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- Postdoc Job
- Posted 3 weeks ago
SIS Trento: Call for Expressions of Interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Top Career Paths: Economic History
For this week's top career paths article, we're looking at the potential careers which are open to those who have studied economic history.
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- Reading During the Pandemic
- Posted 3 years ago
The Best Behavioral Economics Books
The current circumstances can be tough: being isolated from families and friends is difficult, and having to spend most of our time inside isn’t particularly healthy. However, there is one thing you can spend a lot of time doing which will improve your quality of life exponentially: reading!
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- PhD Program
- Posted 3 months ago
Doctoral Positions at the Graduate School of the Social and Behavioural Sciences (GSBS), University of Konstanz
Starts 1 Oct at University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany -
- PhD Candidate Job
- Posted 3 weeks ago
PhD Position in Macroeconomics/Finance
At Otto-von-Guericke-Universität in Magdeburg, Germany -
- Make Your Research A Success
- Posted 2 years ago
5 Industry Skills I Never Thought I Would Use in my PhD
Economics PhDs are aware of the transferable skills they should master to land a job in industry. But what about the reverse: is prior industry experience valuable for a PhD program?
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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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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Why study Economics in a Foreign Language?
With English being considered the “must-have language”, is there a need for economists to learn a foreign language, or does it concern only those who work or want to work in the business field in a non-English speaking country?
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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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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 10 years ago
Life as an Economist in France - Salary and Working Conditions
While it was the UMP, France’s conservative opposition party, that won the majority of votes in Sunday’s first round of town hall elections in France, the far-right Front National also made decisive gains, particularly in areas that used to be bastions of the left wing. The ongoing difficulties in the French economy are often cited as one of the key reasons for this redrawing of the political landscape and the losses for the ruling Socialist Party.
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- INOMICS Salary Report 2020
- Posted 3 years ago
How Has the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Affected the Academic Sector?
Although we’ve been told time and again that the pandemic doesn’t care about who you are, in reality it hasn’t affected everyone equally. Senior Editor William Pearse has already written about how COVID-19 has been harder on those from ethnic minorities and on poorer communities in the UK.
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- Getting up to Speed
- Posted 3 years ago
The Top Economics Blogs
There are many excellent economics blogs out there. Whether you want to read commentaries on economic policy, find out what people are currently researching, or simply keep up-to-date with the latest economic happenings across the world, there are blogs for all tastes.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 10 years ago
International Economics Job Market Candidates – what do they look for?
Even though many (especially young and less experienced) job candidates attend interviews with an anticipation of being assessed, in reality the assessment always happens in both directions. And the more that a talented applicant has to offer, the pickier he or she can be when making a final decision.
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- Conference
- Posted 3 weeks ago
2024 European Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) at WNE UW
Between 19 Sep and 20 Sep in Warsaw, Poland -
- Into the Economist's Mind
- Posted 3 years ago
The INOMICS Questionnaire: Fratzscher vs Jackson
Esteemed economist, Stanford Professor, and friend of INOMICS, Matthew O. Jackson, generously took time out of his busy schedule to take part in the third INOMICS Handbook Questionnaire. Opposite him, in his customary role of quizmaster, was Professor Marcel Fratzscher, president of the DIW Berlin, and one of Germany’s leading voices in macroeconomics. Observing tradition, and as a nod to those involved, the encounter has been dubbed ‘Fratzscher v Jackson’.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Top Career Paths: Business Economics
A business degree can be a great investment with fantastic future career options. When supported with a solid understanding of economics, in the job market you'll find that you are an attractive candidate to a whole host of different employers. However, if you're thinking about taking a business economics degree, or are just about to graduate, you might wonder what exact career options are open to you. Here are five of the top career paths.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Salary Gap Between Positions in Academia Slowly Narrowing
The following is an analysis of data taken from the INOMICS Salary Report 2018 - downloadable for registered users here. Specifically, it looks at the average salaries of PhDs, Post-Docs, and Full Professors, working in economics over the last 5 years, in the U.S, the U.K, Germany, and Italy. It is the 4th instalment in a series of insights handling the Report’s findings. The first three can be found in our insights section.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 12 years ago
Top Economics Conferences 2012
Conferences have been a pillar of academic thought in the western world for almost a century. Organizations including the American Economic Association (AEA) (organized in 1885, incorporated in 1923), the Royal Economic Society (RES) (incorporated in 1902, although their journal The Economic Journal dates back to 1891), the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) (1922) and the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES) (1973) have lead the way with their annual meetings that draw anywhere from a couple hundred to over 10,000 annual visitors; and these are only the tip of the iceberg.
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- Conference
- Posted 5 months ago
Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2024 (Virtual)
Between 12 Jun and 14 Jun in Chittoor, India -
- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 9 years ago
What British Admission Officers look for in Students
The United Kingdom has been recognised for years as one of the most popular destinations for postgraduate education. The international reputation of British education, the diversity of culture and the connections to other European countries have made the UK one of the favorite destinations for students.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Conference Round Up – Events in Early 2015
With the end of the year approaching, we feel it’s time to look to the start of next year and start planning which conferences to attend. The number of events available is overwhelming, so following up on our 2014 End of Year Round Up, we decided to draft a list for the start of 2015.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 5 years ago
Top 10 Business Journals
If you're in the field of business, whether you're a student, a researcher, or an entrepreneur, then you'll know how important it is to keep up to date with all the latest developments. To help you with this, we've compiled a list of the top academic journals in business, so you can know where to look for all the latest cutting-edge research.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
For Economists Seniority Pays Off, Especially in the U.S
The following is an analysis of data taken from the INOMICS Salary Report 2018 - downloadable for registered users here. Specifically, it looks at the average salaries of economists working in academia and the private sector according to their level of seniority. It is the third instalment in a series of insights handling the Report’s findings. The first two can be found in our insights section.
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- Building Your Teaching Career
- Posted 1 year ago
Developing a teaching profile: Why and how?
The increasing importance of evidencing teaching effectiveness In recent years, the UK higher education environment has noticeably changed. Research Assessment Exercises and then the Research Excellence Framework have highlighted the importance of academics not only being research- active but regularly publishing high quality outputs in internationally recognised academic journals.
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- Gender Inequality
- Posted 4 years ago
Our Economies Prioritise Male Interests. They Must Be Changed
In the collective consciousness, the economist exists as a middle-aged man, bespectacled and clad in a suit, whose unhealthy pallor betrays a hermit-like lifestyle led in the confines of a library. Of course, this image isn’t a particularly fair reflection of the discipline, or its practitioners. Some, for instance, will be aware that in the last few years a number of economists have experimented with contact lenses. Nevertheless, the stereotype remains instructive: the large majority of economists are men, and given the positions they hold, and influence they exert, such homogeneity is a cause for concern.
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