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Department news
2021.04.15 | People
Top ten in econometrics
This year, a group of four PhD students from the Department of Economics and Business Economics ranked among the ten best participants at Econometric Game, the world championship in econometrics.
2021.04.13 | Administrative conditions
The University City: How the new site for Aarhus BSS is to be developed
Flexible teaching and study environments, good use of space, architectural qualities and sustainable technical solutions. These are the cardinal elements in the joint proposal from A. Enggaard A/S, AART Architects, LYTT Landscape and NIRAS, who have won the contract to develop buildings and outdoor areas for Aarhus BSS in the University City.
2021.04.13 | Administrative conditions
Phishing emails in circulation: Do not open attached file
Phishing emails are currently in circulation and the sender pretends to be Aarhus University. The email is primarily sent to people outside AU and the purpose is to entice the recipient into opening an attached file that may infect the recipient’s computer with a virus. If you are contacted by partners or others who have received the email, please…
2021.04.08 | Knowledge exchange
Renewed request for expert group
The government has once again requested assistance from the economic expert group consisting of Torben M. Andersen, Michael Svarer and Philipp Schröder. They are to present their recommendations for phasing out the bailout packages.
2021.03.26 | Staff
Information security: The yellow banner in your inbox will be removed
The yellow warning banner at the top of mails to AU employees from external senders will have a short life. AU IT has decided to remove it on the background of negative reactions from many employees. It’s still important that we’re all alert to the dangers of phishing mails.
Future events
- Mon 19 Apr
- 13:00-18:00 | Online teaching hosted by University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics and CEBI
DGPE PhD course: Subjective Beliefs in Macroeconomics and Household Finance
19-23 April 2021. Lecturers: Yueran Ma, Michael McMahon, Chris Roth, Johannes Wohlfart, Florian Zimmermann. - Mon 19 Apr
- 13:00-21:00 | Online teaching hosted by Aarhus University
DGPE PhD course: Introduction to Stochastic Programming
19-23 April 2021 Lecturer: Walter Rei - Thu 22 Apr
- 12:00-13:15 | via Zoom
TrygFonden's Child Research seminar Series: Christine Emilie Tonne Artak, Aarhus University
Title: Boredom in parenthood: an overlooked but important emotion - Thu 22 Apr
- 14:15-15:15 | Online
Accounting and Finance Seminar: Francesco D'Acunto, Boston College, Carroll School of Management
Title: How Costly Are Cultural Biases? Evidence from FinTech - Fri 23 Apr
- 12:15-13:15 | via Zoom
Labour and Public Policy Seminar: Emil Bustos, Stockholm School of Economics
Title: The Effect of Centrally Bargained Wages on Firm Growth - Fri 23 Apr
- 13:00-14:00 | Online via Zoom
AROS Seminar: Preregistering Qualitative Research
By Tamarinde Haven (Charité Berlin) - Fri 23 Apr
- 14:00-15:00 | Online via Zoom
CORAL Seminar: Qiuping Ma, AU
Title: Supplier Segmentation Using Aggregated MCDM Method and Cluster Analysis for Supplier Quality Development - Tue 27 Apr
- 12:00-12:45 | TBA
Joint Econometrics-Finance Lunch Seminar: Nikolaj Udengaard Hansen, AU
Title: TBA - Tue 27 Apr
- 12:15-13:15 | Online
Economics Seminar Series: Philipp Ager, University of Southern Denmark
Title: Froebel's Gifts: How the Kindergarten Movement Changed the American Family (joint with Francesco Cinnirella) - Wed 28 Apr
- 12:05-12:35 | TBD
ABC Colloquium Lunch Seminar Series: Einar Cathrinus Kjenstad, Aarhus University
Title: TBA
News archive
- Michael Svarer to head green expert group (2021.02.25)
- Pengene fosser ud af statskassen - Et år med Corona (2021.02.12)
- Mindeord - Kim Allan Andersen (2021.01.27)
- Obituary for Professor Edward P. Lazear (2020.12.14)
- The Rockwool Foundation grants DKK 5.6 million to research in ageing and pensions (2020.12.10)
- DKK 2.8 million grant to Stefan Hirth from IRFD (2020.12.09)
- DKK 38 million to a new generation register (2020.11.27)
- Corporate leaders, talk about risks, please! (2020.11.05)
- Unique shared geographic data collection now available to researchers and students (2020.11.05)
- Professors contribute to new warning system (2020.11.03)
- Three new research grants from IRFD (2020.10.30)
- New commission aims to increase employment (2020.10.21)
- Nicolaj Nørgaard Mühlbach receives DFF International postdoc grant (2020.08.17)
- New Lundbeck Foundation fellow from Aarhus BSS (2020.06.18)
- 7.6 million from The ROCKWOOL Foundation (2020.06.12)
Events archive
- Tue 20 Apr
- 16:00-17:00 | Online
Corona-krisen: Erhvervslivets vindere, tabere og fremtidens ledelse (webinar)
Deltag i webinar den 20. april og få indblik i, hvilke økonomiske konsekvenser vi kigger ind i som følge af corona-krisen, og hvem økonomerne regner med kommer ud som vindere og tabere efter krisen.Til webinaret får du også indblik i MBA-uddannelsen på Aarhus BSS, som uddanner nuværende og kommende ledere. Få indblik i de kompetencer, det kræver at lede i kølvandet på Covid-19. - Tue 20 Apr
- 12:15-13:15 | Online
Economics Seminar Series: Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Title: How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities (joint with Philipp Ager, James J. Feigenbaum and Hui Ren Tan) - Tue 20 Apr
- 12:00-12:45 | Online
Joint Econometrics-Finance Lunch Seminar: Yue Xu, AU
Title: Mutual Fund Manager Learning by Cooperation - Mon 19 Apr
- 12:05-12:35 | Online
ABC Colloquium Lunch Seminar Series: Tom Aabo, Aarhus University
Title: Earnings management, earnings misstatements, and CEO personality traits - Mon 19 Apr
- 12:05-12:35 | via Zoom
PhD Lunch Seminar
Christine Bangsgaard, Jingying Zhou Lykke, Simon Ravnsbæk Bruun