Explore Econ 2020
Explore Econ 2020
Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Organised by CTaLE, UCL’s Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics
UCL Economics will host its sixth annual undergraduate research conference Explore Econ, on Wednesday 26 February 2020. This high profile event will be opened by Professor Anthony Smith (Vice Provost, Education & Student Affairs). Professor Sasha Roseneil (UCL) will present the awards ceremony. The popular #whateconomistsreallydo session is back this year, starting at 5.30pm with a theme of “Using (and Abusing) Data in Economics” and features staff and student speakers.
The conference showcases independent work undertaken by students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. This will be presented in posters and presentations and in addition, the conference will also showcase the winning contributions of our First Year Challenge, a multimedia film project.
Programme
Conference room: Institute of Advanced Studies Common Ground, Wilkins Building
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Registration & Coffee Poster displays: -Charles Graham: Derivatives: are we immune from another crisis? -Niharika Singh: Analysing the effect of cultural norms on the student debt crisis and educational arms race -Jiri Pastrnak: Synthetic securitisation: An unconventional weapon in a Central Bank’s arsenal. -Jonathan Kwan: Found without being known: Dynamic p ricing with auxiliary information -Georgie Conlan: Can the environment be fully internalised into business decision making? -Daniel Nandwani: Antibiotic resistance: Are economic incentives the solution? -Shivam Gujral: Direct Benefit Transfers: A way forward to transform the Indian Education system? -Arshiya Sawhney: Is “eco-friendly” fashion more than just a gimmick? -Jin Luo: The effect of mental health on labour productivity: A machine learning approach -Melusine Lebret: Mars Colonisation The winners of UCL EconFrame: -Frank Zeng: Per Aspera Ad Astra -Souveer Aggarwal: Unintended consequences -Tianru Mu: Signalling |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Opening Address: Professor Anthony Smith, Vice Provost (Education and Student Affairs) |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Presentations session 1: Markets Chair: Professor Martin Cripps (UCL) -Nicholas Waltz and Oscar Lyle Perez: -Sean Tiansui Tu: -Alberto Minghetti: |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | First Year Challenge & EconFrame Presentations/Awards Presented by: Professor Aureo de Paula (UCL) |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Presentation Session 2 : Finance and macroeconomy Chair: Dr Wei Cui (UCL) -Junzhao Shi: -Jogi Sidhu: -Cezary Klimczuk: |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break and posters |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Presentation Session 3: Inequality and development Chair: Dr Silvia Dal Bianco (UCL) -Marco Cokic: -Dong Yi Wu: -Marcell Daniel Orban: |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Break and Posters |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | #whateconomistsreallydo Ignite Session. Chair: Professor Sasha Roseneil, Executive Dean, Social and Historical Sciences Theme: Using (and abusing) data in economics -Professor Morten Ravn (UCL) & Tien-Jen Kao -Dr Michela Tincani (UCL) & Xiaotang Xu -George Stoye (IFS) & Yixuan Li |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Reception and Prize-giving by Professor Marcos Vera Hernandez (UCL) |
Judging panel
Mark McDonald - HSBC Global Research
Phil Burns - Frontier Economics
Alexis Raichoudhury - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Guido Tubaldi - Roundhill Ventures
Venue
Conference room: Institute of Advanced Studies Common Ground, Wilkins Building
Ground Floor, South Wing, UCL. Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
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Explore Econ 2015 - 2019
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Organised by CTaLE, UCL's Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics
UCL Economics will host it's fifth annual undergraduate research conference Explore Econ, on Wednesday March 13 2019. This high profile event will opened by Sasha Roseneil UCL Dean of Social and Historical Sciences.
The conference showcases independent work undertaken by students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. This will be presented in posters and presentations and in addition, the conference will also showcase the winning contributions of our First Year Challenge, a multimedia film project.
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Organised by: CTaLE, UCL's Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics.
UCL Economics will host the fourth annual undergraduate research conference, Explore Econ, on March 14, 2018. The conference showcases independent work done by students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. This will be presented in posters and presentations. In addition, the conference also showcases the winning contributions of our First Year Challenge, a multimedia film project.
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Organised by: CTaLE, UCL's Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics.
Keynote speaker: Paul Johnson (Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies)
UCL Economics hosted its third annual undergraduate research conference, Explore Econ, on March 1, 2017. The conference showcased independent work done by students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. The work is presented in posters and presentations. In addition, the conference also showcased the winning contributions of our First Year Challenge, a multimedia film project.
Organisers: Parama Chaudhury, Cloda Jenkins, Christian Spielmann & Frank Witte
Sponsored by UCL Economics
Location: UCL Events Marquee, The Quad and North Cloisters
UCL Economics hosts its second annual undergraduate research conference, Explore Econ, on March 16, 2016. This conference showcases independent work done by students in all three years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum. First year students will be represented through the First Year Challenge, a multimedia project, and a small group of first year students will be making a film about economics under the auspices of Explore Econ. Among other highlights for this year are work shadow prizes sponsored by the Bank of England, Deutsche Bank and the Competition and Markets Authority, and the presence of Sharon White as keynote speaker.
Panel Judges:
Janet Henry, Global Chief Economist, HSBC
Gill Hammond, Director of the Centre for Central Banking Studies, Bank of England
Adam Lyons, Economics Advisor, Europe Group, Department for International Development, (DfiD, UK Government)
Professor Stephen Smith, Deputy Head of Department of Economics, UCL