The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  June 1, 2012 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Thursday
June 7
Ilze Kalnina (University of Montreal)
"TBA"
2:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
CRC in Financial
Econometrics
Friday
June 8
Ivan Medovikov (Western)
"Copula-based Analysis of Multivariate Dependence"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics
Departmental Thesis
Defense


News and Announcements

Western Economics Alumni Conference in Honor of Yvonne Adams - Call for Papers

Western Economics will host a Western Economics Alumni Conference in Honor of Yvonne Adams who will retire in July 2012 after 40 years of service. The conference will take place on Saturday, September 22, 2012 in the Faculty of Social Science. All alumni are invited to submit a paper for presentation at this conference. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, July 23, 2012.

Teaching Support Centre - Upcoming Graduate Student Events

Teaching Support Centre - Upcoming Faculty Events

ATINER 6th Annual International City-Break Conference - Call for Papers

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) invites academics and researchers for the cross-disciplinary 6th Annual International City-Break Conference: Business and Society in a Global Economy, on December 17-20, 2012, Athens, Greece. The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 17, 2012.

Bank of Canada - Fellowship Program

The purpose of the Bank of Canada Fellowship Program is to foster excellence in research and analysis, and to develop partnerships with experts outside the Bank of Canada in areas important to the Bank's mandate: macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance, financial markets and institutions, financial stability and regulation, labour economics, and economic growth. There are two awards available through the Fellowship Program:

The application deadline for both awards is November 15, 2012.


Research Notices

*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.

**The newly enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is now available and must be filled out by all grant applicants to obtain institutional approvals for their grant applications. Please see Karin if you need assistance.

Funding Announcements