Activities and Events

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 "Tba"

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

More information:

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

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

For more information:

Awards 2012 Poster Awards 2012 Flyer

2012

Young Scientist Award 2012

The Research Schools of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are pleased to announce the International NRW Young Scientist Award 2012 for outstanding scientific publications resulting from doctoral research.

The Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences (CGS) and the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) participate by awarding a prize of € 1,500 in the categorie "Management and Economics" for an excellent publication in in all relevant fields of modern economics and management, covering theoretical and empirical methods in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, human resource management, marketing, energy economics and other related areas.

8. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics

"Trade and Climate Policy Analysis with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 24 - 28, 2012

Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhringer, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Course Program (PDF)

5th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

University of Duisburg-Essen
Gerhard-Mercator-Haus
Lotharstraße 57, 47057 Duisburg
February 27-29, 2012

For more information:

Conference website

2011

7. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics

"Overlapping Regulation in Energy and Climate Policy with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
March 28- April 1, 2011

Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhringer, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Awards 2010 Flyer Awards 2010 Poster

4th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

TU Dortmund University
Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ)
Emil-Figge-Str. 59, 44227 Dortmund
February 21-23, 2011

For more information:

Conference website

2005 - 2010

Young Scientist Award 2010

The Research Schools of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are pleased to announce the NRW Young Scientist Award 2010 for outstanding scientific publications resulting from doctoral research.

The International NRW Research School “Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ)” participates by awarding a prize of € 1,500 for an excellent publication in one of the following reasearch areas: Theoretical and applied Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics.

For application details please refer to www.young-scientist-award.de.

Application deadline: September 30, 2010.

6. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics

"Energy and Climate Policy Modeling with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
March 15-19, 2010

Instructors:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhringer, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

3rd RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

Ruhr University of Bochum, Veranstaltungszentrum
February 11-12, 2010

Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Hans-Olaf Henkel, former President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

The public speech (in German) is titled "Aufwärts, aber wie - finden Politik und Gesellschaft einen dauerhaften Weg aus der Krise?"

5. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics

"Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
March 23-27, 2009

Instructors:

James R. Markusen, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

2nd RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics:

Europe in Transition - Demographic Change and Sustainable Development
University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen (Germany)
September 18-19, 2008

Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, former Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), former Federal Minister of Environment, Member of the Board of Sustainable Development of the German Federal Government.

4. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics:

"Energy and Climate Policy Modeling with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
September 8-12, 2008

Instructors:

Christoph Böhringer, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

3. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics:

"Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS and MPSGE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
October 8-12, 2007

Instructors:

David Tarr, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Sergey Paltsev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics

University of Dortmund
February 28, 2007

Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wiegard, German Council of Economic Experts, University of Regensburg.

Call for Papers (PDF)

2. Ruhr Graduate Summer School in Economics:

"Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS and MPS/GE"
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
March 20-24, 2006

Instructors:

Thomas F. Rutherford, University of Colorado
Laurent Cretegny, Ecoplan, Switzerland
Volker Clausen, University of Duisburg-Essen