2010 Summer Internship Program

The Markets and Regulation Program of the Institute for Advanced Policy Research in the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary is pleased to announce this call for applications for summer 2010. Application deadline is February 1, 2010.

Aidan Hollis' research with the Health Impact Fund

Professor Aidan Hollis' work on creating and promoting an alternative incentive mechanism to the patent system for pharmaceuticals targeted to illness and disease in the developing world is making headlines. Instead of using patents that create market exclusivity and high prices, the Health Impact Fund would provide innovators with the option of instead being rewarded financially on the basis of the health impact of their products provided they agree to sell at cost.

In Memoriam

Cengiz Ozol, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, 1939 - 2009

Positions

The Department of Economics at the University of Calgary seeks to fill two tenure track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2010. One of the positions requires expertise in macroeconomics, broadly construed; strong candidates in all fields will be considered for the other position. For more information, and for instructions on how to apply, click on the above link.

Junior Fellow Postdoctoral Research Position

Supporting Institutions and Supervisor: CIFAR Program in Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being; CIFAR Junior Fellow Academy; Robert Oxoby, Dept. of Economics, University of Calgary; B. Curtis Eaton, Dept. of Economics, University of Calgary (collaborator)

Economics Mentorship Program

In conjunction with Career Services, the Department of Economics has established a mentorship program for economics students. The main objective of the program is to provide student apprentices with an opportunity to build contacts with working economists in the Calgary community, and to allow mentors to learn more about the next generation of leaders emerging from the University of Calgary. For more information, including applications for both mentors and apprentices, visit http://www.ucalgary.ca/sue/mentor.

Economic Commentaries

Volume 6, Issue 1 of Economic Commentaries is now available

Fadi Guirgis Scholarship

Scholarship for continuing undergraduate students

CBEEL Participant Invitation

The University of Calgary's Behavioural and Experimental Economics Laboratory is inviting people to register for experiments to be conducted in the lab