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Jan Stede has been granted a scholarship from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) from October 2017 on. The dean of the GC, Prof. Weizsäcker, congratulates him on his success!
25.04.2017
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Sarah Dahmann, who worked at the department of Socio-Economic Panel until December 2016, has successfully defended her dissertation at Freie Universität zu Berlin.The dissertation with the title „Human Capital Returns to Education – Three Essays on the Causal Effects of Schooling on Skills and Health“ was supervised by Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität ...
14.03.2017
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Florian Mölders, a DIW Graduate Center alumnus, has received the Journal of International Trade and Economic Development Best Paper Prize 2016 for your article ‘International knowledge spillovers through high-tech imports and R&D of foreign-owned firms’, published in volume 25, issue 4. together with Heike Belitz.
01.02.2017
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In January 2017, the DIW Graduate Center is happy to welcome its new dean, Prof. Georg Weizsäcker, Ph.D.. He is professor at Humboldt-University of Berlin with research interests on experimental economics, financial decision-making, game theory, decision theory, and microeconomics. He's currently teaching as visiting professor at Stanford University in the winter term 2016/17 and will return to ...
06.01.2017
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Graduate Center Dean Helmut Lütkepohl retires after five very successful years as of January 1st. We would like to express our gratitude to Helmut in this for always being a great boss, supervisor, advisor and dean, and wish him a wonderful retirement time!
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01.01.2017
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Last week, 16 PhD graduates received their certificates. With a festive ceremony, the new PhDs were honored by DIW Berlin President Marcel Fratzscher and outgoing Graduate Center Dean Helmut Lütkepohl.
We wish each and every one much success with their future careers!
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20.12.2016
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Andreas Harasser, who worked at the department of Competition and Consumers until June 2015, has successfully defended his dissertation at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.The dissertation with the title „Essays on Information Asymmetry and Vertical Relations“ was supervised by Georg Weizsäcker (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Pio Baake (DIW Berlin, Technische ...
12.12.2016
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Stefan Seifert, who joined the DIW Graduate Center in October 2011 and worked at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Berlin.His dissertation entitled “Productivity and Efficiency in Electricity Generation and Distribution", was supervised by Prof. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen (DIW, TU Berlin) and Dr. Astrid Cullmann ...
14.10.2016
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Martin Johannes Bruns has been granted a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (SddV) from November 2016 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
14.10.2016
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On October 4, the DIW Graduate Center welcomed its new cohort through various events. In the morning, a detailed introduction to the doctoral program structure was organized to get newcomers familiar with the challenges and prospects in the coming years. Then the library, IT Department, Communications Department and Englisch editor presented their service fields in the afternoon. At the welcome reception ...
07.10.2016
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Adrian Hille,who joined the DIW Graduate Center in October 2011 and worked at the German Socio-Economic Panel until February 2016, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.His dissertation entitled “Developing skills through non-formal learning activities: four essays in the economics of education" was supervised by Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß (DIW, Freie ...
05.08.2016
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Julian Baumann has successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Potsdam. The dissertation with the title “Four Essays in Innovation and Industrial Economics" was supervised by Alexander Kritikos (DIW, University of Potsdam) and Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam). The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates him on his success!
20.07.2016
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Maximilian Podstawski, department of Forecasting and Economic Policy, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Unconventional Identification in Vectorautoregressive Models: Empirical Essays on Credit, Risk and Uncertainty" was supervised by Helmut Lütkepohl (DIW, Freie Universität Berlin) and Ferdinand Fichtner ...
12.07.2016
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Friederike Lenel, a doctoral student of the Development and Security department, was awarded the best PhD Student Paper Award for her paper 'Insurance and Solidarity' at the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology Annual Conference 2016 in Wageningen.
The paper was written in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Susan Steiner as part of the research project 'Insurance and Private Transfers ...
11.07.2016
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Jakob Miethe has been granted a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES).
The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
01.07.2016
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Marlene Karl, department of Macroeconomics, has successfully defended her dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays in Banking Risk, Regulation and Monetary Policy" was supervised by Dieter Nautz (Freie Universität Berlin) and Claudia Buch (Universität Tübingen).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates her on her su ...
01.07.2016
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Holger Lüthen, department of Public Economics, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays on long-term labor market developments and retirement in Germany" was supervised by Giacomo Corneo (Freie Universität Berlin) and Peter Haan (DIW, Freie Universität Berlin).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl ...
28.06.2016
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Christopher Boortz has sucessfully defended his dissertation on June 21st at the Free University of Berlin.
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates him on his success!
24.06.2016
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Elisabeth Bügelmayer, department of German Socio-Economic Panel, has successfully defended her dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Survey and Experimental Evidence on the Development of Children's Preferences and Skills" was supervised by Katharina Spieß (Freie Universität Berlin).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates ...
03.06.2016
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Vera Zipperer has been granted a scholarship from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) from June 2016 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
31.05.2016