Open to doctoral students and early career researchers. This is an advanced-level course on quantitative empirical methods for policy evaluation. Inferences about causation are of great interest in business and economics research. Examples of causal inference in these fields include, estimating the effect of changes in regulations on financial transactions; measuring the impact of foreign… Read more
Open to doctoral students and early career researchers. This event is sponsored by the Department of Economics of Lancaster University, the Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy (LUMS), and ESRC-NWSSDTP. The aim of the Summer School is to provide an overview of cutting-edge research in applied macroeconometrics, and to offer opportunities to… Read more
Application for bursary now closed. Editorials on what constitutes a strong journal article repeatedly stress the importance of theory in addition to rigor and relevance. While one does not build theory from scratch, there are different ways to approach theory building. Day 1 of this workshop explores what theory is and what it is not,… Read more
Application for bursary now closed The AIDEA Qualitative Methods Summer School was established by the Italian Academy of Management to foster knowledge and methodologies among early career scholars in a challenging and stimulating context. The course is aimed at doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers interested in the qualitative study of accounting, management, finance, organization studies,… Read more
Course overview The challenges of research life can make it hard to sustain a sense of personal resilience and well-being. Research life can be unpredictable, precarious and challenging. Research life can feel chaotic and throw up a whole barrage of challenges that can include feeling overwhelmed at the tasks in hand; insecurities about funding uncertainties;… Read more
The Conference will offer the opportunity for doctoral researchers from business and management schools to engage in advanced dialogue and debate on a range of methodological issues. Highlights included a Keynote, workshops and small group discussions and presentations. The Conference takes place in a supportive environment with a great opportunity for networking with other doctoral… Read more
Course overview The challenges of research life can make it hard to sustain a sense of personal resilience and well-being. Research life can be unpredictable, precarious and challenging. Research life can feel chaotic and throw up a whole barrage of challenges that can include feeling overwhelmed at the tasks in hand; insecurities about funding uncertainties;… Read more
As part of our ongoing training and development programme, we are running a series of Structured Writing Retreats for PGRs, ECRs and staff. Writing retreats are known to increase and improve scholarly output and research activity and can also be used to develop research capacity and grow research cultures. Attending multiple retreats is an effective… Read more
The aim of the Structured Writing Retreats is to use dedicated writing time to progress and prioritize our writing projects. This is in a supportive, non-surveillance environment. The retreat is based on 3 evidence based key principles: The ‘typing pool’ which means that we all write individually but are in the same room for the… Read more
Since the first conference in 2015, DEC has been growing into a leading biennial conference on development economics. After the success of the 2nd DEC, held in Lincoln in 2017, we expect this year’s conference to attract a large number of established scholars as well as early career researchers and PhD students from the UK and… Read more