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NBER: Re: Call for Applications -- Behavioral Public Economics Bootcamp
Re: Call for Applications -- Behavioral Public Economics Bootcamp
Mohan,
This is brilliant.
Thanks,
Carl
On 5/22/2023 7:13 PM, Mohan Ramanujan wrote:
>
> *Graduate Student “Boot Camp” on Behavioral Public Economics*
> October 12-14, 2023 -- Cambridge, MA
> Call for Applications
>
> The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), with the generous
> support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will host a graduate
> student workshop on Behavioral Public Economics on October 12-14, 2023
> in Cambridge, MA. This workshop is designed to help graduate students
> in economics become experts on cutting-edge research and techniques at
> the intersection of Behavioral and Public Economics, as well as their
> connections to related fields such as Health, Labor, Household
> Finance, Development, and Energy Economics. See _here
> <https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.p20151108>_and _here
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/bstyzauvx2b7jgv/Behavioral%20public%20economics.pdf?dl=0>_for
> overview articles about the field.
>
>
>
> The workshop will be organized by NBER affiliates _Hunt Allcott
> <http://allcott.stanford.edu/>_and _Doug Bernheim
> <https://bernheim.people.stanford.edu/>_of Stanford University and
> _Dmitry Taubinsky <https://www.dmitrytaubinsky.com/>_of the University
> of California – Berkeley. The program will include lectures by the
> organizers as well _Stephanie DeLuca
> <https://soc.jhu.edu/directory/stefanie-a-deluca/>_, _Manasi Deshpande
> <https://economics.uchicago.edu/directory/manasi-deshpande>_, _Ben
> Handel <https://www.benjaminhandel.com/>_, _Joanna Naritomi
> <https://joananaritomi.com/>_, and _Ricardo Perez-Truglia
> <https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~pereztruglia/>_.It will include
> opportunities for networking and meeting with other students and
> faculty. Twenty-five students will be invited to participate. The NBER
> will cover travel and lodging expenses, subject to the NBER’s
> reimbursement guidelines, as well as all meals during the workshop.
>
>
> Last year’s program is available _here
> <https://www.nber.org/conferences/behavioral-public-economics-bootcamp-spring-2022>_.
> This year’s program will have a similar structure. The participants in
> the inaugural workshop were very enthusiastic about the experience.
>
>
> Prospective applicants should assemble the following materials in a
> single PDF file:
>
>
> • A cover letter, limited to two pages, that includes an explanation
> of why you are interested in behavioral public economics and a
> description of at least one research project that you are thinking
> about or working on.
>
> • A current c.v.
>
> • A complete graduate school transcript.
>
> These materials should be uploaded _here
> <https://forms.gle/1bJMjDsqsPrx82Ft9>_*, *along with complete contact
> information, the name of the applicant’s current Ph.D. program and
> year in that program, and the names and email addresses of two faculty
> members who could provide recommendations on behalf of the applicant,
> no later than 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on *Thursday, June 29, 2023*.
> Applications that are not submitted by the deadline will not be
> considered. Applications from students who are members of groups that
> have historically been under-represented in the economics profession
> are welcome. Applications will be evaluated by the organizers, and
> acceptance decisions will be announced in late July.
>
> Please direct questions about workshop content to one of the three
> organizers, and questions about logistics and the application process
> to Elisa Pepe (_epepe_at_nber.org <mailto:epepe_at_nber.org>_).
>
>
Received on Mon May 22 2023 - 19:28:45 EDT
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