Fifth Summer School of the GLOBALEURONET-Globalizing Europe Economic History Research Networking Programme “Economic Integration and Spatial Dynamics in Historical Analysis”

Monday, June 28 – Friday, July 2, 2010

Organized by GLOBALEURONET and Instituto Figuerola of Social Science History , Universidad Carlos III Madrid.

The School is scientifically endorsed by the European Historical Economics Society

• General Description

The main objective of the School is to provide attendants with a state-of-art survey of research topics and methods in the field of economic integration and spatial dynamics in historical perspective. Themes addressed will include the determinants and consequences of commodity market integration, institutional and social obstacles to integration, synchronization of business cycles, and historical dynamics of spatial agglomeration. The lecturers— Karl Gunnar Persson (Copenhagen) ; Giovanni Federico (European University Institute); David Jacks (Simon Fraser University); Albrecht Ritschl (LSE); Ulrich Woitek (Zurich); Max S. Schulze (LSE); Tim Leunig (LSE); Martin Uebele (Munster); Kerstin Enflo (Lund) —are well known international experts of related topics.

• Programme

The Summer School has a duration of 5 days. Each day there will be two main lectures by invited speakers in the morning. In the afternoon simultaneous Student Sessions will take place, in which Ph.D. and Post-doc students will present and discuss their research papers with senior scholars. One novelty of this year’s Summer School is an afternoon research training module in which participants will be offered the opportunity to learn and practice advanced quantitative techniques. This year the module will focus on the use of Common Factor Analysis for data aggregation based on a large number of disaggregate data. A multi-factor version of the model with suitable identifying restrictions can be used to study interregional and international comovement, and offers interesting avenues for research on the emergence of the international business cycle, as well as on the historical process of regional and international price integration.

• The Organizers

The school is organized by the ESF Research Networking Programme GLOBALEURONET in cooperation with the Instituto Figuerola of Social Science History at Universidad Carlos III Madrid.

GLOBALEURONET aims to contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession by analyzing the economic development of Europe as a whole. It organizes networking research activities and data collection at European level in areas such as welfare indicators, historical economic geography, business cycles, technological change, human capital and the diffusion of knowledge.

Instituto Figuerola is an interdisciplinary institute whose members are affiliated to the Departments of Economic History, Law, Economics and Humanities. Research programmes promoted by the Institute include Comparative Latin American Studies and Development, Historical Economic Geography of Europe, Economic Integration and Growth and Financial Development in the Long Run.

• Convenors

Stefano Battilossi (Carlos III Madrid, stefano.battilossi@uc3m.es )

Albrecht Ritschl (LSE, A.O.Ritschl@lse.ac.uk )

Ulrich Woitek (Zurich, u.woitek@iew.uzh.ch )

Herman de Jong (U Groningen, h.j.de.jong@rug.nl )

• Participants
  The school invites applications from PhD and post-doc students in Economic History and PhD and Post doc students in Economics with an interest in historical dynamics.

• Applications and deadlines

The participants will be selected on the basis of the information included in the application form.

Applicants are requested to fill in the form and return it electronically, together with a short CV, to Ms. Lidia Merás, GLOBALEURONET Programme Coordinator, at:

esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es

by April 23, 2010 .

Accepted candidates will be notified by May 21, 2010.

• Scholarships
  GLOBALEURONET will award a number of grants covering full accommodation and a contribution to travel expenses.

Financial support from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN Acciones Complementarias ) and Universidad Carlos III Madrid is gratefully acknowledged.