Summer 2024
RTG Day
The RTG Day starts on April 16 and takes place on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 17:15 in Essen at the WST-C of the UDE (9th and 14th floors, Room # WST-C 09.02, WST-C 09.03, WST-C 09.04 and WST-C 09.14 and the Entrance of the WST-C 14th Floor).
The RTG day ends with a research seminar talk by an external speaker.
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Winter 2023/2024
RTG Day
The RTG Day starts on October 17 and takes place on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 17:15 in the Math Tower,
at Technical University of Dortmund, Vogelpothsweg 87, Rooms: 125 & 127.
The “Theoretical Foundations in Urban & Regional Economics” and the “Empirical Methods in Regional Economics” course take place in presence on this day in Room 127.
The RTG day ends with a research seminar talk by an external speaker.
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Theoretical Foundations in Urban & Regional Economics
10:00 – 12:00 (Seidel and Jung)
17th Oct, 24th Oct, 31st Oct, 7th Nov, 14th Nov, 21st Nov, 12th Dec, 19th Dec, 9th Jan, 16th Jan, 23rd Jan, 30th Jan
Empirical Methods in Regional Economics
14:00 – 16:00 (Jung, Paul, Bauer)
Further courses
Scientific Writing for Economists
(compulsory)
February 5 – 9, 2024
Room: Online
Summer 2023
RGS/RTG Mini-Lecture:
“Differences-in-differences and two-way fixed effects with heterogeneous treatment effect“
Instructor: Clement de Chaisemartin (Science Po)
6 lectures from 15:30 to 17:30 pm on April 5th, 6th, 12th, 14th, 17th, and 19th.
1 office hour from 14:30 to 17:30pm on April 21st.
Please register until March 15 under info@rgs-econ.de
“Spatial Econometrics“
Instructor: Yanos Zylberberg (University of Bristol)
17-19 May, 2023 RWI
Regular Courses:
Topics on Regional Disparities (compulsary RTG Course)
Winter 2022/2023
RTG Day
The RTG Day starts on October 25 and takes place on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 17:15 in the Math Tower,
at Technical University of Dortmund, Vogelpothsweg 87, Rooms: 125 & 127.
The “Empirical Methods in Regional Economics” Course takes place on this day at 14.00.
The RTG day ends with a research seminar talk by an external speaker.
Empirical Methods in Regional Economics
14:00 – 16:00 (Jung, Paul, Bauer)
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Theoretical Foundations in Urban & Regional Economics
(Seidel and Jung)
The first part of the course will take place online on Mondays at 16.30-18.00
Further courses
How to Behave at Conferences
Thomas K. Bauer
7th November 2022
15:00-17:00 @ RWI E-Werk hybrid
Writing a Paper in Economics
25th November 2022
09:00-11:00 @ RWI E-Werk hybrid
Scientific Writing for Economists
(non-compulsory)
06th February – 10th February 2023
Room: Online
Summer 2022
RTG Day
The RTG Day takes place Tuesdays from 09:00 to 17:15 at Weststadttürme – WST-A.12.04, University of Duisburg-Essen. The day starts with the courses specified below and ends with a research seminar talk by an external speaker.
Contact: Cagla Diner (cagla.diner-eken@uni-due.de)
Topics on Regional Disparities
(compulsory)
See course outline for information on dates, contents and lecturers.
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Winter 2021/2022
RTG Day
The RTG Day takes place Tuesdays from 10:00 to 17:15 at Weststadttürme – WST-A.12.04, University of Duisburg-Essen. The day starts with the courses specified below and ends with a research seminar talk by an external speaker.
RTG Day dates: 19 October – 23 November, 14 December – 21 December & 11 January – 1 February
Theoretical Foundations in Urban & Regional Economics
10:00 – 12:00 (Seidel, Jung)
Empirical Methods in Regional Economics
13:00 – 15:00 (Jung, Kruse-Becher; Paul, Bauer)
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Further courses
Writing a Paper in Economics
(compulsory)
Thomas Bauer
12 November 2021, 14:00 – 16:00, online lecture
Note: The course can be replaced by “Scientific Writing for Economists” by Jens Wrona.
How to Behave at Conferences
(non-compulsory)
Thomas Bauer
19 November 2021, 10:00 – 12:00, online lecture
Empirical Research in International Economics
(non-compulsory)
Jens Wrona
Christian Kleinertz
Thursday 10:15 – 11:45 (21.10.-25.11.2021) & Thursday 09:15 – 11:45 (13.01.-27.01.2022)
Rooms LB107 (21.10.-25.11.2021), LC134 (13.-27.01.2022), Campus Duisburg
Research Data Management (RDM)
(compulsory)
Sandra Schaffner
24.11.2021, approx. 08:45 – 13:00,
RWI Essen
Note: Please contact Sandra Schaffner (Sandra.Schaffner at rwi-essen.de) to register until 17.11.21 with the following information:
- name, chair
- notebook y/n
- Stata y/n
- R y/n
- will show 3G certificate y/n
Please note that you participate with a valid 3G certificate only.
This course is compulsory for Cohorts 2020 and 2021.
Scientific Writing for Economists
(compulsory)
Jens Wrona
Monday 21.03.2022 – Friday 25.03.2022 (08:00-12:00), online lecture
See course website for more information.
Note: Please register by email (jens.wrona@uni-due.de). The course can be replaced by “Writing a Paper in Economics” by Thomas Bauer.
Summer 2021
RTG Day
The RTG Day takes place Tuesdays from 09:00 to 17:15 online. Details will be given by the respective course instructor.
The day starts with the courses specified below and ends with an online research seminar talk by an external speaker.
Contact: Sebastian Kunert (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de)
Topics on Regional Disparities
(compulsory)
See course outline for information on dates, contents and lecturers.
Note: Non-RTG-students may participate ‘audit-only’ and choose certain parts of the seminar. Please contact the teacher of the respective class in advance.
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Further courses
Advanced Labour Economics
(Mini-lecture, non compulsory)
Jens Wrona
17 – 21 May 2021, 8:30 – 11:45
Note: Please register by email (jens.wrona@uni-due.de).
Computational Data Analytics (CDA)
(Mini-lecture, non compulsory)
Anthony Strittmatter
23 – 25 June 2021, 9:15 – 12:30 & 14:15 – 15:45
Campus Duisburg, LX 1203
Note: Please register by email (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de) until 13th June 2021. The max. number of participants is limited.
Further courses can be found at RGS econ.
Winter 2020/21
RTG Day
The RTG Day takes place online on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 17:15. Details will be given by the respective course instructor.
The day starts with the courses specified below and ends with an online research seminar talk by an external speaker.
Further courses
Empirical Research in International Economics
(non-compulsory)
Jens Wrona
Thursdays, 10:15 – 11:45, online
12 November – 17 December
Christian Kleinertz
Thursdays, 10:15 – 11:45, online
21 January – 11 February
See course website for more information.
Scientific Writing for Economists
(compulsory)
Jens Wrona
22 to 26 March 2021, 08:00 – 12:00, online
See course website for more information.
Note: Please register by email (jens.wrona@uni-due.de).
How to Write a Paper
(non-compulsory)
Thomas Bauer
30 November 2020, 15:00 – 17:00, online lecture
Note: Link will be provided by email.
How to Prepare for and Behave on Conferences
(non-compulsory)
Thomas Bauer
7 December 2020, 15:00 – 17:00, online lecture
Note: Link will be provided by email.
Further courses can be found at RGS econ.
Summer 2020
Topics on Regional Disparities
(compulsory)
See course outline for information on dates, contents and lecturers.
Note: Non-RTG-students may participate ‘audit-only’ and choose certain parts of the seminar. Please register by email (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de).
How to Write a Paper in Economics
(compulsory)
Thomas Bauer
26 May 2020, 14:00 – 16:00, online lecture
Note: Please register by email (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de).
How to Behave at Conferences
(non-compulsory)
Thomas Bauer
9 June 2020, 15:00 – 17:00, online lecture
Note: Please register by email (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de).
Trade Policy Analysis with Gravity Models
(mini-lecture, non-compulsory)
Yoto Yotov (Drexel University)
13 & 15 – 17 July, 8:00 – 13:00, online
14 July, 9:00 – 12:00, online
Note: Further details will be announced on this website. Please register by email (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de). Yoto will also give a research seminar presentation from 16:15 – 17:30 on 14 July (see here).
Winter 2019/2020
RTG Day
The RTG Day takes place Tuesdays from 10:00 to 17:15 in room GD 02/338 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. The day starts with the courses specified below and ends with a research seminar talk by an external speaker.
RTG Day dates: 22 October – 26 November, 17 December & 7 January – 4 February
Theoretical Foundations in Urban & Regional Economics
10:00 – 12:00 (Seidel, Jung)
Empirical Methods in Regional Economics
13:00 – 15:00 (Jung, Kruse-Becher; Paul, Bauer)
Research Seminar
16:15 – 17:30
The seminar program can be found here.
Further Courses
Research Data Management (RDM)
(compulsory)
Sandra Schaffner
11.12.2019, 09:00 – 16:00
RWI Essen
Note: Participants will have the opportunity to attend the Lecture of Andrea Craig at 11:00 RWI. There will be a lunch break afterwards and the RDM course will continue in the afternoon.
Introduction to ArcGIS
(Mini-Lecture, non-compulsory)
Birgit Sattler
27. – 28.2.2020, 09:00 – 16:00
UDE, Campus Essen, Room tba
Note: for RTG students only, maximum 10 participants, please register by email (sebastian.kunert@uni-due.de)
Good Scientific Practice
(compulsory)
Valentina Vasilov
10.03.2020, 09:00 – 17:00
UDE, Campus Duisburg, Room LB 338
Scientific Writing for Economists (CANCELLED)
(non-compulsory)
Jens Wrona
30.03.-01.04.2020, 08:00 – 18:00
See course website for more information.
UDE, Campus Duisburg, LC 134
Gravity Estimation in International and Regional Economics
(non-compulsory)
Jens Wrona
Start: 20.01.2020
See course website for more Information.
UDE, Campus Duisburg