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- Blog Post
- Posted 9 years ago
Top Apps for Researchers: Social Science Must-Haves
In a 2012 post on Top Apps for Economists, we noted that the word “app” was becoming integrated into our daily lives. Two years later, I’d say it’s achieved a solid place in contemporary vocabulary. Yet, while you may not think twice about using an app to check a train schedule, buy a movie ticket or peruse Facebook, you still might not be aware of the plethora of great academic and professional apps available as well.
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- Ranking
- Posted 10 years ago
Top Think Tanks and Social Science Research Institutes in Spain and Latin America
This blog post is the third in a series of entries highlighting top think tanks around the globe. Last week we posted a list of top institutes in Europe, and yesterday we offered you a list of think tanks in the United States. Today we’ll focus on the Spanish-speaking world, with a list of top think tanks and research institutes in Spain and Latin America.
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- Ranking
- Posted 10 years ago
Top Think Tanks and Social Science Research Institutes in the U.S. 2013
Following up on last week’s list of Top Think Tanks and Social Science Research Institutes in Europe, this post is dedicated to top institutions in the United States. Although the U.S. is home to hundreds of research institutes, focusing on a vast array of disciplines and issues, there is a certain degree of consensus regarding which are the most respected. In the list below, we chose to highlight top think tanks working in the broad areas of politics, economics and international relations.
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- Posted 10 years ago
Top Think Tanks and Social Science Research Institutes in Europe 2013
Whether you’re looking for a summer internship, your first postgraduate job or a change in career, gaining experience in a think tank or research institute is always a good way to go. While some think tanks engage in highly specialized research on specific topics, many span a broad range of issues, particularly in the fields of politics, economics and international relations. We’ve decided to dedicate three distinct blog posts to top think tanks around the world, beginning with this list of European institutions. Keep an eye out for upcoming posts on U.S. and Latin American institutions.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 10 years ago
Women in Economics: Bridging the Gender Gap
As of 2011, significantly more women than men completed secondary education in an astounding 32 of the 34 OECD member countries, according to a study by OECD researchers. On average, women accounted for 58% of graduates overall, though the range between countries is quite great. Moreover, the numbers vary tremendously across disciplines, with the areas of health & welfare and arts & humanities still heavily female, while math & science remain overwhelmingly male.
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- Ranking
- Posted 10 years ago
Top 10 Research Institutions in Europe
One year ago, we published information about the Top 10 economics departments in Europe to support the educational choices of new professionals. Now we want to direct the attention of our readers to an overview of European institutions from a research approach. The purpose of the following list is to guide people who are interested in developing their careers as economics researchers in Europe in collaboration with top economics authors.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 10 years ago
Beeronomics
At this time of year, with the summer heat visibly rising from the Berlin pavement, for many there is nothing more appealing than a cold beer in one of the city’s numerous beer gardens. And perhaps among these Berlin beer lovers, more than a couple of economists might be found as well.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 10 years ago
Navigating the PhD Literature
The literature research students need to rely on throughout all of their thesis writing is diverse. Broadly categorized there are three types of literature useful for PhD students: research/topic literature, methods literature, and ‘how to do your PhD’ literature. A somewhat similar classification of PhD materials can, for example, be found in Chris Hart’s Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences (2010, Sage, p.2), which I recommend immensely.
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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 10 years ago
In Which Countries Do Economists Work?
According to our study last year, 35% of economists are working outside their home countries. The majority of economists go to work to the US, Germany and France (11% of the respondents respectively), followed by Switzerland (8%), Italy, Netherlands and the UK (6% respectively).
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
PhD Graduates: Disciplines and Numbers
Source: National Science Foundation, NSF/NIH/USED/USDA/NEH/NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates
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- Blog Post
- Posted 11 years ago
Christmas Economics: Which Countries Spend the Most and on What?
Sources: Christmas Spending Survey 2012, Deloitte; NRF’s Holiday Survival Kit (US only); HSBC Christmas Spending Survey 2012 (UK only) The Christmas Season is probably the heaviest burden for family budgets among all the annual holidays, and the best business opportunity for retailers. In the US alone estimations of spending on Christmas-related items hit $586.1 billion in 2012.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Top Finance Conferences 2013
In today’s global world, the transfer of information is crucial to success. Since the start of the recession in 2008 financial issues have increasingly been among the hottest discussion topics around the world – in particular the balancing of books and budgets, whether in supranational financial unions like the EU, individual countries, businesses or households. From the academic perspective, there is still much to be explored in the world of finance.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
To Open Access or Not?
‘Open Access’ has been a bit of a buzzword in academic circles over the last couple of years. Its rise to popularity has come from a combination of factors including the increased price to access academic journals, as well as increased access to the internet, which has had the effect of speeding up the rate at which information travels.
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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Research Funding in Economics in Europe
Source: Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe, Ramon Marimon, Igor Guardiancich, Mike Mariathasan, Eva Rossi, European University Institute, 2011
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- Blog Post
- Posted 11 years ago
Growth of Econ Research in China
The Tilburg University Economics Ranking Sandbox For anyone that doesn’t know it, the Tilburg University Economics Ranking, which ranks economics departments based on contributions to articles published in any one of 62 (mostly English-language) economics-related journals, is well worth a look.
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- PhD Program
- Posted 3 months ago
PhD positions in Economics and Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics
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- Posted 6 months ago
Cognitive Neuroscience
at National Science Foundation in United States -
- Fellowship
- Posted 7 months ago
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
at National Science Foundation in United States -
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- Posted 7 months ago
FY2024 Weather Program Office Research Programs
at Department of Commerce in United States -
- Fellowship
- Posted 7 months ago
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
at National Science Foundation in United States -
- Fellowship
- Posted 7 months ago
Social, Cultural and Economic Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms
at Department of Commerce in Washington, United States -
- Fellowship
- Posted 8 months ago
Adversarial Resilient Cyber Effects for Decision Dominance Collaborative Research Program
at Department of Defense in United States -
- Fellowship
- Posted 8 months ago
FY2024 Weather Program Office Data Assimilation Consortium
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- Fellowship
- Posted 9 months ago
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
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- Master's Program
- Posted 10 months ago
Master program in Economics at Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Starts 1 Sep
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