Our partners from the Macroeconomic Policy Institute of Hans Böckler Foundation are calling for applications for their 8th Summer School on Keynesian Economics and European Economic Policies. The event is open for graduate students.
The summer school aims at providing an introduction to Keynesian macroeconomics and to the problems of European economic policies to interested graduate students (MA and PhD) and junior researchers. It will consist of overview lectures, a panel discussion, student study groups, an SFC lab, and a poster session. The summer school will feature leading international researchers like Robert Blecker (US), Yannis Dafermos (UK), Sebastian Dullien (Germany), Sebastian Gechert (Germany), Eckhard Hein (Germany), Heike Joebges (Germany), Annina Kaltenbrunner (UK), Marc Lavoie (France/Canada), Maria Nikolaidi (UK), Miriam Rehm (Austria) and Mark Setterfield (US), covering the following areas:
- History and Fundamentals of Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics
- Money and Macroeconomics
- Financial Markets and Instabili
- Distribution and Growth
- Income and Wealth Inequality
- International and Development Economics
- Money and Development
- Stock-Flow Consistent Modelling (SFC) (with emphasize on ecological macroeconomics)
- Economic Policy
The summer school language is English. There is a fee of EUR 100 for each participant for accommodation and meals, payable after acceptance.
A selected number of students will receive a partial travel stipend from INET’s Young Scholar Initiative (YSI) based on their application and travel requirements. Interested students should fill the form available HERE, in order to state their motivation for funding. Please note that we will share your application information with YSI for the purpose of selection of travel grants. By sending your application, you agree to these conditions. Given international travel restrictions, grants can only be paid if students can provide the necessary documentation that they are allowed to travel to the event. More information is available on YSI’s application form.
Application:
Please apply through the web-form available on the summer school website.
Deadline for applications is 31 March, 2021.
The application form will ask for a short CV (as a list) and a short letter of motivation (max. 400 words) to participate, in particular on how the Summer School relates to your study and research interests, and the name and e-mail address of one academic adviser who may be contacted for reference.
Applicants will be informed by mid-May and participants will be provided with a reading package.
PROGRAMM (PDF)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (PDF)
