The underlying motivation of the School is to contrast the increasing imbalance of theory and econometric analysis in the field and make a step towards bringing the field to the frontier of theory – combining theory with empirical foundation and relevance, aiming at supporting students to publish beyond field journals.

The teaching will be of a ‘learning by doing’ style based on instructors’ papers that are considered frontier in the field, where students can see applications of methodologies/models that they have previously learned.

The instructors are all researchers and prominent academics who can balance theory, data and relevance:

• Lucas Bretschger (ETH Zürich): “Theoretical foundations of climate economics and policy”
• Anastasios Xepapadeas (Athens University of Economics and Business and University of Bologna): “Pollution control, resource management and dynamic environmental policies”
• Valeria Costantini (Roma Tre University): “The optimal EU climate and energy policy mix design”
• Karine Nyborg (University of Oslo): “The interactions between social and moral norms and climate policies: theoretical perspectives“

Accepted applicants will be provided with readings in advance to support their preparation for the School. Beyond the classes, there will be a roundtable with policymakers as well as students’ research presentation sessions.

The School’s main objectives are:

• to provide PhD students in Economics with high-level academic training on the microeconomic foundations of energy and climate policies;
• to support the development of a PhD-student network for students interested in the topic and connect them with top academics in the field.

The Summer School is targeted at PhD students in Economics:

• Accepted applicants will be offered short slots to present their research or research proposal.
• Attendance to the School will be certified (pass/fail). Accepted applicants must attend the School for its entire duration.
• Applicants are invited to check with the course organiser at their institution if they can obtain credit for their course work.
• Accepted applicants must be proficient in English.

The school fee will be €500 (including lunches, coffee breaks and two evening gatherings). Accommodation and travel are not covered.

The Organisers: Carmen Arguedas, Simone Borghesi, Estelle Cantillon, Olga Chiappinelli, Natalia Fabra, Albert Ferrari, Michael Grubb and Karsten Neuhoff

Local Committee: Simone Borghesi and Albert Ferrari

The summer school is organised with the support of EAERE.

Selection will be based on a motivation letter and CV.

Mandatory documents (to be uploaded as a single pdf file and sent by email to FSRClimate@eui.eu) are:

• curriculum vitae
• motivation letter (max 1 page)
• if interested in presenting ongoing research, a short abstract (300 words max) describing it. Please note there will be a limited number of short slots (10 min each)

The deadline for applications is 22 May 2022. Please apply by sending the mandatory documents to FSRClimate@eui.eu (subject: Summer School 2022).