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54105-01 - Colloquium: Introduction to Research 3 CP

Semester spring semester 2023
Course frequency Irregular
Lecturers Andrei Alexandrovich Levchenko (andrei.levchenko@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Nicola Pavoni (nicola.pavoni@unibas.ch)
Nicolas Robert Ziebarth (nicolasrobert.ziebarth@unibas.ch)
Content This course is designed to introduce students to "how to do economic research." Some class time will focus on topics such as bibliographic methods, data analysis, and economic modeling, but most of the effort will be involved in individual feedback for developing research papers. Students that currently develop a research paper idea learn how to formulate research questions and how they can develop a polished research paper from their projects. PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies are welcome as long as they have a specific idea for a research project that they can present. Postdocs are also welcome. Students who have participated in a previous year already, are welcome as well but credits will only be awarded once.

The course consists of roughly two parts:

1) During the first hours of the lecture, the lecturer provides "research advice", on topics like how to formulate a research question, how to build a research agenda, how to choose projects, plus some practical advice on an economics career (submitting to journals, refereeing, etc).

2) Students prepare presentations of their research projects in advance eof the course and each student presents this project in class. Presenters will receive detailed feedback on both their research, as well as tips on presenting and framing research papers. Andrei Levchenko will give feedback to presentations related to trade, macro, finance, or related fields, Nicolas Ziebarth will give feedback to presentations related to health economics, labour economics, microeconometric methods, and related fields with a focus on empirical research.

Nicola Pavoni will give feedback to presentations related to economic theory in any field or more specifically macroeconomic theory, economics of information, public finance, consumption theory, labour economics and behavioural economics.

Please state a preference for a feedback session (Levchenko, Pavoni or Ziebarth). We will send around a program once we have the final list of participants.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact gsbe-wwz@unibas.ch.
Learning objectives Learn how to develop research ideas, and how to present and communicate results.
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Admission requirements enrolled as doctoral student.
Course application Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and students of other Swiss Universities have to enrol at the students administration office (studseksupport1@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam!
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used

 

Interval Weekday Time Room
Block See individual dates

Dates

Date Time Room
Thursday 08.06.2023 14.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S16 HG.39
Friday 09.06.2023 10.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S16 HG.39
Monday 12.06.2023 08.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Tuesday 13.06.2023 08.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Wednesday 14.06.2023 08.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Modules Modul: Fachlich-methodische Weiterbildung (Doctoral Studies - Faculty of Business and Economics)
Assessment format record of achievement
Assessment details Lecture/Presentation
Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale Pass / Fail
Repeated registration as often as necessary
Responsible faculty Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch
Offered by Faculty of Business and Economics

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