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Veronika Bertram-Hümmer has been honored for her research with the University Meets Microfinance Award. The outstanding section of her doctoral dissertation was also published as a DIW Discussion Paper in collaboration with Kati Krähnert, Head of Development and Security. Their research demonstrates that an index-based weather insurance can help households in developing countries, such as ...
26.11.2015
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On Monday night, 28 September, DIW president Marcel Fratzscher and the Dean of the Graduate Center Helmut Lütkepohl officially welcomed the 14 new PhD students. For the next four years they will pursue their PhD in Economics - the Graduate Center team wishes a successful start and an inspiring time at the DIW Berlin.
02.10.2015
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Doreen Triebe sucessfully defended her dissertation on July 1st at TU Berlin. Prof. Dr. Gerd G. Wagner and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate her on her success!
11.08.2015
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Clara Welteke has been granted a scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) from September 2015 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
15.07.2015
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For the fourth time the Graduate Center Summer Workshop took place in the avendi Hotel at Griebnitz Lake in Potsdam from June 29th to July 1st 2015. One more time it turned out to be a big success for the participating students. During the three-day workshop, GC12 and GC13 doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The workshop was well ...
10.07.2015
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Personalie
Songül Tolan has been granted a scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) from March 2015 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
26.02.2015
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The Graduate Center is happy to announce that Marie LeMouel and Georg Camehl (both from the cohort of 2013) will be the new GC representatives for the year 2015. Their term will begin on February 1st. Helmut Lütkepohl, Dean of the Graduate Center, congratulates Marie and Georg for their election. At the same time he thanks Sarah Dahmann and Georg Camehl for serving as representatives during the ...
30.01.2015
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Last Friday, twelve junior scientists received their certificates at the 2014 Commencement Ceremony of the Graduate Center at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). They were congratulated by the Dean of DIW Graduate Center, Helmut Lütkepohl, the Executive Board of the DIW Berlin, as well as Matthias Kleiner, President of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. In his speech, Mr. Kleiner emphasized ...
07.01.2015
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The link to the GC Online Application Form has been activated! From now on, the GC welcomes outstanding students from around the world to apply for our doctoral program. Please note the application deadline is March 31. If you have any inquiries concerning the application, please feel free to contact our colleague Nadin Gahrns (gradcenter@diw.de). We will inform candidates on interview appointments ...
19.12.2014
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In November 2014, Nils Saniter and Yun Cao visited 9 top faculties of economics in Beijing and Shanghai, China, to support the DIW Graduate Center become more well-known internationally. At world class universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University they presented the GC to audiences of interested graduate students. Moreover, the GC participated in a DAAD delegation of ...
02.12.2014
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Michael Weinhardt sucessfully defended his dissertation "Der Einfluss von Werten auf die Berufswahl und die intergenerationale Transmission sozialer Ungleichheit - Mikroanalysen für Deutschland" on October 21st at FU Berlin. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schupp (SOEP) and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate him on his success!
24.10.2014
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Mathias Hübener has been granted a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (SddV) from October 2014 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
15.10.2014
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Personalie
Amelie Schiprowski has been granted a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (SddV) from November 2014 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
08.10.2014
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On September 29/30, the DIW Graduate Center welcomed its new cohort through various events. Fourteen promising young students introduced themselves at the welcome reception in the evening of September 29, following the opening speeches of Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, president of DIW Berlin, and Prof. Helmut Lütkepohl, Dean of the GC. On September 30, a detailed introduction to the doctoral program ...
01.10.2014
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Die European Economic Association (EEA) hat Christian Krekel (Doktorand im SOEP) mit einem der jährlich vergebenen Preise der Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ausgezeichnet. Die FEEM Awards erhalten die jeweils besten Beiträge, die auf der EEA-Jahrestagung vorgestellt werden. Der Preis wurde im Jahr 2009 ins Leben gerufen und zeichnet neue Ideen zu ökonomischen Fragestellungen von ...
19.09.2014
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From September 7 to 10, DIW Graudate Center was well represented at Germany's biggest conference in economics - the annual conference of the German Economic Associaton (Verein für Socialpolitik) in Hamburg. GC Students Christian Krekel, Alexandra Avdeenko, Holger Lüthen, Daniel Huppmann, Alexander Zerrahn, Patricia Gallego-Granados and Michael Neumann presented their papers on a wide range ...
09.09.2014
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Christian Krekel, doctoral student at the SOEP, was awarded the CINCH Academy Best Paper Award 2014 together with Jan Goebel, Tim Tiefenbach and Nicolas R. Ziebarth for the joint paper "Natural Disaster, Policy Action, and Mental Well-Being: The Case of Fukushima".The health economic research center CINCH headquartered in Essen combines three regional research institutions in the field of health economics: ...
26.08.2014
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For the third time the Graduate Center Summer Workshop took place in the avendi Hotel at Griebnitz Lake in Potsdam from July 2nd to 4th 2014. One more time it turned out to be a big success for the participating students. During the three-day workshop, GC11 and GC12 doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The workshop was well attended ...
06.08.2014
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Nils Saniter, doctoral student at the DIW Graduate Center since September 2009, successfully defended his dissertation Educational Interventions and Labor Market Outcomes in July 2014 at FU Berlin. The dissertation comprises three papers that investigate the effect of educational policies on the school-to-work transition of individuals and their labor market success later in life.
22.07.2014
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Daniel Huppmann, doctoral student at the DIW Graduate Center since October 2011 and Research Associate in the department of Energy Transportation Environment since October 2012, successfully defended his dissertation Strategic Behaviour in Energy Markets in June 2014 at TU Berlin. The dissertation investigates several topics from energy economics where market power and strategic behaviour plays an ...
21.07.2014