Upcoming Deadline
2013/14 PhD Program at IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

Deadline for Applications - July 17th 2013, 6 pm Italian time

To apply: http://phd.imtlucca.it

Interactive informative webinar: http://brightrecruits.com/webinars/

Applications are now being accepted for the Economics (ECON) track within the 2013/14 PhD program at IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca (http://www.imtlucca.it). The track trains researchers, professionals and experts in political economy, applied public economics, industrial economics, with a focus on comparative institutional analysis, on big data and the empirical analysis of real and financial markets, and on macroeconomic policy. With its theoretical, quantitative and institutional approach, the program meets the increasing demand for highly qualified professionals, able to analyze, plan, and manage concrete applications of political economy. COURSE DETAILS: Courses, held in English, are led by world-renowned researchers and were created with a threefold purpose. First, to assure through introductory courses that all students have the necessary scientific skillset. Second, to guarantee the appropriate training in each specific discipline through core courses; to instill a broader cross-field standpoint, these are accessible to students in other tracks/curricula. Third, advanced courses are curriculum-specific and introduce students to state-of-the-art results in the corresponding field. In addition to courses, the program is enriched by research seminars that are offered to transmit highly-specific and avant-garde concepts and, at the same time, be accessible to a wide student audience.

Students will also have the possibility of performing advanced research in the following research units: - Laboratory for the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems (AXES) - Laboratory of Innovation Management and Economics (LIME) - Research Unit on Institutional Change, Economics, Society (ICES)

PhD students, besides receiving the standard research scholarship of Euro 13,600/year (amount established by Italian law), are offered on-campus housing on a brand-new and fully integrated campus in the historical center of the beautiful Tuscan city of Lucca, and daily access to the canteen. Students also get the opportunity to spend research periods abroad during the program.

Please note that 5 additional PhD scholarships have been made available by two institutes of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), namely the Institute of Informatics and Telematics (http://www.iit.cnr.it/en) and the Institute of Information Science and Technologies (http://www.isti.cnr.it/).

APPLICATIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION: To find out more about the institute, the ECON track, and how to apply, please see http://phd.imtlucca.it

The deadline for applications is July 17th 2013, 6 pm Italian time

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