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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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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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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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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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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
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The 2015 GC Winter Workshop was hosted by DIW Berlin on December 10th and 11th.
Five alumni and four PhD candidates presented their research, receiving valuable feedback. Topics ranged from environmental economics to public finance and macroeconomics, with discussions – sometimes heated – from GC students.
Serving as an opportunity students and alumni to meet in order to discuss research ...
23.12.2015
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DIW GC almunus Nicolas Ziebarth was awarded the 2015 “Regionalisierte Versorgungsforschung” Science Award, together with co-author Peter Eibich. Their paper, “Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models,” received the 5,000€ prize.
The investigation of Peter Eibich and Nicolas Ziebarth addresses the modeling and estimation ...
17.12.2015
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Christoph Große Steffen sucessfully defended his dissertation on December 3rd at FU Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Gerd G. Wagner and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate him on his success!
04.12.2015
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Sören Radde sucessfully defended his dissertation on November 27th at TU Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Gerd G. Wagner and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate him on his success!
02.12.2015
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Veronika Bertram-Hümmer sucessfully defended her dissertation on November 25th at Leibniz University of Hannover.
Prof. Dr. Gerd G. Wagner and Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulate her on her success!
02.12.2015
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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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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