Saturday, January 15, 2011

Economics job market in Europe

The big marketplace for new Ph.D. economists is the one that takes place in North America each year in early January (see this recent paper), but in recent years the Royal Economic Society has attempted to get one going in Europe.

The 6th PhD Presentation Meeting of the Royal Economic Society  is going on this weekend, on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th January 2011 at City University London.

"The aim of the event is to provide a service both for UK and European university economics departments wishing to recruit lecturers, and for PhD students seeking academic jobs in the UK or elsewhere in Europe. This annual meeting has grown to be an extremely successful event, well supported by both students and potential employers. The event consists of two days of students’ presentations and poster sessions. Participating institutions (pdf) attend these presentations and are also allocated a room at the conference site in order to arrange individual appointments with participating PhD candidates (pdf) during the course of the conference. "


Good luck to all those on the market.

(For departments interested in the theory of matching, I notice that one of the new Ph.D.s in attendance is Alex Nichifor, who is a coauthor of a very good paper: Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks . (His coauthors are John Hatfield, Scott Kominers, Mike Ostrovsky, and Alex Westkamp, and his Ph.D. advisor is Bettina Klaus.))

3 comments:

Staffing Supplier said...

Nice to hear that Economists are doing good in Europe, in-spite of the recent Economic Downturn and recession.

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Paola Manzini said...

(For departments interested in the theory of matching, I notice that one of the new Ph.D.s in attendance is Alex Nichifor, who is a coauthor of a very good paper: Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks . (His coauthors are John Hatfield, Scott Kominers, Mike Ostrovsky, and Alex Westkamp, and his Ph.D. advisor is Bettina Klaus.))

Very glad to say we in St. Andrews are the lucky ones who got him!