Last year I had the chance to serve on the @ERC_Research Starting Grant evaluation panel. I wanted to quickly share a couple of things I learned. Maybe they are helpful to future applicants. I guess some points apply to other grants as well.
Konrad Burchardi
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Konrad Burchardi
@kbburchardi
Professor of Economics at @iies_sthlm. LSE PhD, @cepr_org Fellow, BREAD Affiliate, @RevEconStudies Associate Editor
- I am German. I was always very grateful to those who fought against the Nazi's, liberated Germany, and were responsible for the prosperous country I grew up in. I am convinced my country has a special responsibility to pay back, and stand up to aggressors committing atrocities.
- I received a PhD in Economics without ever learning anything about monetary economics. Not one hour. I much regret that! There are a lot of seemingly important questions I have no good way of thinking about. Here is a very basic one for my macroeconomist friends: 1/3
- My 1st year Economics PhD program would only have two, year-long courses: 1.) Economic Theory 2.) Quantitative Methods in Economics They would look roughly like this.
- Replying to @kbburchardiIt's simply about imposing severe costs on those committing terrible crimes which come to light now. I am also reasonably certain that the costs for us will be lower than some fear. But let's not debate that more. We should shift our focus to how they can best be minimised.
- Replying to @kbburchardiI thought that was a widely shared belief. I cannot understand the hesitation of our government in holding Russia accountable. An embargo on Russian oil and gas is not about stopping the war in Ukraine, or regime change in Moscow. If we are lucky, it has that effect, too.
- Want to see what the world's most promising young economists are working on? Join us for the 2020/2021 edition of the REStud Tour (@RevEconStud). Registration details: sites.google.com/view/restudtou….
- 🚨CEPR/LEAP Workshop in Development Economics🚨 If you are interested in development economics, please join us for the upcoming workshop on the 20th and 21st of May: cepr.org/7094/programme. Open attendance, you just need to register.
- Ein paar Gedanken zu “mathematischen Modellen”, vor allem für jene, die mit ihnen nicht so vertraut sind. Was ist überhaupt ein Modell? Aus meiner Sicht ist es eine klar artikulierte Vorstellung davon, wie ein Aspekt der Welt funktioniert.
- True story. Needless to say I am very excited and honoured the @ERC_Research decided to support my research agenda. Thank you so much to everybody who helped me along the way!IIES Associate Professor Konrad Burchardi @kbburchardi has received a prestigious @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant for the project Agricultural Productivity and Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa (ADAPT). For more: su.se/institute-for-…
- Do Spanish institutions apply laws the same way to all? Given the sentence handed to "the Jordis", the judgements of international legal observers, the refusal of all courts in Europe to extradite, and now the proceedings against Mas-Colell, many have reasonable doubts.Normally I would not be posting personal developments on this website, but in this case I have a pressing concern. My dad, Spanish economist Andreu Mas-Colell, is dealing with an incredibly difficult and unjust situation. 1/
- “The Psychological Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp” published in the AER strikes me as an outstandingly interesting paper!
- Ich wünsche mir häufig, es gäbe in Deutschland mehr Politiker deren Herz links schlägt, die volkswirtschaftliche Zusammenhänge verstehen, wissen wie Märkte funktionieren, wann sie versagen, und sich in ihrem Wissen von Evidenz leiten lassen.
