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  1. Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Critical perspectives on the financialised valuation of life

    This research seminar will welcome Niina Kuokkanen, from Tampere University, who is a visiting scholar with the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting...

  2. Macroeconomics Research Seminar with Professor Seppo Honkapohja, Aalto University

    Macroeconomics Research Seminar with Professor Seppo Honkapohja, Aalto University

    On robustness of average inflation targeting

    Abstract: This paper considers average inflation targeting (AIT) policy in a New Keynesian model with adaptive learning agents. Our analysis raises concerns...

  3. Department of Finance Seminar with Professor Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University

    Department of Finance Seminar with Professor Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University

    Stock market manipulation and corporate venture capital investments

    This research seminar will welcome Professor Douglas Cumming, DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance at the College of Business at Florida Atlantic...

  4. Department of Finance Seminar with Professor Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University

    Department of Finance Seminar with Professor Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University

    Stock Market Manipulation and Corporate Venture Capital Investments

    Abstract: The paper investigates the relationship between corporate venture capital (CVC) and stock market manipulation for NASDAQ and NYSE-listed companies....

  5. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Thomas Dohmen, University of Bonn

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Thomas Dohmen, University of Bonn

    Worker Representatives

    Abstract: We study the selection of worker representatives and how representation affects worker outcomes. We focus on German works councillors --...

  6. Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard): 'The neurobiology of zombie flies'

    Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard): 'The neurobiology of zombie flies'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Our first Friday Seminar of the semester will be by Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard) on 'The neurobiology of zombie flies: mechanisms of parasite...

  7. Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    "It's very hard to have a future when you can't travel": Meaning, mobility and mortality after a cancer diagnosis

    This research seminar with the Knowledge and Practice thematic research group will welcome Dr Leah Williams Veazey from the University of Sydney. Dr Williams...

  8. Department of Economics Brown Bag Seminar with Ciarřn Mac Domhnaill

    Department of Economics Brown Bag Seminar with Ciarřn Mac Domhnaill

    All at sea? Brexit, shipping and the UK land-bridge

    Abstract: How has Brexit affected maritime cargo volumes? Has Brexit caused a diversion of cargo from the UK `land-bridge' trade route between Ireland and...

  9. A day in the life of a diplomat
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    A day in the life of a diplomat

    Lecture and workshop with distinguished alumna Helen Hwang

    The University of St Andrews Business School and the Careers Service invite students from the Business School and the School of International Relations to an...

  10. Department of Finance Seminar with Professor Arito Ono, Chuo University

    Department of Finance Seminar with Professor Arito Ono, Chuo University

    Long-term interest rates and bank loan supply: Evidence from firm-bank loan-level data

    This research seminar will welcome Professor Arito Ono from Chuo University, who is a visiting scholar with the University of St Andrews. Professor Ono's...

  11. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Danny Blanchflower, Dartmouth University and NBER

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Danny Blanchflower, Dartmouth University and NBER

    Were COVID and the Great Recession Well-Being Reducing

    Abstract: We show individuals' reports of subjective well-being in Europe did decline in the Great Recession and during the Covid pandemic on most...

  12. Jamais vu: Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Research into the Curiously Common Opposite of Deja vu

    Jamais vu: Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Research into the Curiously Common Opposite of Deja vu

    Talk by Akira O'Connor

    Akira O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, will give a talk on his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research on jamais vu....

  13. Reading group on Karl Marx's 'Capital'

    Reading group on Karl Marx's 'Capital'

    This is the first meeting of a reading group on Karl Marx's 'Capital' which will take place throughout Semester 1. The aim is to work together...

  14. Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Bourdieusian analysis of the pre-professionalisation of British CSR practitioners, 1987-2004

    This meeting of the Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities (GOA) thematic group will welcome Yinuo Pan, who is a PhD student at the University of...

  15. 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,...

  16. 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...

  17. Neural mechanisms of episodic memory formation: Implications for Neurotech

    Neural mechanisms of episodic memory formation: Implications for Neurotech

    Prof Simon Hanslmayr (University of Glasgow)

    Weekly Friday Seminar hosted by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience. Professor Simon Hanslmayr (University of Glasgow) will be hosted by Prof James Ainge...

  18. Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Grammars of grantmaking

    This research seminar will welcome Knowledge and Practice thematic research group member Dr Janis Petzinger, researcher with the Centre for the Study of...

  19. Department of Finance Seminar with Dr Lora Dimitrova, University of Exeter

    Department of Finance Seminar with Dr Lora Dimitrova, University of Exeter

    Executive visibility: A worthwhile investment or a futile pursuit

    This research seminar will welcome Dr Lora Dimitrova from University of Exeter Business School. Dr Dimitrova's research specialisms include...

  20. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Elisa Macchi, Brown University

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Elisa Macchi, Brown University

    Work Over Just Cash: Informal Redistribution Among Employers and Workers in Kampala, Uganda

    Abstract: This paper examines informal redistribution in the form of work in small and medium enterprises in Kampala, Uganda and its drivers. Using a field...

  21. Brown bag research seminar for staff and research students

    Brown bag research seminar for staff and research students

    Emotional reciprocity in managerial communication

    In this seminar, Dr Mao Zhang will present findings from her cross-institutional research on reciprocal behaviour in vocal interactions between managers and...

  22. 2nd Symposium on the future for arts, education and enterprise in Scottish rural communities

    2nd Symposium on the future for arts, education and enterprise in Scottish rural communities

    Knowledge and Practice thematic research group event

    This symposium is the second a series of three conversations around the future for arts, education and enterprise in rural Scotland. The organisers are...

  23. Department of Finance Seminar with Dr Anastasios Kagkadis, Lancaster University

    Department of Finance Seminar with Dr Anastasios Kagkadis, Lancaster University

    Power sorting

    This research seminar will welcome Dr Anastasios Kagkadis from the Department of Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University Management School. Dr...

  24. Department of Management thematic research group meeting

    Department of Management thematic research group meeting

    Joint session with Professor Kathy Lund Dean - new date

    This seminar with both the Knowledge and Practice and the Work, Organisations and Society thematic research groups will welcome Professor Kathy Lund Dean,...

  25. 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...

  26. Explorathon 2023 presents Bright Club

    Explorathon 2023 presents Bright Club

    The thinking person's comedy night

    A brand new thinking person's comedy night, where Dr Bobbie May becomes a stand-up comedian. Topics of every flavour are set to stimulate our funny bones...

  27. Katerina Mentzou (Dundee): Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their research

    Katerina Mentzou (Dundee): Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their research

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Katerina Mentzou (University of Dundee) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on "Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their...

  28. Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)

    Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)

    Charles-St Andrews strategic partnership

    This hybrid event can be accessed online, and is part of a "University of St Andrews day" at Charles University. It is intended for University...

  29. Department of Economics Seminar with Dr Michael Hatcher, University of Southampton

    Department of Economics Seminar with Dr Michael Hatcher, University of Southampton

    Solving heterogeneous-belief asset pricing models with short selling constraints and many agents

    Michael's research interests are in computational economics, monetary policy, and finance. Abstract: Short-selling constraints are common in financial...

  30. Department of Finance Seminar with Jose Juan Sanchez Bejar, University of Granada.

    Department of Finance Seminar with Jose Juan Sanchez Bejar, University of Granada.

    Mobility restrictions and payment choices: The case of the COVID-19 pandemic

    This research seminar will welcome José Juan Sanchez Béjar, from the University of Granada. The title of the seminar is 'Mobility restrictions and...

  31. 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...

  32. Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Institutional blinkers: epistemic and configurational blindspots in an international development donor

    This research seminar will welcome Knowledge and Practice thematic research group member Dr Brendan Whitty, Lecturer in Non-Profit Management. Dr Whitty's...

  33. Department of Finance Seminar with Dr Kinda Hachem, University of Virginia

    Department of Finance Seminar with Dr Kinda Hachem, University of Virginia

    Liquidity reallocation and run resolution

    This research seminar will welcome Dr Kinda Hachem from Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. Dr Hachem's research specialisms include...

  34. Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Labour of Pre-loved: Consumption work for reuse in a linear economic system

    This meeting of the Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities (GOA) thematic group will welcome group member Dr Lucy Wishart. The title of the seminar is...

  35. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Nikki Shure, UCL

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Dr Nikki Shure, UCL

    Overconfident Boys: The Gender Gap in Mathematics Self-Assessment

    Abstract: It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is the same. We examine the...

  36. Language is iconic to the core: Dr Markus Perlman (Birmingham)

    Language is iconic to the core: Dr Markus Perlman (Birmingham)

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Dr Markus Perlman (University of Birmingham) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on 'Language is iconic to the core'. The event will be...

  37. Dr Marcus Perlman (Birmingham): 'Language is Iconic to the Core'

    Dr Marcus Perlman (Birmingham): 'Language is Iconic to the Core'

    Preceded by a PhD talk from Alexandra Safryghin (St Andrews): 'Commonalities and group differences in the communicative efficiency of chimpanzee gesturing'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar. At 12:30 pm, Alexandra Safryghin will deliver her presentation on her PhD research titled "Commonalities...

  38. Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Knowledge and Practice thematic research group meeting

    Enabling and disabling workplace myths: a power positionalisation approach to institutional inequality

    This research seminar will welcome Knowledge and Practice thematic research group member Dr Daniel Semper, Lecturer in Management, and Dr Alex Fleischmann from...

  39. CREDI research seminar

    CREDI research seminar

    "I just want to live my life, I don't want to make this my identity." On the ambivalences of chronic illness as invisible diversity

    In this seminar with the Centre for Research in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (CREDI), Alexander Fleischmann and Alyson Meister, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland...

  40. Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Professor Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Violent Conflict and Academic Research: Evidence from the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine

    Ina's research areas are labour economics and the economics of science and innovation. She has recent papers on the topics of international migration of...

  41. The social origins of language and thought: Professor Robert Seyfarth (U Penn)

    The social origins of language and thought: Professor Robert Seyfarth (U Penn)

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on: 'The social origins of language and...

  42. Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania): 'The Social Origins of Language and Thought'

    Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania): 'The Social Origins of Language and Thought'

    Preceded by a PhD talk from Gal Badihi (St Andrews): 'The Influence of Social Dynamics on The Gestural Communication of East African Chimpanzees'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar. At 12:30 pm, Gal Badihi will deliver her presentation on her PhD research titled "The Influence of Social...

  43. Lights and Lazers: Equate and Opening up Photonics

    Lights and Lazers: Equate and Opening up Photonics

    A speaker and networking event on biophotonics.

    This event is open to all women & non-binary students in STEM subjects at Scottish Universities and Colleges. Equate is delighted to be partnering with...

  44. 6th Transatlantic Conference on The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance

    6th Transatlantic Conference on The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance

    Ethics and Sustainability in Banking and Finance

    6th Transatlantic Conference on The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance Location: Parliament Hall, University of St Andrews Dates: 23rd to 24th...

  45. Dr Juliane Kaminski (Portsmouth): 'Through a dog's eyes...'

    Dr Juliane Kaminski (Portsmouth): 'Through a dog's eyes...'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    In recent decades, dogs have become one of the most popular animal species in comparative psychology. One reason for this is the unique evolutionary history of...

  46. School of Management research development session

    School of Management research development session

    Higher-level qualitative data analysis to support theorising

    This seminar is the first in a series of online sessions with incoming Senior Global Fellow Professor Tine Köhler from the Department of Management and...

  47. Work, Organisations and Society thematic research group meeting

    Work, Organisations and Society thematic research group meeting

    Doing policy oriented research

    This meeting of the Work, Organisations and Society thematic group will be a workshop to examine the nature and mechanics of policy-oriented research. The group...

  48. 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...

  49. Dr Andrew Macaskill (UCL): Internal state-dependent control of feeding behaviour via the hippocampus

    Dr Andrew Macaskill (UCL): Internal state-dependent control of feeding behaviour via the hippocampus

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Internal state dependent control of feeding behaviour via hippocampal ghrelin signalling. Hunger is an internal state that not only invigorates feeding, but...

  50. St Andrews Alumni Carol Service 2023

    St Andrews Alumni Carol Service 2023

    We look forward to welcoming you to this year's Alumni Carol Service led by the University Assistant University Chaplain, Revd Samantha Ferguson. We are...