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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
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Sarah Dahmann has been granted a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (SddV) from April 2014 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
14.05.2014
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This year's period of application for our doctoral program is closed now. We received over 270 applications – topping the numbers of previous years. After thoroughly checking every single file we will soon inform selected candidates about interview dates. Final decisions will be sent out by mid-May.
09.04.2014
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In 2013, twelve doctoral students from the Graduate Center have successfully finished their study. Ten of them attended the Graduation Ceremony on December 13 in the Schumpeter Hall, together with DIW colleagues, thesis supervisors, friends and family members. The Celebration was accompanied with a violin concert by Benedikt Bindewald and Maria Jadziewicz. The DIW executive board handed over the graduation ...
30.12.2013
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Maximilian Podstawski has been granted a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) from December 2013 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
19.12.2013
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From December 12 to 13, the annual Graduate Center Winter Workshop took place in the Schumpeter Hall of DIW Berlin. During the two day workshop, doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The program consisted of 12 presentations that cover a large range of topics in economics and social sciences, including four by GC alumni. Please find ...
14.12.2013
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On November 30th and December 1st the DIW Graduate Center presented itself at the PhD Workshop China in Beijing. The PhD Workshop China is an event where overseas universities and research schools can present their PhD programs and network with the Chinese postgraduates and PhD candidates. During the course of this event, GC representatives motivated top students from Chinese universities to apply ...
09.12.2013
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Friederike Lenel has been granted a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) from October 2013 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
25.10.2013
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On October 1/2, the DIW Graduate Center welcomed its new cohort through various events. Fifteen promising young students introduced themselves at the welcome reception in the evening of October 1, following the opening speeches of Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, president of DIW Berlin, and Prof. Helmut Lütkepohl, Dean of the GC. On October 2, a detailed introduction to the doctoral program structure ...
09.10.2013
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Veronika Bertram-Hümmer (GC2010) and Ghassan Baliki of the Development and Security department have been awarded with the “Hans Raupach Best Paper Award“ of IOS Regensburg for their paper "Measuring Deprivation: A New Index Of Visible Wealth”. The price was awarded within the 5th Joint IOS/APB/EACE Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe on the subject of “Subjective ...
31.07.2013
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Dr. Daniel Kemptner received his doctoral title from the Free University Berlin on June 27, 2013. Under the supervision of Prof. Peter Haan and Prof. Frank Fossen, he investigated the relationship between individuals' education, health risks, and economic outcomes in Germany in his dissertation. The Dean congratulates him for successfully completing the program of the Graduate Center.
31.07.2013
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Jan Marcus, department Education Policy, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title “Four Essays on Causal Inference in Health Economics" was supervised by Gert G. Wagner (TU Berlin) and Thomas Siedler (Universität Hamburg). The Dean congratulates him for his success!
22.07.2013
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Andreas Thiemann has been granted a scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) from September 2013 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
09.07.2013
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From June 26 to 28, the second Graduate Center Summer Workshop took place in the avendi Hotel at Griebnitz Lake in Potsdam and turned out to be a big success again. During the three-day workshop, GC10 and GC11 doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The workshop was well attended by professors, doctoral students and external guests. ...
02.07.2013
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Verena Grass has been granted a scholarship from the Foundation of German Business (sdw) retroactively to May 1. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
04.06.2013