ZEW Summer Workshop
Intention and Programme
Every year the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) organises a Summer Workshop for young economists. The Workshop focuses on current research in the fields of empirical economics. The topic of the Workshop changes every year.
The Workshop aims at promoting research activities of young economists in- and outside Europe by giving them the chance to receive a feedback on their current work from experienced academics established in the respective field and also from each other. The participants also learn much about recent developments in the field of research which is the central issue of the current Workshop. Moreover, they get the opportunity to establish permanent contacts with other researchers, especially inside the ZEW.
The programme of the Workshop is arranged according to this aim. It consists of two parts:
- A core workshop of three days in which experienced researchers give survey lectures, young scholars present their work, act as discussants of others' papers and participate in general discussions.
- The possibility of an extended research visit of two weeks, allowing young economists to initiate or continue joint work with researchers from the ZEW. This cooperation may relate to research currently done at the ZEW.
Heinz König Young Scholar Award
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award is given to scholars under
35 years of age for the most outstanding paper presented at the
ZEW Summer Workshop. The award consists of a prize of 5,000 Euro
and, in addition, a three months’ residential fellowship at
the ZEW covering travel and accommodation costs. The winner is announced
at the end of the ZEW Summer Workshop. The prize is named after
the ZEW´s late founding research director Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Heinz König who strongly shaped the ZEW’s scientific
achievements.
Participants and Application
The Workshop is targeted to PhD students and post-doctorates in economics from universities in- and outside Europe. Young researchers (normally aged less than 35 years) who are interested in a co-operation with members of the ZEW are particularely invited to apply. The number of participants is restricted. In special cases participants can apply for financial assistance from the ZEW.
Previous ZEW Summer Workshops
Lecturers:
Michael B. Devereux (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Fabio Ghironi (Boston College, USA)
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2011 was given to Anna Watson.
Lecturers:
Peter Norman Sørensen, Uni Kopenhagen, University of Copenhagen
Christian Gollier, Uni Toulouse, University of Toulouse
Kajal Lahiri, Uni Albany, SUNY, University at Albany, SUNY
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2010 was given to Xuguang Sheng.
Lecturers:
Deborah Cobb-Clark, Australian National University, Australien: "Gender Bias at Work"
Markus Frölich, Universität Mannheim, Deutschland: "Impact Assessment"
Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas, USA: "Time Use Data"
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2009 was given in this year in equal parts to Christina Felfe of the University of St. Gallen and Alexander M. Danzer from the University of London.
Lecturers:
Bruno Cassiman, IESE, Business School Barcelona, Spain
Dirk Czarnitzki, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Kornelius Kraft, University of Dortmund, Germany
Georg Licht, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
Jacques Mairesse, CREST INSEE, Paris, France and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Netherlands
Pierre Mohnen, University of Maastricht, Netherlands; UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Netherlands
Fabio Montobbio, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Bettina Peters, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2008 was given to Carlos Daniel Santos.
Lecturers:
Michael Baye, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Lex Borghans, ROA, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Martin Peitz, International University, Bruchsal, Germany
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2007 was given to Joao Vareda.
Lecturers:
Michael P. Devereux (University of Warwick)
Jürgen von Hagen (University of Bonn)
Holger Sieg (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh)
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2006 was given to Benny Geys.
Lecturers:
Claudia Buch, Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen
Sylvester Eijffinger, Tilburg University
Paul De Grauwe, Katholieke Universit
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2005 was given to Uwe Böwer, University of Munich.
Lecturers:
Scott Barrett (Institute for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.)
Erwin Bulte (CentER, Tilburg University)
Stefan Baumgärtner (Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Economics,
University of Heidelberg)
David Zilberman (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley)
The Heinz König Young Scholar Award 2004 was given to Wolfram Schlenker PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of California in San Diego.
Lecturers:
Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva)
Henry Overman (LSE, London, UK)
Konrad Stahl (University of Mannheim, CEPR and ZEW)
Lecturers:
Bernd Fitzenberger
Joop Hartog (Amsterdam)
Eric Maurin (Paris)
Lecturers:
Jan Hanousek (CERGE, Charles Univerity Prague)
Ronald MacDonald (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow)
Richard Portes (London Business School)
Applied Environmental and Public Economics (2000)
Lecturers:
Robert Inman (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Stef Proost (Centre for Economic Studies, University of Leuven)
Thomas Rutherford (University of Bolder Colorado)
Wolfgang Wiegard (University of Regensburg)
Empirical Labour and Industrial Economics (1999)
Lecturers:
David B. Audretsch (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Badi Baltagi (University of Texas A&M, Houston)
Wolfgang Franz (ZEW and University of Mannheim)
Francois Laisney (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg and ZEW)
Stephen Nickell (University of Oxford)
Lars-Hendrik Röller (WZB, Berlin)
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