Economist Channel

Below are many of the dissertation titles from our MSc class in the last three years (chosen as the ones I happen to have on my email rather than for any systematic reason). Was a fascinating mix of work and gives a sense of the type of topics people here have been addressing. Reported gender discrimination:  A between countries study of women...

Postgraduate funding in IrelandGovernment of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2017Call opens: Wednesday 7 September 2016Deadline: Wednesday 2 November 2016The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme offers scholarships for suitably qualified individuals to pursue a Research Masters or PhD (either traditional or structured),...

Following from the previous post, the MOOC on economic modelling also looks very useful. See below or on the link for details. It also starts on September 19th.What is produced in an economy? How is it produced? Who gets the product? Microeconomics seeks to answer these fundamental questions about markets.In this course, we’ll introduce you to microeconomic...

The MIT/Edx online course "Data Analysis for Social Scientists" will be very useful for many readers of this blog. Details on the link and below. It starts on September 19th and runs for 12 weeks.About this courseThis statistics and data analysis course will introduce you to the essential notions of probability and statistics. We will cover techniques...

Behavioural Science in Law & Policy:Evidence, Ethics, & Expertise Organisers: Professor Muireann Quigley (Law, Innovation, and Society Research Group, Newcastle Law School) and Professor Liam Delaney (Behavioural Sciences Centre, Stirling Management School) Date:...

A workshop on missing data with emphasis on sample selection models will take place in London in September. This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the issues raised by missing data with particular emphasis on missing not at random. The workshop is free but registration is required.Who will benefit and howThis workshop provides a practical...

The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK published a report this week on retail banking. I commented on it briefly on the Radio 4 Today programme on Tuesday morning and the purpose of this post is to provide further information. The CMA has been operating since 2013 when it replaced for most purposes the Competition Commission and Office of...

On Wednesday 9th November, 2016, the Stirling Behavioural Science Centre will organise a workshop on conducting behavioural science research "in the wild". We aim to discuss how behavioural scientific concepts can be tested in a naturalistic environment in settings that are less artificial than labs or surveys. In particular, we aim to identify how...