Carsten Eckel

📢Call for Applications: Munich Graduate School of Economics (MGSE) @LMU_Muenchen is inviting applications for fully funded doctoral positions starting October 2026! ❗ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 Online application tool: lmy.de/SKRWv More info: lmy.de/ZLXgm

Shoutout to the trade community – trade is likely to be one of our focus areas! Make sure to apply if you work on international trade.

🎓On October 1, the MGSE and the Faculty of Economics welcomed the new doctoral students of the 2025 cohort!🎉 We wish all new PhD students a great start to their doctoral journey and a successful and enjoyable time at the LMU📚 📸Felix Grein

On October 6, MGSE hosted its annual ceremony, bidding farewell to the graduates of the Master's and doctoral programs, while welcoming the new cohorts🎓🎉 🎤We had the distinct pleasure of hosting @ImranRasul3 from the @ucl as our keynote speaker. 📷Felix Grein

#EconJobMarket💼 Meet Jonas Casper, JM-candidate @ECONMunich 🎓JMP: Unproductive Exporters 🔍Research topics: International Trade, Spatial Economics 🌐 Website: jonascasper.github.io

Job Opening: one PhD position in international trade, environmental economics, and labor economics👇👇

🎓Exciting News! @LisandraFlach has been appointed as a Fellow in DG GROW Fellowship Programme! The experts will contribute to shaping EU Business policies and focus on tackling the competitiveness challenges and economic disruptions faced by the EU. single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/about-us/chief…

Attention PhD students, postdocs, prof. economists! We will have our first Nottingham International Trade Summer School this summer! Lecturers: Arnaud Costinot and Andres Rodriguez-Clare Dates: 30/6 to 5/7 Registration open! nottingham.ac.uk/gep/news-event…

🌟 Welcome to the network, Guigue Etienne, Ph.D., joining us from @ECONMunich ! Check out his X profile @EtienneGuigue and our website for more information: cesifo.org/en/network-mem…

Apply to work with Profs Davide Cantoni and Claudia Steinwender (@ClaudiaSteinwen) at @LMU_Muenchen! Job Posting: bit.ly/4gSNIVh

We are looking for 2 year pre-docs to work at LMU, please share! We are looking forward to applications!

REMINDER: Apply for the 2025 Migration & Organizations Conference by February 14! Submit a paper or express your interest in attending here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Apply for the doctoral consortium here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Wanted to share a few thoughts on the sad news of the passing of Robert Hubner. He was, of course, a great chess player, one of the top players in the world in the 70s and 80s, and he came very close to fighting for the world title. I had a chance to interact with him and play with him in several tournaments, but also enjoy some very nice conversations . He played for Baden Baden, just like me. He could always surprise you with the depth of his knowledge. The academic in him made a strong impression on me. I once saw a three page letter of his in a chess magazine where he discusses the meaning of the Greek word logos. Fascinating! He finished saying that though he disagreed with his debater, he was grateful to find someone he could even discuss the subject with. Even in chess, I remember Jan Timman complaining that Robert Hubner's book review of his book was longer than the book itself. Somehow that was so typically Robert. The perfectionism! In the pre computer era. And what do you do with someone who learns Finnish to a very high level just because he wanted to talk to a friend. He spoke Greek and Dutch as well. He would always say that he was a patzer in everything. Of course it was partly deflection and partly his perfectionism. He was no patzer. He was someone who guarded his personal space zealously. He was a giant from a different era in chess and from a different era of chess players. RIP Robert.

After years in the making, I am happy to share a new guide for gravity estimations. Our recommendations are motivated by trade, but most of them apply broadly, e.g., to migration, FDI, etc. Mario, @SergeShikher, and I hope this is useful. Gravity rules 💪 ideas.repec.org/p/drx/wpaper/2…

1. A workshop at the intersection of International and Public Economics 2. @Tfpiasecki and @Mathieu_Parenti as keynotes 3. @JakobMiethe and Juan Carlos co-organising 4. Venice and the amazing ifo Staff coordinating everything What else? cesifo.org/en/event/2025-…

📢 Excited to announce the inaugural International Seminar on Trade (ISoT)! 📄 📍 World Bank, Washington D.C. 🗓️ 5-6 May 2025 📅 Submission Deadline: 24 Jan 2025 Co-organized by @JIntlEcon, @BanquedeFrance , @CEPR_org, @WorldBank, @UniOfSurrey 🔗Link: sciencedirect.com/journal/journa…

🎄✨Season’s Greetings and a happy, successful, and healthy 2025!🌟Thank you for an incredible year filled with dedication and shared achievements. We look forward to continuing this journey together in the coming year.🎉

I will be joining a group of excellent colleagues to lecture at the third summer school in International Economics hosted by the JIE. Look forward to meeting and talking to our next generation of young scholars! Please apply! 😊

Announcing the third Summer School in International Economics. Hosted by @CESifoNetwork on July 16-18, 2025. Lectures by @TrebAllen, @luigi_bocola, Alessandro Dovis, @IsabelleMejean, @liliana_vvarela and @DanielYiXu. PhD students, apply by January 21: cesifo.org/en/event/2025-…

次のJIE summer schoolのホストはミュンヘン大学みたいです！ 日本の皆さんに届け！