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Francis Breedon, Queen Mary, University of London
Angelo Ranaldo, University St. Gallen
Post date: 1st April 2012
Andriy Zapechelnyuk, Queen Mary, University of London
Ro'i Zultan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Post date: 1st April 2012
This year's Peston Lecture, given by Dr Richard Lipsey in the College's new Arts 2 building, is now available to watch online at http://ess.q-review.qmul.ac.uk:8080/ess/echo/presentation/c2b327b2-ae02-4fc8-8864-eaad647a44b6
The topic of the lecture is 'Policy Implications of Alternative Economic Paradigms: Some Surprises from Endogenous Technological Changes'.
Richard G. Lipsey, FRSC, OC, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, has held professorial posts at the London School of Economics and Essex University in England, and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, as well as visiting professorships at Yale, the University of California at Berkeley, Manchester, and the University of British Columbia. He was Senior Economic Advisor, C.D. Howe Institute (1983-89) and Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (1989-2002).
Post date: 27th March 2012
The School is pleased to announce that Queen Mary will be part of the Russell Group from August 2012. The Russell Group is a group of 20, soon to be 24, research-intensive universities in the UK, committed to maintaining the best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.
Professor Simon Gaskell, Principal of Queen Mary, said: “We are delighted to accept the invitation to join the Group."
Professor George Kapetanios, Head of the School of Economics and Finance, said: "We are particularly pleased about this as our RAE results and NSS results have been excellent, and being part of the Russell Group further solidifies our excellent standing in both the academic and business worlds."
Post date: 13th March 2012
Liudas Giraitis, Queen Mary, University of London
George Kapetanios, Queen Mary, University of London
Simon Price, Bank of England and City University
Post date: 1st March 2012
Don't forget - for outstanding postgraduate students, we offer many scholarships and bursaries.
Post date: 27th February 2012
To give students a head start in working in Finance, we are running extra classes such as Introduction to Electronic Trading, Portfolio Management, Bloomberg Training Programme and C++ for Finance. We also provide support modules in MATLAB/GAUSS, Behavioural and International Finance, Financial Derivatives, Empirical Finance, Risk Management for Banks, Asset Management, Quantitative Techniques, and Eviews. Read more
Post date: 27th February 2012
Congratulations to Raphaela Hyee, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on Intrahousehold Distribution. It deals with the distribution of resources between spouses, and the influence the marriage market has on this distribution.
Raphaela was supervised by Paola Manzini and Giulio Fella. She is now working at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna.
Post date: 20th February 2012
Queen Mary's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is embarking on the latest phase of strategic investment to recruit excellent researchers and teachers who can contribute to the achievement of its ambitious and exciting plans. As a result, applications are invited for a full time two year fixed term postdoctoral position in the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary, University of London. The School of Economics and Finance is a dynamic, research led School that was ranked joint sixth in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. As part of a continuing process of planned expansion it seeks to recruit a post doctorate who can make a substantial contribution to the School’s research and teaching.
This position is associated with the recently established Centre for Research in Macroeconomics and Finance – CreMFi (http://cremfi.econ.qmul.ac.uk/). The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to contribute to the activities of the Centre on a minimum half-time basis and engage in research of their own choice for the rest of their time. The successful candidate is expected to have previous experience in the CReMFi research areas and in programming languages such as Matlab and Gauss, and proven ability to undertake research independently.
Salary for this post will be in the region of £25,000 - £33,000 depending on research record. Benefits for this full time two year fixed term post include 30 days annual leave, an interest-free season ticket loan, childcare vouchers’ scheme and a contributory, final salary pension scheme. The post is due to commence as soon as possible after interview.
For further details and an application form please visit the Human Resources website at http://www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/vacancies. Completed application forms and CVs should be returned econ-recruitment@qmul.ac.uk quoting reference number 12051/JS. The closing date for completed applications is 5pm (BST) on 16/03/12 with interviews expected to be held in April 2012. Arrangements should be made for two of the three referees to provide references shortly after the deadline on request
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Post date: 17th February 2012