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  •  (May 2012) PhD call for applications 2012: The call for applications for our PhD program has been published on May 11. PhD candidates can apply to take part in the PhD selection until June 7 at 6pm (Italian time). All necessary information is posted at http://www.phdeco.unibo.it/Admissions2012.php.

  • (March 2012)  LMEC - Laurea Magistralis in Economics: call for applications for 2012-2013 entry. The LMEC is a two-year Master of Science offered within the Graduate Program of the Department of Economics. It is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to become professional economists or to progress to a PhD Program in Italy or abroad. More information and application form available on the LMEC website.

  • (March 2012)  The 7th edition of BoMoPaV Economics Meeting  will be held in Bologna on 30 March. BoMoPaV is a joint initiative of the Departments of Economics at the Universities of Bologna, Modena-Reggio Emilia, Padova and (as new entry) Venezia. This year the workshop involves presentations from two young researchers for each economics department.  All the collegues, the post-doc researchers , and ph.D students are cordially invitated to attend and contribute to the discussion (contact Matteo Cervellati ).

  • (March 2012)  The 9th meeting of the European Network on the Economics of the Firm  (ENEF) is being held at the University of Bologna, 13-14 September 2012. The theme of the workshop is "Functional and geographical boundaries of  the firm".  Proposals for papers should be sent to dse.enef2012@unibo.it by the end of May 2012. All the details can be found on the enef2012

  • (February 2012) The 9th Young Economists’ Workshop on Social Economy will be held on 15-16 June 2012 at the University of Bologna, Forli Campus. Theoretical, empirical, and experimental papers on the topics of social capital, social norms, cooperative and social enterprises, social preferences, and relational goods are welcome. Presenters at the Workshop must at most be 35 years old to be eligible.
    Call for Papers. Deadline: 6 April 2012.

  • (December 2011) On December 13 at 9am and December 14 at 2pm, the 2nd-year PhD Forum will be held in the Seminar Room. Program

  • (November 2011) Call for application.  The Erasmus Mundus European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) , is currently welcoming applications for the academic year 2012. Application deadline: 9 January 2012.  More information available on the EDLE website.

  • (October 2011) Call for Research Proposals. The Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) funds research projects in economics and finance to foster high-quality and policy-relevant research in Italy. Preference is given to projects whose principal investigator is under the age of 40. Deadline November 7th. More information here.

  • (October 2011) The final meeting of the European FP7 project, INGINEUS, coordinated by Alireza Naghavi on the "Globalisation of Innovation" will take place at the European Commission in Brussels on 09/12/2012. More information here.

  • (September 2011)  Call for applications: Bonaldo Stringher, Giorgio Mortara and Donato Menichella scholarships 2012-2013, Bank of Italy. Open to graduates wishing to undertake further study in various  Economics fields. More information on the Bank of Italy site.

  • (July 2011)  UniCredit & Universities call for application. 3 Crivelli Europe Scholarships  (€ 25,000 each + fees) for graduates in Economics and Finance wishing to go abroad for a PhD program; 1 Foscolo Europe Fellowship (€ 60,000) for post-doc researchers in Economics and Finance currently abroad and wishing to come back to Europe; 8 grants (€ 4,200 each)  to all the best European students in the fields of economics or finance, wishing to spend a period of six months of study exchange programme abroad to/from Serbia and Russia.

  • (July 2011) Francesca Fauri has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission. In particular, she has been assigned €45,000 financing for a Lifelong Learnning - Jean Monnet project for developing research on "The European Communities and Migration: an Historical Perspective" in collaboration with the Europe Direct office in Forlì. The three-year project will help improve the knowledge about past and present migration issues and challenges, increase public opinion awareness, perform analysis and scientific research on migration history, including its development and its role in the present context, disseminating results to the general public.

  • (July 2011) The 10th WORKSHOP ON MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS will be held at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Bologna  on December 20th, 2011. Call for paper. Deadline for submission: October 16, 2011.

  • (July 2011) The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis  invites papers to be considered for its Workshop on "The Economics and Management of Leisure, Travel and Tourism", to be held in Rimini in November 28th and 29th 2011. Call for paper. Deadline for submission: August 20, 2011.

  • (July 2011) MIUR has published the list of the national research projects PRIN which will be co-financed. Overall, 543 projects will be financed. For 29 of these, the head unit will be based at UNIBO. Of all the projects, 17 belong to Area 13 (Economics / Business / Statistics). Two of the approved projects are headed by DSE members: Giorgio Bellettini and Andrea Ichino. Congratulations and best wishes for a successful research to our two colleagues and their collaborators.

  • (July 2011) Enrico Ballardini, Andrea Blasco, Matthias Bürker, Gaetano D’Adamo, Marco D’Errico, Francesco Manaresi, Mattia Nardotto, Giuseppe Quinto, Alessia Russo have been awarded their PhD title. Congratulations!.   
     
  • May, 2011- Call for applications: Nino Andreatta Fellowship. The fellowship provides a salary of US $ 45.000,00, gross, plus benefits and research funds, and it is open to scholars with a Ph.D. degree in the Social Sciences. For the academic year 2011-12 priority will be given to to Italian candidates who gained a Ph.D. abroad, in management and economics. Application deadline: June 24th, 2011. More information on the Alma Graduate School site.

  • May, 2011- Anna Soci was awarded the Alexander Bodini research fellowship by the Italian Academy for the Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University. The fellowship will last from January to April 2012.

  • April, 2011 - The Macro Reading Group will take place on Thursday, 12PM-1:30PM. You can find the program of the meetings here.

  • April, 2011 - The Department congratulates the job market candidates of the Ph.D. in Economics for their placement.

  • April, 2011 - LMEC - Laurea Magistralis in Economics: call for applications for 2011-2012 entry. The LMEC is a two-year Master of Science offered within the Graduate Program of the Department of Economics. It is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to become professional economists or to progress to the PhD Program. More information and application form available on the LMEC website. 

  • April, 2011 - PhD in Economics: Call for applications for 2011-2012 entry. Within the Graduate Program in Economics, the PhD Programme offered by the Department of Economics aims at training a selected group of outstanding scholars for a career as economists in academic institutions or in research departments of corporations, public organizations, financial institutions and the government. Further information is available on the PhD website.  

  • April, 2011 - Davide Dragone receives the 2011 research grant promoted by the Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) and sponsored by the FarmaFactoring Foundation. The research project focuses on the effect of antismoking policies on obesity; the other researchers in the team are Luca Savorelli and Francesco Manaresi, University of Bologna - Department of Economics.

  • April 2011 - As program director of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Hartmut Lehmann has won the World Bank-IZA research project "Skills towards Productivity and Employment: The Case of Ukraine", financed by the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (the governments of Austria, Germany, Korea, Norway and Switzerland) and IZA for an amount of 300,000 US$.  

  • March 2011 - The Department of Economics welcomes three new Assistant Professors in Economics: Mauro Carboni (Forlì), Davide Dragone (Bologna),  and Roberto Patuelli (Rimini).  

  • March 2011 - The Department of Economics congratulates Andrea Vezzulli, winner of the grant for a Research Program in "Retail Banking and Finance", developed jointly by the Department of Economics and the Department of Management, and financed by UniCredit Banca S.p.A. Research project - contract theory, Research project - empirical.  

  • February 2011 - The 6th edition of BOMOPA Economics Meeting will be held in Modena on April 15th . BOMOPA is a joint initiative of the Departments of Economics at the Universities of Bologna, Modena-Reggio Emilia and Padova. Each year, three papers are selected from each Department. Submissions from young researchers (including Ph.D. Students, Research Fellows) in any field in economics will be given special consideration. Those who are interested in presenting should send the title of their paper and names of co-authors, if any, as well as the abstract or a draft of their paper to Matteo Cervellati by February 14th.

  • January 2011 - University of Bologna was ranked in the Top 100 of Economics Schools Research Ranking by Tilburg University, together with 29 universities in Europe (only two in Italy). The Tilburg University worldwide ranking is based on publications in the fields of economics, econometrics and finance in leading economic journals over the period 2005-2009.

  • January 2011 - The second meeting of the IO Reading Group will take place on tuesday 25th January
    from 13.00 to 14.15, in the seminar room. The topic is "Exclusive Dealing". 

  • December 2010 - Job market candidates from the Ph.D. in Economics available for academic and professional positions here. Placement secretary: Lara Bianciardi.

  • December 2010 - Paolo Manasse has been invited by the Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of European Parliament (ECON) to participate and give a speech in the "Public Hearing on Strengthening Economic Governance in the EU", which will take place on 13 January 2011 from 9:00 - 12:30 in the Parliament's premises in Brussels.

  • December 2010 - Job market candidates from the Ph.D. in Economics available for academic and professional positions here. Placement secretary: Lara Bianciardi.

  • November 2010 The Economics Department at the University of Verona invites applications for a 3-year post-doc position on "Microsimulation Modelling". The deadline for applications is November 20, 2010. Further information can be found here.

  • December 2010 - The 5th European Workshop on Experimental and Behavioral Economics (EWEBE) will be held in Bertinoro (Bologna) on December 9-11, 2010. The meeting intends to promote research on behavioral and experimental economics (for more information, see the program and the website). If you are interested in attending the workshop, please get in touch with Elena Consolini (elena.consolini@unibo.it) as soon as possible, and in any case no later than November, 15. 

  • September 2010 - The Department welcomes Emanuele Tarantino, winner of the 2010 Franco Modigliani fellowship and Guido Ruta, winner of the first edition of the Andreatta Fellowship.September 2010 - Ceis-Economics-Tor Vergata Foundation post doctoral Research Fellow in  "Auctioning in EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS): impact on prices and competitiveness".  Deadline September 10th. Call for applications

  • July 2010 - UniCredit & Universities call for application (deadline  31 October 2010). Foscolo Europe Fellowship aimed at  researchers who graduated from European universities, completed a Ph.D. in economics or finance outside of Europe and intend to return to Europe to continue their research. Post-Doc Research Grants, aimed at supporting the economic research in Italy and favor the cooperation among universities.

  • June 2010 - PhD in Economics – 2nd-year Forum June 16, 2010 (Program).

  • June 2010 - The Department of Economics invites all to join the seminar: 
    "Closing the 49th Parallel: An unexplored episode in Canadian economic and political history" - OPEN LECTURE by Prof. Stanley Winer.
    Lecture will take place in the Seminar Room of the Department of Economics - 1st floor, Piazza Scaravilli 2 on June 10th 2010, at 11.00.
    Please, read the attached paper.

  • May 2010 - Third-year Spring PhD Forum on Thursday, May 27. (Program)

  • April 2010 - Andrea Ichino presents his recent book with Alberto Alesina: "L'Italia fatta in casa. Indagine sulla vera ricchezza degli italiani". April 28, 2010 - 5pm, Aula Magna, Faculty of Economics, P.zza Scaravilli, 2. Program

  • April 2010 -  A research group of the Department coordinated by Margherita Fort together with research groups at the University of Padua (coordinator: Erich Battistin) and at the University of Venice (coordinator: Mario Padula) has received a  "FIRB-Futuro in Ricerca" grant for a project on "The Policy Implications of Demographic Ageing". The Ministery for Education, University, and Research will provide an amout of 401.400 euros over three years for the three research Units working on the project.

  • April 2010 - A research group of the Department coordinated by Marco Casari has received a "FIRB-Futuro in Ricerca" grant for a project on "Social norms and intertemporal choices: a behavioral approach." The Ministery for Education, University, and Research will provide an amout of 346.520 euros over four years. 

  • March, 2010 - LMEC - Laurea Magistralis in Economics: call for applications for 2010-2011 entry. The LMEC is a two-year Master of Science offered within the Graduate Program of the Department of Economics. It is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to become professional economists or to progress to the PhD Program. More information and application form available on the LMEC website

  • March, 2010 - BOMOPA Economics Meetings 2010: the  fifth edition of this workshop, a joint initiative of the Departments of Economics of the Universities of Bologna, Modena-Reggio Emilia and Padova, will take place in Padova the 26th March. Participation of all members of the three departments as well as Ph.D students close to thesis completion and Post-Docs is encouraged. Outside guests are also welcome to attend. Preliminary Program (pdf)

  • February, 2010 - Call for applications: Nino Andreatta Fellowship. The fellowship provides a salary of US $ 55.000,00, gross, plus benefits and research funds, and it is open to Italian candidates with non Italian PhD degree in the Social Sciences. For the academic year 2010-11 priority will be given to candidates with a PhD in Economics or Finance. Application deadline: March, 31. More information on the Alma Graduate School site.

  • February, 2010 - Workshop in Law and Economics, Friday February 12, 2010, School of Economics, Piazza Scaravilli 2 (Bologna).

  • January, 2010 - JOB OPENING. Call for positions of Assistant Professor in Economics and Economic Policy, University of Bologna: full text and application form here. "Rita Levi Montalcini" young researcher recruitment programme: application form available here. 

  • December, 2009 - European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE): call for applications. The European Doctorate in Law and Economics, offered by the Universities of Bologna, Hamburg and Rotterdam in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (Mumbay), is currently welcoming applications for the academic year 2010. Application deadline: 15 February 2010.  More information available on the EDLE website.

  • December, 2009 - PHD in Economics: call for applications. Candidates can submit their applications from Decembre 15, 2009 until May 31, 2010. The admitted students will be expected to start their first year in the fall of 2010 and will receive a scholarship. All necessary details are available on the PhD website.

  • December, 2009 - PhD in Economics - Students' Meeting - Seminar Room, Piazza Scaravilli 2 - December 2, 2009 - 10-18.00

  • November, 2009 - Marco Casari  received an ERC Starting Grant for the project "Cooperation among strangers: experiments with social norms, institutions, and money" for 769.000 euro. The European Research Council granted 11 such awards in Economics in all Europe.

  • November, 2009 - The European Doctorate in Law & Economics (EDLE)  has been selected for funding under the  "Erasmus Mundus" scheme of the European Commission. More.

  • October 2009 - Giacomo Calzolari, Marco Casari and Matteo Cervellati are three of the eight recipients of the  2008  EIEF grant. The Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) funds research projects in economics and finance to foster high-quality and policy-relevant research in Italy. In 2008,  eight projects out of 39 applications have been selected for funding.

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