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Graduate Center Masterclasses
A key question for households, firms, and policy makers is: how is the economy doing now? This masterclass covers state-of-the-art methodologies to construct short-run forecasts -- or “nowcasts” -- of economic activity.
03.12.2025| Thomas Drechsel
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Conference
The Graduate Center of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw (FES UW) are organizing a joint Summer School for Ph.D. students and post-docs in economics from September 22-26, 2025 in Warsaw.
The distinguished, internationally renowned lecturers will be Prof. Michael McMahon (University of Oxford) and Prof. Dr....
22.09.2025| Michael McMahon and Sophia Kazinnik
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Conference
The Annual Macro Meeting of the German Economic Association (VfS) will take place on May 15-16, 2025, at DIW Berlin, providing an interdisciplinary platform for discussing current topics in macroeconomics. Leading researchers will present innovative approaches and challenges in macroeconomic theory, including topics such as the impact of expectations in heterogeneous agent models, the...
15.05.2025| Sebastian Link (ifo Institute), Benjamin Moll (London School of Economics), Fabian Seyrich (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), Andreas Tischbirek (Board of Governors), Dirk Niepelt (University of Bern), Effrosyni Adamopoulou (ZEW Mannheim), Ilse Lindenlaub (Yale University), Kathrin Ellieroth (Colby College), Christopher Busch (LMU Munich), Sabine Zinn
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Symposium
In 2025, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) will be 100 years old.
The Centennial Celebration will take place on May 27, 2025 from 4 p.m. in the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus in Berlin Mitte.
Together with former and current employees, fellows, and friends, we will look back on 100 years of DIW Berlin’s contributions to economic research.
Participation is only possible by...
27.05.2025
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Nachrichten [Graduate Center]
Join our Open Info Hour!
Are you considering applying to the DIW Graduate Center's structured PhD program? This is your chance to learn more about our program, ask questions, and connect directly with our team. Discover how you can benefit from excellent academic training, a vibrant research environment, and a full-time scholarship. We look forward to meeting you!
Tuesday, December 17, 9:30-10:30 ...
02.12.2024
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The application portal for the doctoral program of the DIW Graduate Center is now open!
Graduates can apply until January 15, 2025 for the 2025 cohort (start: October 2025). The program offers structured doctoral training with a full scholarship in the first year and employment in a department in subsequent years. Applicants should have a Master's degree in economics or related subjects.
More information ...
15.10.2024| Laura Starck
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Personnel news
Jonas Hannane has successfully defended his dissertation on October 8, 2024 at the Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Three Essays on the Economics of Digitization" was supervised by Professor Dr. Tomaso Duso (DIW Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin) and Professor Dr. Hannes Ullrich (DIW Berlin and University of Copenhagen).
Jonas was a PhD student at the Firms and ...
09.10.2024
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We are excited to welcome the new 2024 cohort of PhD students, with some joining through the Berlin School of Economics (BSoE) and others directly through our program. All of them will conduct their research at DIW Berlin, marking the start of their academic journey with us.
We wish them all the best as they embark on the path toward earning their doctorates and look forward to supporting their research ...
30.09.2024| Arianna Antezza, Lukas Barner, Dominik Patrick Bursy, Alexander Grawe, Jonas Jungehülsing, Andreea-Maria Stoica
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Report
On December 5, the Institute and DIW GC celebrated the graduation of 15 of our graduates with a festive ceremony. After an opening speech by Marcel Fratzscher and an inspiring speech by Prof. Dr. Nicolas Ziebarth, Helmut Lütkepohl was also bid farewell to his well-deserved retirement. The Executive Board and Kerstin Bernoth thanked him warmly for his important work in doctoral training and at the GC. ...
30.09.2024
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Nachrichten [Graduate Center]
We congratulate Fabian Seyrich on successfully defending his dissertation on 9 July 2024.The title of the thesis was ‘Five Essays in Macroeconomics’ and he was supervised by Prof Dr Alexander Kriwoluzky and Prof Dr Christian Bayer. Fabian will remain with DIW and the Macroeconomics Department for part of the time. From 15 August 2024, he will also take up a new position as Assistant Professor at the ...
14.08.2024