Upcoming Workshops
Thursday
January 13 |
S. Boragan Aruoba
(University of Maryland)
"Informal Sector, Government Policy and Institutions"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Recruiting |
Friday
January 14 |
Devesh Raval (University of
Chicago)
"Beyond Cobb-Douglas: Estimation of a CES
Productions Function
with Factor Augmenting Technology"
3:30
p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Recruiting |
News and Announcements
Professional Expense Reimbursement (PER) – Deadline March
28, 2011
The
2010 Professional Development Expense Reimbursement (PER) form
is now available. The submission deadline for 2010 is March 31, 2011
(receipts for the 2010 allocation year may be dated up to March 31,
2011). If you have any questions, please contact Karin.
Please submit your PER form and original receipts (can be returned
to you) to Karin by Monday, March 28th.
Launch of Canadian Policy Network at Western
The launch of the Canadian
Policy Network at The University of Western Ontario (CPNet@Western)
will be held on January 11th in the USC Council Chambers, UCC Room
315. There are two parts to the launch. Pathways to Policy: The Role
for Universities will be held from 1:00-2:30 pm and Skating to Where
the Puck is Going to Be: The Future of Health Care will be held from
4:00-7:00 pm. Please rsvp if you
are planning to attend.
Faculty Mentor Program 2010-11
The Teaching Support Centre will hold the fifth session in the
Faculty Mentor Program series,
Research
Funding - Cradle to Grave, on Friday, January 14, 2011, in Room
121, Teaching Support Centre, the D.B. Weldon Library. Register
on-line.
Fluency in English Pronunciation for University Lecturers
The Teaching Support Centre is offering workshops for faculty for whom
English is a second language.
Fluency in
English Pronunciation sessions will be offered on Mondays and
Wednesdays (January 17, 19,
24, 26, 31; February 2, 7, 9, 14, 16), 4:00-6:00 pm, location TBA. Please register
on-line.
Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Annual Meeting - Call for Papers
The 45th Annual Conference of the
CEA will be held June 2-5, 2011 at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Ontario. The Canadian Economics Association would like
to invite anyone wishing to present a paper at the 2011 Conference to
submit an abstract by Friday, February 18, 2011.
NBER 2011 Summer Institute - Call for Papers
The National Bureau of Economic Research invites interested
economists to submit papers to its
32nd Annual NBER Summer
Institute. Workshops on a number of different topics will be held in Cambridge, MA
from July 11 to August 4, 2011. Economists at the assistant professor
level or above who are interested n participating in the 2011 Summer
Institute should submit a CV and a complete manuscript (one-page
abstracts will be accepted as well) by
February 15, 2011.
6th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory,
Policy and Applications - Call for Papers and Participation
The Economics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education
and Research (ATINER) will hold its
6th Annual
International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications
in Athens, Greece, July 25-28, 2011. Papers from all areas of
Economics are welcome. The deadline for submission of abstracts is
January 10, 2011.
NIPE 8th Summer School
The NIPE (Economic Policies Research Unit) is pleased to announces
its
8th Summer School on
Duration Analysis,
that will take place at the University of Minho, Escola de Economia e
Gestão, Braga, Portugal, June 28 - July 1, 2011. The purpose of the
course is to provide graduate students and applied researchers with a
comprehensive coverage of statistical methods and their application in
the econometric analysis of duration analysis. The deadline
for applications is April 15, 2011.
*Please submit a hard copy of all research grant applications,
internal and external, to
Karin for
review and subsequent Chair signature prior to electronically
submitting your applications.
