Economics of Science and Innovation Summer School
Expired
Summer schools
Summer School at the UB School of Economics is accredited in accordance with the European Credit Transfer System and will be recognized by the University of Barcelona as 3 ECTS credits.
Regular fees: 475 - 710 EUR
General fee (€710): 25% discount on the general fee for early career researchers (within five years of the award of their PhD).
Student fee (€475): We will only consider you for the Student Reduced Fee if you are a full-time PhD or Master student enrolled at a university or college, or if you have just finished university or if you are starting university in the same year as the Summer School course. You will be asked to provide a proof of this status at the moment of the application.
Fees cover: coffee breaks, the welcome dinner, the farewell cocktail, unlimited access to the UB Sports Centre and any material required for the course. They do not cover accommodation, transport or any other services.
Master and PhD students seeking financial aid may apply for one of the five scholarships available.
Rosina Moreno
Science and innovation play an increasingly important role in the growth of economies throughout the world. Innovation is an essential driver of economic progress and a strategic priority for governments, leading companies, and start-up businesses and represents a major source of competitive advantage, wealth creation, and improvements in the quality of life.
This course is intended to introduce participants to selected topics in the economics of innovation, such as science, intellectual property, and knowledge spillovers. Overall emphasis will be on empirical analysis and policy implications, while formal mathematical modelling will remain in the background.
Applied economic studies of innovation are multidisciplinary, as they draw theories, data, and methods from as diverse fields as economics, management, sociology, law, and history, among others.
The programme will introduce participants to the most relevant theoretical and empirical questions in the economics of science and innovation. In addition to it, participants will also learn and discuss the various methodologies for tackling open questions in the field.
Academic Coordinator for the 2023 edition: Rosina Moreno (Universitat de Barcelona)
Final programme HERE.
Course outline
The course will combine theory and practice. Each morning is devoted to the presentation of some key issues within the field of the Economics of innovation. The afternoon focuses on the application of the different concepts taught in the morning with a twofold purpose: to learn the databases that allow working with such concepts, and to explore some empirical applications through the software that better fits their use.
Lecturers
- Francesco Lissoni: Professor of Economics at the Bordeaux School of Economics (University of Bordeaux) and a longstanding Fellow of ICRIOS–Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)
- Valerio Sterzi: Professor of Economics at the Bordeaux School of Economics (University of Bordeaux).
- Massimiliano Coda Zabetta: Maria Zambrano Research Fellow at the Department of Econometrics, Statistics, and Applied Economics of the University of Barcelona.
Scholarships
Master and PhD students seeking financial aid may apply for one of the five scholarships available. Each scholarship covers the course tuition fees. Applicants should add (i) a cover letter and (ii) a support letter from their supervisor or professor to the online application form. Please note that candidates already graduated will not be eligible to apply for scholarships.
Deadline for registration including scholarship application is April 30th, 2023. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer School academic coordinator. Priority will be given to those working on a clearly related topic. The list of awarded participants will be published by May 15th, 2023.
John M. Keynes 1-11
08034 Barcelona , Spain
