Konferenz

Topic

The lectures will be devoted to new developments in Text Mining and Machine Learning mainly with Applications to Macroeconomics and Finance. Topics covered will include recent developments in natural language processing (NLP) and text mining, as well as large language models (LLMs), and machine learning.

The Summer School will host up to 25 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers (within five years after graduation) working in the field of textual analysis in macroeconomics and finance, but other topics in microeconomics, institutional economics, behavioural economics and social sciences are also welcome.

Application

Applicants should provide till April 15, 2025:

1. A short letter of motivation with a detailed description of the dissertation topic.
2. A current curriculum vitae with a description of research achievements.
3. A working paper/publication or a detailed description of the research topic to be presented at the Summer School.

These documents should be sent by email to Dr. Kerstin Bernoth, Co-Dean of the Graduate Center of DIW Berlin (kbernoth@diw.de), and to Prof. Jan Michalek, former director of doctoral studies at FES UW (michalek@wne.uw.edu.pl). The selected participants will be informed by April 30, 2025.

There will be a tuition fee of 220 EUR. Participants will have to pay for their own hotel accommodation and travel expenses; the organisers will reserve a reasonably priced hotel option.

Venue: The Summer School will take place in Warsaw at the campus of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw (FES UW). The FES UW building (ul. Długa 44/50) is located in the central district of Warsaw, near the M1 metro station, close to the Old Town. The building is accessible to persons with disabilities.

Further information

Please contact Kerstin Bernoth if you have any questions regarding this call.

The Summer School is co-funded by the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB) programme and made possible with the generous support of the Dieter Schumacher Foundation and the Society of Friends of DIW Berlin (VdF).