Funding Opportunity: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships Value: Researcher unit costs which covers 100% of eligible costs, for up to 24 months Living allowance: €4,880 Mobility allowance: €600 Family Allowance: €500 Research, training and networking costs: €800 Management and indirect costs: €650 Eligibility: At the time of the proposal submission, eligible candidates hold a doctoral degree (PhD) or have […]

Funding Opportunity: Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)

Small Grants programme Value: N/A (only Directly incurred costs and Directly Allocated costs for support and administrative staff) Eligiblity: Delivery must take place in English schools/settings Project must be in state schools/colleges (a couple of exceptions: PVIs allowed for early years, training providers for post-16) Approach must be focused on 3-16 year olds, or on English/Maths […]

XVII Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) Trade and Investment Promotion

PARIS, FRANCE, OCTOBER 23-24, 2019 The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting submissions of papers examining the effects of trade and investment promotion policies along the economic and institutional dimensions. In particular, submitted papers should address questions such as–but not limited to–the following: Export and Investment Promotion Agencies (EPAs and IPAs)’s Institutional Characteristics and Practices. […]

Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization

By Rafael Dix-Carneiro (Duke University), Rodrigo R. Soares (Columbia University), and Gabriel Ulyssea (University of Oxford) The idea that economic crises can lead to increased crime is far from new, dating back at least to the Great Depression of the 1930s.[1] Such concern is well justified, as crime imposes a substantial welfare cost on society. However, estimating the causal […]

China’s engagement with the African continent: Oxford, 19–21 March 2020

A special event just before next year’s annual conference of Oxford University’s Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) will focus on China–Africa economic and development relationships.A special event just before next year’s annual conference of Oxford University’s Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) will focus on China–Africa economic and development relationships. […]

GCRF Sustainable energy and international development: beyond technology

On behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), ESRC, NERC and Innovate UK are pleased to invite applications for the ‘UKRI-GCRF Sustainable Energy and International Development: Beyond Technology’ call. Funding has been allocated from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), which is a £1.5 billion fund to support cutting-edge research and innovation which addresses the problems […]

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI): Senior Economist – Environmental Economics

Application Deadline: 03 May 2019 Senior Economist – Environmental Economics REF: IRC240021 SALARY: £36,812 – £40,473 (under review) DEPARTMENT: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI) LOCATION: AFBI Headquarters, Newforge Lane, Belfast This position offers the opportunity to join a well-established and multidisciplinary team and to provide a leadership role in the development of research programmes […]

German Development Institute: Economist in International Economics

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is one of the leading research institutes on development policy. Through excellent research, policy advice and training, the Institute contributes to finding solutions to global challenges. In the research program “Transformation of economic and social systems” we seek as soon as possible, one Economist in […]

The Impact of TRIPS and Compulsory Licensing on Developing Country Markets

By Eric Bond (Vanderbilt University) and Kamal Saggi (Vanderbilt University) The Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) requires that all WTO members provide a minimum level of patent protection for all types of intellectual property. This requirement has created a problem for developing countries in obtaining access to patented […]