Economic Fitness and Complexity Summer School – 2nd edition
Economic Fitness and Complexity Summer School
Start time:
July 8
CEST
Location:
UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, 6211 AX
Type:
Summer school
How to attend
Speakers
Masud Cader
Country Analytics Lead at International Finance Corporation – World Bank
Davide Consoli
Research Fellow, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Valencia
Carolina Castaldi
Chair in Geography of Innovation, Utrecht University
Dario Diodato
Economist at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
François Lafond
Deputy Director of the Complexity Economics group at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford
Nanditha Mathew
Research Fellow at UNU - MERIT, United Nations University
Dario Mazzilli
Researcher at CREF
Önder Nomaler
Research Fellow at UNU - MERIT, United Nations University
Ljubica Nedelkoska
Senior Research Fellow at the Growth Lab, Harvard University
Frank Neffke
Team leader Science of Cities at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Neave O'Clery
Associate Professor at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London
Aurelio Patelli
Researcher at CREF
Luciano Pietronero
President at CREF
Emanuele Pugliese
Research Fellow at UNU - MERIT, United Nations University
Luc Soete
Professor at UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
Fabiana Visentin
Assistant Professor of Economics of Innovation at UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
Reinhilde Veugelers
Professor in the department of management, strategy and innovation at KU Leuven
Andrea Zaccaria
Researcher at Institute of Complex Systems – CNR
Chiara Burlina
Assistant Professor, University of Padova
Angelica Sbardella
Researcher at CREF
Andrea Tacchella
Researcher at CREF
Bernardo Caldarola
Researcher at UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
Local Partners
Description
The Economic Fitness and Economic Complexity Summer School is back, after the success of the first edition. The second edition will take place at UNU-MERIT (Maastricht) from 8 to 12 July 2024. The EFC Summer School is an extensive introduction to the economic complexity framework, with theoretical and practical lessons. Four days will focus on theoretical and practical classes covering the following topics: economic complexity measurement, network theory, machine learning, measurement of relatedness. Theoretical lectures will be followed by coding labs, where participants will have the chance to apply the methodologies introduced in class, and to carry out assigned group projects, focusing on the school core themes. Moreover, world-wide renowned scholars have been invited to present their frontier research linking economic complexity with economic development, economic geography, labour economics, sustainability, economics of science, and innovation policy.
Confirmed speakers include Chiara Burlina, Masud Cader, Bernardo Caldarola, Davide Consoli, Carolina Castaldi, Dario Diodato, François Lafond, Nanditha Mathews, Dario Mazzilli, Önder Nomaler, Ljubica Nedelkoska, Frank Neffke, Neave O’Cleary, Aurelio Patelli, Luciano Pietronero, Emanuele Pugliese, Angelica Sbardella, Luc Soete, Andrea Tacchella, Fabiana Visentin, Reinhilde Veugelers, Andrea Zaccaria.
The summer school is open to postgraduate students, early-career researchers and practitioners from any area and discipline. Applicants will be required to submit an application using the registration form, where they will be asked to upload a CV and a short statement (max 5000 characters) indicating how the school relates to their research interests, if they applied to previous edition of the school, and in which way they think they may benefit from the programme.
Please keep in mind that availability is limited. The fee will be 400 EUR for PhD students and 600 EUR for all other participants. The fee includes lunches and coffee breaks during the five days of the school. Applications will be open starting from the 26th of February 2024 – below the key dates:
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Opening applications: 26 February 2024
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Closing applications: 31 March 2024
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Communication of results: 15 April 2024
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Confirmation by the students and fee payment: 30 April 2024
- School: 8 – 12 July 2024
Call for applications, application form, and all information related to the school are available from the EFC School website.
For information, please contact the organising committee at: [email protected]