National Centre for Econometric Research
Research in the School
Our postgraduate research student numbers continue to grow and we welcome the following new students who have arrived recently to our School:
- Arshad Ali (Principal Supervisor: Dr Radhika Lahiri)
- Chris Coleman-Fenn (Principal Supervisor: A/ Prof Adam Clements)
- Alison MacIntyre (Principal Supervisor: A/ Prof Benno Torgler)
- Kularatne Mohottala-Gedara (Principal Supervisor: Dr Clevo Wilson)
- Mark Phoon (Principal Supervisor: Dr Radhika Lahiri)
With the inclusion of the above five research students, our PhD numbers now total 14.
For detailed information regarding our research courses, please see our PhD and Honours programs web pages.
School of Economics and Finance Seminar Series and Research Workshops
The School’s Seminar Series feature a number of speakers from interstate and overseas universities. As a complement to this activity, occasional in-house workshops are held to provide a forum in which broad issues and technical aspects of work in progress can be discussed within the School. Please refer to our School's seminar page for forthcoming events. Any queries can be directed to the Seminar Convenor, Dr John Chen.
Brown Bag Sessions
The Brown Bag Sessions are informative in style, focussed on keeping staff and postgraduate students up-to-date on the current state of economics-related research in the School of Economics and Finance. The session is intended to inform research peers of current work undertaken whilst also providing the hosting presenter with an opportunity for feedback to be received from the group. Such feedback may benefit fellow researchers with ideas that could be incorporated into their own research.
The Brown Bag Sessions are open to all interested staff and postgraduate students in the School of Economics and Finance. Any enquiries can be directed to PhD Student, Tony Beatton.
Economics Reading Group
The Economics Reading Group meets every two weeks to review and discuss recent articles from economic literature. Its purpose is threefold:
- it enables its participants to become familiar with and analyse the use of different economic concepts;
- discuss topical issues that are relevant for economic policy; and
- indicate where economic research is heading and may generate fruitful research ideas for the participants.
To register your interest in attending, please contact PhD Student, Redzo Mujcic.
Policy Discussion Group
The Policy Discussion Group meets every two weeks on a Thursday evening to discuss topical matters of interest. The format is one group member raises an issue, and participants argue the case in favour and the case against. Such discussions have included, 'merit based pay for teachers' and 'ways to restructure higher education in order to facilitate quality differentiation'. If you'd like to join in the activity, please contact Anup Basu, in the first instance.
Advanced Macroeconomics Study Group
The Advanced Macroeconomic Theory study group is designed to equip postgraduate students of macroeconomics with a solid theoretical grounding at a more advanced level. The study group is open to all postgraduate students within the School of Economics and Finance. Participants will meet once a week for an approximate duration of 2 - 3 hours. Please refer to the syllabus for specific details. Questions may be referred to PhD Students, Mark Phoon and Redzo Mujcic.
National Centre for Econometric Research
This Centre aims to be a research organisation dedicated to enhancing, undertaking and disseminating information and knowledge about econometric research methods among public policymakers, business professionals and the academic community. NCER is an initiative of QUT and University of Technology, Sydney.
http://www.ncer.edu.au
The Pacific Basin Conference 2008
In July 2008, the Faculty of Business played host to the Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting and Management Conference. This was the first time the Conference was held outside the USA and Asia and feedback received from the participants was extremely positive.
Over 110 papers dealing with topics related to the disciplines of Finance, Economics, Accounting, Management, Entrepreneurship and Marketing were presented over the 2-day program. The program, including papers, can be viewed on the conference website, along with photos taken of the event.