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  1. Department of Economics Brown Bag Seminar with Nicolo Bandera

    Department of Economics Brown Bag Seminar with Nicolo Bandera

    The monetary consequences of financial stability interventions - assessing the UK LDI crisis and the central bank policy response

    We analyse the UK gilt market dysfunction which occurred in September 2022 using a quantitative DSGE model. We introduce a financial sector with several actors,...

  2. PEPtalk: The evolving landscape of evidence in policy and practice

    PEPtalk: The evolving landscape of evidence in policy and practice

    Navigating the labyrinth

    In the past 30 or so years our understanding of research and evidence use has broadened --- moving from linear views of an evidence use...

  3. Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Philippe LeMay-Boucher, Heriot-Watt University

    Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Philippe LeMay-Boucher, Heriot-Watt University

    Formal Finance for the Poor: Contrasting Evidence from Two Saving Devices

    Abstract: We conduct a field experiment in Benin to assess the impacts of access to two formal saving devices on saving behavior, income, investments and a host...

  4. Imagining Re-Industrialisation: Battery Gigafactories and the energy transition in Norway

    Imagining Re-Industrialisation: Battery Gigafactories and the energy transition in Norway

    Hosted by Anna-Sophie Hobi. Lithium-ion batteries are pivotal in the efforts to 'decarbonise' the European economy. Consequently, a battery...

  5. Energy Café: Cost-benefit analyses, short-termism and social discount rate

    Energy Café: Cost-benefit analyses, short-termism and social discount rate

    The Social Discount Rate (SDR) determines the present value of future societal costs and benefits. A declining SDR suggests society values future benefits more...

  6. "Hostages of Empire: Colonial Prisoners of War and Vichy France"

    "Hostages of Empire: Colonial Prisoners of War and Vichy France"

    ISWS Seminar Series via MS Teams

    Hostages of Empire, Colonial Prisoners of War in Vichy France, won the 2022 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize awarded by the French Colonial History Society in...

  7. Energy Café: Legitimising the ISDS Regime through Energy Justice

    Energy Café: Legitimising the ISDS Regime through Energy Justice

    This seminar examines the role of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) regime in the global energy sector and its connection to energy justice. The ISDS...

  8. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers

    Do Female--Owned Employment Agencies Mitigate Discrimination and Expand Opportunity for Women?

    Jennifer Hunt is a Professor of Economics at Rutgers University and a Research Associate of the NBER. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard and her...

  9. Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits

    Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits

    CSTPV Seminar: book and discussion

    From Ukraine to Afghanistan and beyond, occupations and exit dilemmas permeate contemporary geopolitics. However, the existing literature on territorial...

  10. Defining Refugees: International Norms, National Interests, and the Politics of Refugee Status

    Defining Refugees: International Norms, National Interests, and the Politics of Refugee Status

    Guest Speaker - Dr. Deenesh Sohoni

    Deenesh Sohoni is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies program at William & Mary. His research examines...

  11. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Nejat Anbarci, Durham University

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Nejat Anbarci, Durham University

    Arbiter Assignment

    Professor Anbarci's research interests lie broadly in the fields of economic theory, behavioural eonomics and political economy. He published research...

  12. Impacting global health through implementation science and digital health innovations
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    Impacting global health through implementation science and digital health innovations

    A Lecture by Professor Xiaolin Wei

    This May, the School of Medicine will welcome medically trained public health specialist Professor Xiaolin Wei, who will deliver this seminar on the application...

  13. Virtual reality in anatomical sciences: transforming the way we teach and learn
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    Virtual reality in anatomical sciences: transforming the way we teach and learn

    Seminar by Dr Tomasz Cecot

    The School of Medicine will welcome Dr Tomasz Cecot this April, who will deliver this seminar on virtual reality in the anatomical sciences. Dr Cecot is a...

  14. Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Luis Baldomero-Quintana, William and Mary College

    Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Luis Baldomero-Quintana, William and Mary College

    New Residential Investment and Gentrification

    Luis conducts research primarily in the field of applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on International Trade, Economic Geography, and Urban...

  15. Chasing World War I Ghosts: Re-learning IR through the Togoland Campaign

    Chasing World War I Ghosts: Re-learning IR through the Togoland Campaign

    St Andrews Distinguished Teacher Lecture

    : Dr. Yolande Bouka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar and...

  16. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Gyöngyi Lórřnth, University of Vienna

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Gyöngyi Lórřnth, University of Vienna

    Financing and Resolving Banking Groups

    Professor Lórřnth's research interests focus on financial intermediation, corporate finance and corporate governance. Her research has been published in...

  17. Hong Kong, Activism and International Advocacy: Journey of a Political Activist in Quest for Freedom

    Hong Kong, Activism and International Advocacy: Journey of a Political Activist in Quest for Freedom

    Time & Date: 5 pm, October 25, 2023 Venue: School VI at United College Quadrangle, University of St Andrews Speaker: Nathan Law (Former member of...

  18. The use and misuse of the 'local turn'  -- Distinguished Scholar Lecture

    The use and misuse of the 'local turn' -- Distinguished Scholar Lecture

    Oliver P Richmond

    In this talk I try to develop a reassessment of the critical project for peace and conflict research. Firstly, I outline the main challenges and critiques...

  19. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Felipe Gonzalez, Queen Mary University of London

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Felipe Gonzalez, Queen Mary University of London

    Mass policy in times of crisis: Evidence from Salvador Allende's road to socialism

    Felipe's research is empirically oriented and lies at the intersection of political economy, economic history, and public policy. He received his PhD from...

  20. Energy Café: Large scale renewable energy investments in energy insecure regions.

    Energy Café: Large scale renewable energy investments in energy insecure regions.

    Why communities choose to resist

    During this Energy Café, the centre's postdoctoral researcher Cornelia Helmcke will tie in her previous work on energy data justice in Colombia with her...

  21. The Syrian Conflict and the European Union -- Assessing Actorness and Policy (in)coherence

    The Syrian Conflict and the European Union -- Assessing Actorness and Policy (in)coherence

    CSS Teams Event

    Title: The Syrian Conflict and the European Union -- Assessing Actorness and Policy (in)coherence Over the past decade the EU has had to respond to two...

  22. Discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison

    Discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison

    Join a discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister and current Member of Parliament for the New South Wales seat of Cook, Scott Morrison, hosted by...

  23. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Erik Wengström, Lund University

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Erik Wengström, Lund University

    Incentives to Vaccinate

    Professor Wengström is a Professor of Economics at Lund University and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Hanken School of Economics. His research focuses on how...

  24. Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Nan Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Brown Bag Seminar with Dr Nan Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Macroeconomic Systematic Shocks and Industrial Investment Vulnerability: An International Comparative Perspective

    Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the distributional effects of macroeconomic systematic shocks on firm-level investment as well as explore structural...

  25. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University

    Like An Ink Blot on Paper: Testing the Diffusion Hypothesis of Mass Migration, Italy 1876-1920

    Abstract: Why were the poorer countries of the European periphery latecomers to the Age of Mass Migration? We test the diffusion hypothesis, which argues that...

  26. Building a just Scotland: an evening with human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar

    Building a just Scotland: an evening with human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar

    In conversation with IR student Josh Traynor

    Acclaimed human rights lawyer and campaigner Aamer Anwar is visiting the University of St Andrews to share his life-long journey championing human rights and...

  27. Seeing gender in Russia's war in Ukraine: a feminist security studies approach

    Seeing gender in Russia's war in Ukraine: a feminist security studies approach

    Jenny Mathers, University of Aberystwyth

    Gender rarely makes it into the headlines about Russia's war in Ukraine but it is nevertheless a constant factor and plays a central role in shaping the...

  28. Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

    Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

    Photographs, films, and texts...

    Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas Maré from the Inside is an interactive multi-media exhibit developed by...

  29. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School

    How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates

    Marco has a PhD in Economics from MIT, he is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and is affiliated with the NBER, CEPR, CReAM and IZA. He has...

  30. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Mike Elsby, Edinburgh University

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Mike Elsby, Edinburgh University

    Spatial Hysteresis

    Professor Elsby is a Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the interface between macroeconomics and labour economics,...

  31. From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland

    From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland

    Wednesday research seminars series

    Part of the School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023. Convenors for Week five are Drs Jeffrey Stevenson Murer and Adam...

  32. Brown Bag Seminar with Professor Stavros A. Zenios, Durham University

    Brown Bag Seminar with Professor Stavros A. Zenios, Durham University

    Sovereign debt sustainability analysis under political risk

    Stavros is a Professor of Operations Management and Finance at Durham University, and professor of Finance and Management Science at the University of Cyprus,...

  33. 'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' -- CSTPV Seminar

    'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' -- CSTPV Seminar

    CSTPV Seminar

    Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in...

  34. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Cecilia García Peñalosa, AMSE

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Cecilia García Peñalosa, AMSE

    Technological Adoption and Women's Rights: Evidence from Switzerland

    Cecilia is Professor of Economics at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics. She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and since 2017 she has held the chair...

  35. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Kevin Stange, University of Michigan

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Kevin Stange, University of Michigan

    Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?

    Kevin is an Associate Professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Kevin's expertise is at the intersection of...

  36. PEPtalk: Tearing down policy barriers on the path to greening the grid

    PEPtalk: Tearing down policy barriers on the path to greening the grid

    Converting proposals to new clean power

    The Centre for Energy Ethics is pleased to announce the return of its Policy Engagement Practice seminar series --- PEPtalks. Please join us and our invited...

  37. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Antonella Trigari, Bocconi University

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Antonella Trigari, Bocconi University

    Temporary Layoffs, Loss-of-Recall, and Cyclical Unemployment Dynamics

    Antonella is a Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and a research fellow at the CEPR and IGIER. Her research area is monetary and macroeconomics, in...

  38. Perceptions of Illegitimate Violence in Intercultural Wars in German East Africa (circa 1884 to 1914)

    Perceptions of Illegitimate Violence in Intercultural Wars in German East Africa (circa 1884 to 1914)

    ISWS Spring Seminar with Professor Tanja Bührer, University of Salzburg

    Tanja Bührer's lecture explores what was considered legitimate and illegitimate violence in intercultural wars in the colonial realm during the fin de...

  39. Working with the media: translating academic knowledge for wider audiences

    Working with the media: translating academic knowledge for wider audiences

    Masterclass with Jenny Mathers, University of Aberystwyth

    Universities and funding bodies increasingly expect researchers to engage in knowledge exchange and to work with stakeholders to increase the impact of their...

  40. TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    Centre for Syrian Studies CSS

    Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science -- LSE. He...

  41. Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature With Dr Anna Elena Torres

    Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature With Dr Anna Elena Torres

    Conversation with Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, Director of the Centre for Art and Politics with conversational and musical contributions from Michael Alpert.

    Dr Anna Elena Torres will read from her latest book Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature, in a conversation with Dr Jeffrey...

  42. Insights, dilemmas and hopes in knowledge-making on feminist politics --- a meditation

    Insights, dilemmas and hopes in knowledge-making on feminist politics --- a meditation

    IPT event: Dr Radhika Govinda, University of Edinburgh

    Dr Radhika Govinda is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of GENDER.ED, the University of Edinburgh's interdisciplinary hub for gender and...

  43. Centre for Energy Ethics and the Department of Economics joint workshop

    Centre for Energy Ethics and the Department of Economics joint workshop

    Energy, Resource Management, Ethics in Finance and Commodities

    PROGRAMME 11.15 am to 11.50 am Leonidas Barbopoulos (University of Edinburgh Business School), joint with Tālis J. Putniņš (University of Technology Sydney)...

  44. Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 

    Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 

    Mary Fulbrook, University College London

    Using contemporary sources, Mary Fulbrook's most recent book, Bystander Society (OUP, 2023), explores the ways in which ordinary Germans became...

  45. The Crocus City Hall terrorist attack: regional, political and security implications

    The Crocus City Hall terrorist attack: regional, political and security implications

    In collaboration with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

    While no clear evidence has yet been presented for who did it and why, it is clear that the attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow will have serious repercussions...

  46. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Kjell Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Kjell Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics

    Gender-biased technological change: Milking machines and the exodus of women from farming

    Kjell is a Professor of Economics and the Chair at NHH, a research fellow at the CEPR, CESifo and the IZA Institute of Labor Economics. His research area is...

  47. Energy Café: Governing 'Wild' Substances and Subterranean Storage in an Era of Climate Change

    Energy Café: Governing 'Wild' Substances and Subterranean Storage in an Era of Climate Change

    Our twice monthly Energy Café series will begin on Tuesday January 23rd with a presentation from Sean Field In this Café, Sean will discuss how natural gas...

  48. Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Yunus Aksoy, Birkbeck Business School

    Department of Economics Seminar with Professor Yunus Aksoy, Birkbeck Business School

    Profits, Firm Ownership and Aggregate Demand Externalities

    Professor Aksoy is a Professor of Macroeconomics at Birkbeck. He specialises in theoretical and empirical issues related to medium and business cycles in...

  49. Department of Economics Research Seminar with Dr Stefano Ugolini, University of Toulouse

    Department of Economics Research Seminar with Dr Stefano Ugolini, University of Toulouse

    Fiscal Dominance, Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates: Lessons from Early-Modern Venice

    Stefano is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse (Sciences Po Toulouse and LEREPS). He was educated at Scuola Normale Superiore,...

  50. SEES Seminar: The return to the Moon --- with robots and humans, Prof. Gordon Osinski

    SEES Seminar: The return to the Moon --- with robots and humans, Prof. Gordon Osinski

    We are pleased to be welcoming Prof. Osinski from the University of Western Ontario to our School. He has been hand-picked by NASA to train the next corps of...