Admissions
The Augustin Cournot Doctoral School at University of Strasbourg enrolls highly motivated students with an outstanding (French or foreign) master degree in economics, management and social studies on science and technology.
The Augustin Cournot DS has several vacant PhD positions - they are full time and open to external candidates.
DESCRIPTION:
Up to five fellowships are available on general topics
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's (MA, MSc or drs) or M.Phil in the area of economics, management, econometrics or related fields (mathematics, statistics).
- Excellent quantitative and statistical skills.
- An interest in microeconomics, macroeconomics econometrics and management.
- Good mastery of both written and spoken English (and French to some extent).
APPOINTMENT:
The appointment will initially be for 3 years. The gross salary will be in accordance with the national regulations for PhD students, and will be about 1350 Euro (net) per month + 300 Euro if teaching tutorial classes (around 64 hours a year).
The PhD thesis should be finalized within this period. PhD students are affiliated to the Augustin Cournot Doctoral school.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
The application includes a CV (with academic references); a short description of the thesis ( approved by the potential supervisor); academic transcripts (including, if available, performance of applicants relative to their cohorts); Master thesis (even incomplete) and one confidential letter of recommendation from an academic teacher
Application material is to be sent by email to:
Danielle Génevé
geneve@unistra.fr
Applications are only considered if they are complete and received by June 20th, 2012. Short-listed applicants will be invited to present their projects to the Advisory Board on July 2-3th, 2012.
Starting date: September 2012.
Additional fellowships
Additional fellowships are available through our international partner programs:
- Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics and Finance, Constance;
- International Doctoral Program in Economics, Pisa.
See this page for more detailed informations.
C A L E N D R I E R
ATTRIBUTION DES CONTRATS DOCTORAUX
November-December 2010. This issue is about Cities (of any kind). See the pdf version of Cités, de Platon à Florida.
The theme of January is about war and conflict. See the page La Gazette Cournot if you want to submit a communication.
The 29th Symposium in Money Banking and Finance will take place at the University of Nantes on 28-29 June, 2012, more.
The 2nd International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society will take place in London (UK) on 7th and 8th June, 2012 , more.
The 11th International Conference on Governance of AAIG will be held in Lyon (France) on 24-25 May, 2012, more.
The 9th Internation Paris Finance Meeting organized by AFFI and EUROFIDAI on December 20, 2011, more.
The 24th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference in Sidney (Australia) on December 14-16, 2011, more.
12/03/2012: 3rd Joint Doctoral Workshop in Economics of KIT
and the University of Strasbourg / BETA will take place on 15th March, 2012 in Karlsruhe, program.
10/03/2012: The DFH Workshop „Applied Econometrics“ 2012 will be held from 21.03. to 23.03. at the Schwarzwald Park Hotel, 78126 Königsfeld, program.
22/02/2012: Call for applications (4 scholarships available). International Doctoral Program in Economics (IDPE) 2012-2013, Jointly offered by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy and by University of Strasbourg, France, more.
16/12/2011: The 9th edition of ACDD doctoral conference will take place on 9-11 May 2012 in Strasbourg, more.
17/11/2011: "Academic Writing Workshop" 2011 will take place on 22 November 2011 in Strasbourg, more.
The future of french doctors.Three interesting detailed reports (in French) on doctor's employability, which also includes an international comparison. Download
Doctoral Seminars:
- Tuesday, 15/02/2011, at 4 pm. Salle Ehud:
Ummad MAZHAR
Discussants:
Senior : Frédéric Dufourt
Junior : Xi Chen - Qiao Zhang.
Cournot Seminars:
11 février : Herrade Igersheim et Kim Pham "Freedom vs. Happiness: an analysis with status-seeking"
- 25 février : Harald Hagemann (Université de Hohenheim) "The early reception of Keynes' General Theory by German-speaking economists"
- 11 mars : André Lapidus (PHARE, Université de Paris 1)
- 18 mars : Robert Owen (Université de Nantes)
- 25 mars : Journée du BETA (Strasbourg)
- 1er avril : Russell W. Cooper (European University Institute)
- 15 avril : Sylvie Ferrari (GREThA, U. Bordeaux IV)
- 6 mai : Pauline Givord (INSEE)
- 20 mai : Journée du BETA (Nancy)
- 27 mai : Antoinette Baujard (CREM, Université de Caen), à confirmer
See the Calendar for details.
