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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 2 years ago
10 Qualities That Define A Good Economist
Having helped so many economists take their next career step, we at INOMICS know full well how rewarding working in economics can be. When you find that solution you've been looking for, or contribute some research that actually seems to get read and make a difference, it can be the best feeling in the world. But this won't happen unless you work on yourself and the skills that are essential for becoming a successful economist in general.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 9 years ago
Experts Talk: An Interview with Dr. Ed Dolan
We spoke with Dr. Dolan about his crossover interests in Russian literature and economics (and how he made that combination work to his advantage), his experience working in Moscow during the last years of the Soviet Union and why he recommends the MBA degree, among other topics.
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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Work visas for the US (for academic & highly qualified professionals)
If you're an academic looking to extend your career and find the right next position for you, many opportunities are available in Northern America. For postdocs and junior lecturers especially, it's important to be able to relocate to the best lab or department that you can for your work. For many disciplines, some of the world-leading institutions and researchers are based in the US, so many academics choose to spend some time working there in order to gain the best experience possible.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Meet Vladimir: an Associate Professor of Economics at Ewha Womans University in Seoul
Vladimir Hlasny is an associate professor of Economics at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. We chose him as the winner of our Conference Grant Contest 2016 and awarded him with a €500 grant. The prize helped him to attend the Joint NIDI-RUG Workshop on Socioeconomics Differences and Health Later in Life organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. Over 670 participants took part in the contest by submitting short answers related to their own academic career growth. You can see Vladimir's winning answer here.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 4 years ago
Does Economics Have a Problem with Women?
Economics has a gender problem, it always has, and unfortunately, it appears to be getting worse. Until recently, the impression was that this historically male-dominated discipline was turning a corner—albeit rather slowly—and the number of women studying economics was creeping upwards. That progress, however, looks to have stalled, and by some accounts, including that of the Australian Department of Education, actually gone into reverse. All the while, the number of women in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths)—long notorious for their poor gender ratios—has been steadily increasing. It looks as though the ‘old boys’ club’ of economics might be closing ranks.
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- Preparing for a PhD
- Posted 1 year ago
Should you prolong your predoc life?
Due to COVID-19, PhD applicants over the past two years have had quite difficult application periods. It seems common now for students to apply to a range of universities and not be accepted to any of them. In fact, even without this exogenous pandemic factor, admission to economics PhD programs has been becoming increasingly difficult as a result of the excess supply of PhD applicants.
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- Study Advice Article, Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
The INOMICS Questionnaire: Fratzscher v Cochrane
Esteemed economist, blogger and friend of INOMICS, John H. Cochrane, kindly took time out of his busy schedule to take part in our Handbook questionnaire. However, this was no regular questionnaire, far from it. At its helm, assuming the role of quizmaster was none other than Mr Marcel Fratzscher: president of the DIW Berlin, and one of Germany’s leading voices in macroeconomics. Such is the reputation of these heavyweights we dubbed the encounter ‘Fratzscher v Cochrane’ – our personal nod to the pair’s professional standing.
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- Campus Reviews
- Posted 5 years ago
Why study at University of Tampere, Finland?
Finland is known around the globe for its progressive higher education culture that aims to cultivate a humane and globally-minded ‘next generation’. This is emphasis is especially present in the University of Tampere (UTA). UTA prides itself on providing a friendly environment for students to connect with their professors and even the administration, even as undergraduates.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Tips for Women on Working in a Male-Dominated Academic Fields
Academia can be a tough environment for women to succeed in. In many departments, men outnumber women in the senior ranks and this can result in a variety of gender-based prejudices and problems that women have to navigate. Here are some tips for women working in male-dominated academic fields:
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Meet Jasna: a Master degree student of Business Management at the Masaryk University in Brno
Today, over 43,000 foreign students are studying in the Czech Republic and their interest is growing as the offer of study programmes and courses taught in English is increasing. Jasna Brkić from Serbia, a Master degree student of Business Management at the Masaryk University in Brno, shares her story and explains why she chose the Czech Republic for her studies:
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Do's and Don'ts In Your College Freshman Year
DO get to know your dorm-mates and fellow students. College can be a scary place, socially speaking. But making friends and connections is as much a part of the college experience as academic achievement. Try new things, meet new people, and push yourself to try to make new friends. The secret is that everyone feels uncomfortable and shy when they first start college – you're not the only one!
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Resources for economics students to learn statistics
A subject that many new economics students – and some older economics students too – struggle with is statistics. Statistics are an essential tool for economics, allowing data analysis and modelling to be accurate and mathematically correct. More broadly, statistics are of great importance in all of our daily lives as this fantastic infographic on applied statistics from Michigan Tech University illustrates.
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- PhD Candidate Job
- Posted 1 month ago
Research Assistant (praedoc) (m/f/d) - Central Institute John F. Kennedy Institute
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- Study Abroad Article, Ranking
- Posted 7 years ago
Top Summer Schools 2017: Business & Management
Check out our top summer schools 2021
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- Inside INOMICS
- Posted 6 years ago
Experience an Improved INOMICS
This summer we are happy to introduce a faster and improved INOMICS to our users and customers. Over the last few months, we have worked hard to improve our design towards building a faster website and a friendly UI that helps our users and customers make the most of INOMICS. Please find below the latest updates coming to INOMICS this summer:
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- Student Experiences
- Posted 1 year ago
Studying in the USA - Two (European) Student Experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina
Ever thought about studying abroad in the US? INOMICS has had the opportunity to interview two international students at two US universities and learn about their experiences doing just that. For this article, we interviewed Adam at Queens University and Lenka at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, two students from the Czech Republic who moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in the US to study their Master’s degrees. Below we’ll share their advice for other international students, experiences about studying in the US, and more!
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 4 years ago
Extracurricular activities to help your economics career while at university
Attending university is a ton of fun, but it also prepares you for the next stage in your career. Even your hobbies can be advantages in your career development if you pursue them at a high level. Everything you do at university can be added to your CV in order to help you get a job in the future, and universities are great places to take part in extracurricular activities. And remember, not only will these help you practically after you've finished your degree and are moving on to working or further education, but they'll also make your stay at university more enjoyable, enabling you to meet friends, develop intellectually and stay fit. Although lots of these will help you whatever career you decide to pursue, some may be a little more useful specifically for a career in economics.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
For-profit universities: How to avoid "diploma mill" institutions
As an academic, you may feel somewhat insulated from the profit-driven business world. Certainly, academia has traditionally been regarded as an enclave separated from corporate concerns over profits; one which is supported by governments and individuals and focuses on teaching and research rather than on making money. However, with the huge growth of the education industry over the last few decades, institutions have necessarily become more corporate.
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- Master's Program
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- Posted 4 months ago
MSc International Banking and Finance
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- Study Advice Article, Career Advice Article, Study Abroad Article, Work Abroad Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Recruitment Trends: Interviews with Top Employers
We spoke to top hiring managers Kalpana Kochhar, Director of Human Resources Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jordi Roca Solanelles, Head Manager of the University of Barcelona’s School of Economics (UB) and Professor Dr Florian Englmaier, Professor for Organisational Economics as the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), to discover what challenges economics post-graduates should expect from prospective careers in some of the biggest institutions around.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 4 years ago
The Challenges of Microfinance
Since its inception in the 1970s, microfinance has become the darling of development organisations the world over - the idea with the potential to save the planet’s poor. Pioneered by Bangladeshi social entrepreneur and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, it provides the financially marginalized with banking services that, given their impoverishment, would otherwise be out of reach. Such provision, its proponents claim, empowers the poor to take control of their own lives and plot their own path out of poverty - an antidote that is humane, retains the dignity of it recipients, and is lucrative. Aside from bank accounts and insurance, it is mostly implemented in the form of microloans.
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- Scholarship, PhD Candidate Job, Postgraduate Scholarship
- Posted 3 weeks ago
PhD Scholarship in Agricultural / Environmental and Resource Economics
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- Assistant Professor / Lecturer Job
- Posted 1 month ago
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Macroeconomics, Monetary & Financial Economics
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Applying to Summer School and How To Make The Most out of Your Summer School Experience
If you're interested in attending a summer school this year, now is the time to start planning. Deadlines are approaching soon, so check out our series of posts on the top summer schools by discipline to find the best summer school opportunities in your subject. Here are some of the ways that you can make the most out of your summer school experience, during both the application period and once the course actually starts.
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- Study Advice Article, Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Tips for reformatting your manuscript to submit to a new journal
As every academic knows, writing a paper for submission to a journal is a long and arduous process. It is common for papers to be rejected from the first journal that you submit to, so you will have to reformat the manuscript and resubmit it to another journal. This process of reformatting requires quite a bit of work, even when the paper is staying essentially the same and the only changes being made are cosmetic. Every journal has its own rules about formatting such as fonts to be used, margins, the type and number of images allowed, and citation format. To help you with this process, here are our tips for reformatting your manuscript to submit to a new journal.
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