via . In your Email, please list three of the above items, for both the categories methods and topics, that you find particularly interesting/important for your research.

13th RGS Doctoral Conference

TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Febraruy 18–19, 2020

Submission deadline: December 10th, 2019

2019

Mini-Lecture "Bayesian Estimation using R"

RGS Econ, Essen
September 25–27, 2019

Instructor: Jan Prüser

Registration: via

Syllabus

Mini-Lecture Spatial Econometrics

RGS Econ, Essen
September 23–24, 2019

Instructor: Kelley Pace (LSU)

Registration: via

Syllabus

15th Ruhr Graduate Summer School

University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 9–13, 2019

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Volker Clausen

Program

Summer School "Theorie und Praxis ökonomischer Politikberatung"

- in German -
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Sep 5-6, 2019
Application deadline: April 30th, 2019
Call for applicatons and further information

Summer School on Complexity Economics, Behavioral Economics and Data Science

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Sep 2-4, 2019
Application deadline: April 30th, 2019
Call for applicatons and further information

RGS Jamboree

RGS Econ & RWI
July 15, 2019.

RGS Mini-Lecture "Power Analysis"

RWI Essen
June 18-19, 2019: details tba
Nathan Fiala (UConn)

RWI (Werk 2), 9:00-12:00. Please register until June 13th via mail at helge.braun@rgs-econ.de

Syllabus

RGS Mini-Lecture "Model-Based Estimation"

RWI Essen
May 21-23, 2019
Chris Flinn (NYU)

The Mini-Lecture covers estimation techniques used in Labor Economics, including search and minimum wages, the economics of the household and structural microeconometrics. Syllabus

Please register with helge.braun (at) rgs.econ.de until May 6TH, indicating whether whether you are intending to take the course for credit (as indicated in the syllabus)

A detailed schedule will follow soon.

RGS Mini-Lecture "Social Learning and Migration"

RWI Essen
May 15-17, 2019: details tba
Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)

15.05. in Werk 2 between 13-17h
16.05. in E-Werk between 9h-13h
17.05. in Werk 4 between 9h-18h

Academic Writing Workshop

RWI Essen
May 9-10, 2019:
Natalie Reid

author of the book "Getting Published in International Journals: Writing Strategies for European Social Scientists" will be giving the course. Mrs. Reid has specialized in academic writing, journal analysis, technical writing. She currently lectures at the University of California, Berkeley for its Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs Program.

If you are interested in bindingly participating in the workshop, please let us know via Email ( ) latest on March 29th.

The preliminary schedule for the course is 09:00-17:30.

Program

RGS meets German Council of Economic Experts

RGS Econ
March 29, 2019: 11:00-15:00
Bodo Aretz & Wolf Reuter

Writing a Paper in Economics

RWI Essen
March 25, 2019: 11:00-13:00
Thomas K. Bauer

12th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Ruhr-University Bochum
Veranstaltungszentrum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum, Germany

February 19-20, 2019

Submission deadline: December 10th, 2018

More information:

2018

RGS Mini-Lecture "Gender in the Labor Market"

RWI Essen
December 12-14, 2018: 9:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00
Melanie Khamis, Wesleyan University

Office Consultations: Friday, 16:00-17:00 pm
All participants are requested to present up to 3 papers in 15 minute in-class presentations. Please check the syllabus and enter your preferences in this doodle by selecting at least three papers (The full bibliographical information can be found in the syllabus). We will announce the allocation on November 17th. For-credit assessment additionally involves a referee report or a short literature review.

Registration deadline: November 15th

RGS Seminar "Career considerations"

RWI Essen
December 10 2018, 11:00-12:00
Melanie Khamis, Wesleyan University
Seminar for doctoral students on career considerations (job market, research strategy, networking…)

Registration: no

RGS Mini-Lecture "Topics in Applied Econometrics"

RWI Essen
December 05-07, 2018: 9:00-10:30, 11:00-12:30, 14:00-15:30, 16:00-17:00
Thomas Cornelissen, University of York

Office Consultations: Friday, 16:00-17:00 pm
Assessment is in the form of a 30 minute presentation (inclusive 5 minutes for discussion) of one of the papers found in the syllabus. Please indicate your preference for the paper to present in this doodle. (The full bibliographical information can be found in the syllabus). The allocation will be announced on November 17th.

Registration deadline: November 15th

PACE/RGS Soft-Skills Seminar "Scientific Presentations"

Hamm
November 9 2018, 10:00-17:00
Michaela Hornbostel
held in German
Registration: until October 15th via

PACE/RGS Soft-Skills Seminar "Voice Training"

Hamm
October 31 2018, 10:00-17:00
Reinhard Pede
Registration: until October 1st via

RGS Mini-Lecture "Programming with Julia"

RGS Econ
September 18-20, 2018.
Tileman Conring, TU Dortmund
Registration: until September 1st via

14th Ruhr Graduate Summer School

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 17-21, 2018

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Volker Clausen

RGS Mini-Lecture "Using Field Experiments in Applied Research"

RGS Econ
September 10-12, 2018.
Michael Price, University of Tennessee
Registration: until September 1st via

RGS Jamboree

RGS Econ & RWI
July 24, 2018.

RGS Mini-Lecture "Health Economics"

RGS Econ
July 09-11, 2018.
Nicolas Ziebarth, Cornell University
Registration: until July 1st via

RGS Mini-Lecture "The Economics of Migration Policies: Theory and Empirics"

RGS Econ
June 20-21, 2018.
Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

PACE/RGS Soft-Skills Seminar "Presentations in English"

Hamm
April 26-27, 2018, 9:00-18:00
Marcin Cichocki
Registration: until March 29 via

RGS meets German Council of Economic Experts

RGS Econ
March 8 2018.
Bodo Aretz & Wolf Reuter

11th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen)
Glaspavillon (R12 S00 H12)
Universitätsstr. 12
45141 Essen

February 21-22, 2018

Submission deadline: December 10th, 2017

More information:

2017

PACE/RGS Soft-Skills Seminar "Voice Training"

Hamm
November 16 2017, 10:00-17:00
Reinhard Pede
Registration: until October 19th via

PACE/RGS Soft-Skills Seminar "Presentations in English"

Hamm
October 26-27, 2017, 9:00-18:00
Marcin Cichocki
Registration: until October 4th via

RGS Mini-Lecture "Bayesian Estimation of DSGE Models"

RGS Econ
October 23-25, 2017.
Alexander Kriwoluzky, University of Halle
Registration: until September 30th via

RGS Jamboree

Glaspavillon, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen
October 14, 2017.

13th Ruhr Graduate Summer School

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 25- 29, 2017

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Ed Balistreri
Volker Clausen

PACE/RGS Soft-Skills Seminar "Kooperation und Konfrontation I & II" (in German)

Hamm
September 21(I) & 22(II) 2017.
(einzeln buchbar, 9:30-16:45)
Michaela Hornbostel
Registration: until August 30th via

RGS Mini-Lecture "Development Economics"

RGS Econ
July 19-21, 2017.
Lori Beaman, Northwestern University
Registration: closed

RGS Mini-Lecture "Experimental Methods for Program Evaluation"

RGS Econ
July 17-18, 2017.
Nathan Fiala, University of Connecticut
Registration: closed.

RGS Mini-Lecture "Mechanism Design"

RGS Econ
June 21-22 and June 29-30, 2017.
Benny Moldovanu, University of Bonn
Registration: closed

10th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Rising to Europe's Challenges: The Economic Perspective

Technische Universität Dortmund
Internationales Begegnungszentrum
Emil-Figge-Str. 59
44227 Dortmund

March 1-2, 2017

More information:

RGS meets German Council of Economic Experts

RGS Econ
January 23 2017.
Bodo Aretz & Wolf Reuter

2016

RGS Workshop "Regional and Urban Economics"

RGS Econ and RWI Essen

October 26th, 2016

RGS Mini-Lecture "Spatial Econometrics"

RGS Econ
October 23-25, 2016.
Prof. Dr. James P. Lasage

RGS / Stiftung Mercator / RWI Special Event "Migration and Integration"

Stiftung Mercator, Essen

October 5th, 2016

RGS/RWI Workshop on the Economics of Migration

Bildungshotel Bfz-Essen
Blücherstraße 1, 45141 Essen
September 23-24, 2016

More information:

Workshop website

12th Ruhr Graduate Summer School

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 19- 23, 2016

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Ed Balistreri
Volker Clausen

RGS Mini-Lecture "Discrete Choice and Duration Models"

RGS Econ
Sept. 5-7, 2016.
Dr. Arne Uhlendorff

RGS Mini-Lecture "Fiscal policy and Economic Growth"

RGS Econ
May 23-26, 2016.
Prof. Gerhard Glomm

RGS Mini-Lecture "Heterogeneous Agent Models"

RGS Econ
April 28 and June 2, 2016.
Prof. Alexander Ludwig

RGS Mini-Lecture "Economics of Education"

RGS Econ
April 25-27, 2016.
Prof. David Jaeger

9th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Universität Bochum
Veranstaltungszentrum
Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum
February 23-25, 2016

More information:

RGS meets German Council of Economic Experts

RGS Econ

February 12th, 2016

2015

11th Ruhr Graduate Summer School

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 28- October 2, 2015

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Ed Balistreri
Volker Clausen

8th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Universität Duisburg-Essen
Glaspavillon, Universitätsstraße 2
45141 Essen
February 25-27, 2015

More information:

RGS Mini-Lecture by Prof. Guinanne on Economic History

RWI, Essen
Instructor: Prof. Timothy Guinanne
February 19-20, 2015

2014

10th RGS Summer School

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 29- October 3, 2014

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Ed Balistreri
Volker Clausen

RGS Mini-Lecture by Prof. Jaeger on Economics of Migration

RWI, Essen
Instructor: Prof. David Jaeger
April 22-24, 2014

RGS Mini-Lecture by Prof. Fitzenberger on Quantile Regression

RWI, Essen
Instructor: Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger
April 2-4, 2014

7th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Technische Universität Dortmund
Internationales Begegnungszentrum Emil-Figge-Str. 59
44227 Dortmund
February 26-28, 2014

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2013

9th RGS Summer School

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
August 5-9, 2013

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer
Ed Balistreri
Volker Clausen

More Information (PDF)

4th RGS Jamboree

The 4th RGS Jamboree takes place on June 25th at the TU Dortmund. There will be 16 presentations from the RGS students and a social event in the evening.

6th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Ruhr University of Bochum
Veranstaltungszentrum
Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum
February 26-28, 2013

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