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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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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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Personalie
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
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Personalie
Andreas Thiemann, department of Public Economics, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays in Social Policy" was supervised by Peter Haan (DIW, Freie Universität Berlin) and Frank Fossen (Freie Universität Berlin).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates him on his success!
30.05.2016
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Personalie
Alexander Zerrahn, department of Energy, Transportation, Environment, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays in Electricity Economics - Empirical, Numerical and Theoretical Perspectives on Renewable Energy and Cross-Border Integration" was supervised by Christian von Hirschhausen (DIW, Technische Universität ...
25.04.2016
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Sarah Dahmann, a doctoral student of the German Socio-Economic Panel department, was awarded the "Sir Alec Cairncross Award" for her paper "How Does Education Improve Cognitive Skills? Instructional Time versus Timing of Instruction" at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society.
The prize was handed over to Sarah by nobel lauterate Sir Christopher Pissarides.
19.04.2016
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Personalie
Isabel Teichmann has sucessfully defended her dissertation on January 13th at Humboldt University of Berlin.Prof. Dr. Gerd G. Wagner and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate her on her success!
31.03.2016
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Personalie
Felix Arnold has sucessfully defended his dissertation on January 22th at the Free University of Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Gerd G. Wagner and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate him on his success!
02.03.2016
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Bericht
We happily announce that the doctoral students across all cohorts have elected their new 2016 Student’s Representatives. It was a tight race, with Marie LeMouel and Marica Valente coming out on top!
This is Marcia’s first term and Marie’s second – and we wish them all the best as they bring their keen sense of the issues important to the GC students, as well as continued good ...
10.02.2016
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On 11th of December 2015, seven junior scientists received their certificates at the 2015 Commencement Ceremony of the Graduate Center at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). On hand to congratulate the students were DIW Berlin President Marcel Fratzscher, GC Dean Helmut Lütkepohl, and the new Chairman of the DIW Berlin Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber.Prof. Dr. Weber, ...
08.01.2016
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Personalie
Roman Mendelevitch, a doctoral student of the Energy, Transportation, Environment department, was awarded the "Conference Presentation Award for Young Researchers" (Vortragsprämie) for his talk based on the paper "Market Power Rents and Climate Change Mitigation: A Rationale for Coal Export Taxes?”" at the EAERE Annual Conference 2015 in Helsinki.
The award is endowed by the German Bundesbank ...
06.01.2016
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Nils May, a doctoral student of the Climate Policy department, was awarded the "Conference Presentation Award for Young Researchers" (Vortragsprämie) for his talk based on his paper "The Impact of Wind Power Support Schemes on Technology Choices" at the EAERE Annual Conference 2015 in Helsinki.
The award is endowed by the German Bundesbank and was awarded by the Verein für Socialpolitik ...
06.01.2016