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A world-class international doctoral program, training the brightest minds.

The "Doctoral track" ( Master 2 ETE ) allows students to acquire a thorough and advanced general training in economic theory (micro, macro and econometrics) before choosing a specific area of research. During this first year, students are also given training in research techniques and work one-on-one with a faculty advisor to complete a master’s thesis that will be assessed by a board of professors.

Second year

At the end of the first year, students are admitted in the second year Advanced Research degree in Economics (MRes in Economics) on the basis of their results (courses and research work) and embark on a final year of advanced, specialized courses. Students should select 7 course topics among a list of advanced specialized courses and attend an annual research workshop (members meet on a regular basis during the year). This intensive training should provide PhD students with a strong foundation for the writing of their thesis and for their future research career. An advisor and another faculty member assist students in the design of their plan of studies. During the second year, students choose their field(s) of specialization : 

  • Behavioral and Experimental Economics
  • Econometrics and Empirical Economics
  • Economics Theory
  • Industrial Organization
  • Macroeconomics
  • Public Policy and Applied Economics

At the end of this second year, students must present some original research work (a preliminary paper) to a jury of faculty members.

Thesis years

The two or three following years are devoted to full-time research and to writing the dissertation. Students are given the opportunity to mature and develop their economist’s intuition and techniques. PhD students participate in the life of academic groups , including seminars . They also present their research work in junior seminars and international conferences and are encouraged to participate in specialized summer schools.

Our PhD program is designed to prepare our candidates for the International Job Market.   

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To find out about application deadlines please see our Admissions section .

Applications must be made online on the TSE platform eCandidatures. Any application submitted outside of the dates of the recruitment campaigns will not be reviewed.

Our ambition is to keep attracting the best students in the world. Therefore, we offer financial help for our future PhD students.

Some scholarships and grants are available at the Master 2 level: https://www.tse-fr.eu/admissions

Once the students graduate from the Master 2 ETE and continue in the PhD program, the doctoral school makes sure that they receive funding. Some positions of teaching assistant and research assistant are also available.

It usually takes 5 years for students to complete their thesis.

Students testimonies

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Christopher Sandmann, PhD student

Basile Dubois, PhD student  

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"TSE is a very good environment for research. Besides the faculty helping students, much administrative hassle is kept away from students to be able to better focus. In any given week there are more research seminars than one can even attend, so one is exposed to many different ideas. Throughout my time at TSE I enjoyed substantial financial support, both for my living expenses as well as for accessing data"

Markus Gebauer, Assistant Professor of Economics (International College of Economics and Finance, National Research University - Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia)

"TSE is an amazing place for students who want to devote themselves into research. The professors here are very productive and nice. Their love to economics is so contagious. There are so many conferences, seminars, and workshops in diversified areas that could feed your interests and tastes. The quality and quantity of those meetings are fabulous. Overall, our PhD program in terms of its research environment is comparable to the top-ten programs in the US. The life at Toulouse is also very rewarding. You would meet many interesting persons here. International students' background are diversified and they come from five continents. I love here so much and miss the people I met here. You would never regret if you choose to come to TSE."

Nina Yin , Assistant Professor (China Center for Human Capital and Labor Market Research, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China)

"Learning how to become a researcher is not an easy task and TSE's structure in thematic groups played an important part in helping me develop research skills. Every week, we had a macro seminar with external speakers, a macro workshop for PhD students to present their work and a macro reading group where we discussed recently published papers ! When you present your work, comments from professors and fellow students can be tough to hear, but that's how make progress and learn how not to cut corners. Overall, the environment at TSE showed me a passion for intellectual challenges that was contagious. I felt encouraged to play my part and contribute, as an economic researcher, to a better understanding of the forces driving our economic system."

François de Soyres , Economist (World Bank)

"TSE gave me an outstanding training in econometrics which was crucial for the beginning of my career. I believe that the scientific environment at TSE is comparable to the best economics departments in the world. Just look at the amount and quality of seminars, workshops, and conferences hosted at TSE each year and compare it to any other top economics department. There are more events than you can digest!"

Andrii Babii , Assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"I enjoyed the diversity and academic environment here. Students and researchers are coming from all over the world and doing research in various fields, each contributing in a unique way to the diverse culture here. The research environment is of first grand; each year, top researchers around the world visit and give talks at Toulouse, giving us plenty of opportunities to be exposed to the research frontier. The researchers/advisors are really great economists and patient teachers; discussions on our work are usually deep and focusing on the big picture and economic applications, which I find are the most important part of economics research. Of course, the city is truly beautiful!

Some deals are too good to be true but TSE defies this adage. One gets to live in a great city and have access to one of the best economics departments. TSE has a big PHD program with roughly 20 incoming students each year, which makes you feel like a part of the community. I was part of the Macro group and learned a lot through interactions with the faculty members and other students. And this interaction was not just limited to internal members as the PhD students interact a lot with the visiting seminar speakers (and there are a lot of them at TSE!!).  

In terms of the timeline, one spends the first two years on coursework. The core courses are interesting and give a good foundation for research, both in terms of material covered as well as to develop research agenda. I got good support from my advisor as well as other faculty members to keep my work on track throughout the PhD. For the job market, TSE has a professional team of people, comprising of staff members and faculty, who help you throughout the job market season. The hard work that TSE puts in to prepare its students is amply reflected in the placements!!"

Shekhar Tomar , Research Officer, Reserve bank of India

"I did my Ph.D. at TSE from 2011 until 2016 (plus a strong M1 a year prior). Coming from Peru to Europe for the first time, a lot was new, exciting, and different. Language-wise, for instance, classes were in English, while daily life was in French. To make this harder, coursework at TSE is tough and exams are intense. However, I can say with the benefit of hindsight, that such level of rigor makes TSE alumni well equipped to face the challenges of a dynamic world. At TSE, I learned to always stay curious, and to study seriously and committed to the subject at hand. After the Ph.D. I came to the U.S. to work in consulting. My adviser and other faculty members were always supportive of my choice and were instrumental for me finding a job in Washington, D.C. There, I have confirmed that TSE enjoys an outstanding reputation in economics, especially in IO. All in all, my years in Toulouse were some of the best in my life, I am deeply thankful to the school, the administrative staff, the faculty, and my friends!"

Rodrigo Montes , Senior Economist, Compass Lexecon

The TSE Doctoral School is a member of a European network of doctoral schools, ENTER  (European Network for Training in Economic Research), which includes the following universities:   - Universitat Autonoma Barcelona - Free University of Brussels - University of Mannheim - University of Stockholm - Tilburg University - Toulouse School of Economics - University College London - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Doctoral students who enrol in the ENTER programme spend between three months to a year in one or two of the network institutions where they benefit from exactly the same status as the other doctoral students. Depending on their situation, they may either attend classes or seminars, or work on their thesis under the supervision of one of the university’s professors. They are thus in contact with a wider teaching body and a more diverse range of research themes. They can also develop productive professional relationships with other students and thus become truly European economists. The network schedules a conference which rotates every year to a different member university and encourages doctoral students to visit and stay at one (or several) of the universities in the network

For more information, go to www.enter-network.org

2023-2024 PhD candidates

Post-docs at tse, tse phd placements.

  • Hippolyte Bouche r: Airbus, Marseille
  • Tim Ederer : Tepper Business School, Carnegie Mellon University (Economics), preceded by a one-year Post-Doc at the Becker-Friedmann Institute, University of Chicago
  • Luise Eisfeld : HEC Lausanne (Finance)
  • Hiyu Hou : Renmin University, Beijing
  • Dakang Huang : Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFFE), Chengdu, China
  • Antoine Jacquet : Post Doc at Science-Po, Paris, France (2 years)
  • Max Lesellier : Université de Montréal
  • Yaxin Li : Renmin University, Beijing
  • Gosia Majewska : ESSEC Business School, Paris (Economics)
  • José Munoz : Analysis Group, Brussels
  • Peter Neis : Post Doc at CERDI, Clermont Ferrand University (2 years)
  • Tuuli Vanhapelto : Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow (Economics)
  • Philipp Wangner: Mannheim University, preceded by a one-year Post-Doc at Columbia University
  • Li Yu : Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
  • Ling Zhou : Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (after a two-years Post-Doc)
  • Baha Alae - Oxford University,  Sociology Dep. (Post Doc, 3 years) 
  • Carrillo Paloma - International Labor Organization
  • Ferreira Alipio - 1 year postdoc at JPAL-LAC (Rio de Janeiro) and then Southern Methodist University (AP)
  • Gaillard Alexandre - 1 year post-doc at Princeton and then Brown University (AP)
  • Lucke Friedrich - Joint Research Center (JRC), European Commission, Brussels
  • Mrowiec Filip - Cornerstone (New York)
  • Ruiz Celia - Compass Lexecon
  • Shreeti Vatsala - Bank of International Settlments
  • Stipanicic Fernando - 1 year postdoc at Berkeley and then Oslo (AP)
  • Yan Jun - Xiamen University (AP)
  • Zhang Yifei - Peking University, HSBC Business School (AP)
  • Bonneton Nicolas - University of Manheim Assistant Professor 
  • Bregolin Jacopo - University of Liverpool Assistant Professor
  • Bruneel Christophe - KU Leuven Assistant Professor
  • De Souza Bueno Matheus - OECD
  • Duran-Franch Joana - Postdoc at Columbia 1 year 
  • Enrich Moya Jacint - Postdoc at Pompeu Fabra - 3 years 
  • Gaillac Christophe - Postdoc Nuffield College – 3 years
  • Gonnot Jérôme - Postdoc European University Institute – 2 years
  • Khainar Kunal - Bank of England 
  • Lefez Willy - Postdoc Berlin School of Economics - 4 years
  • Pébereau Charles - Post doc at Stanford - 3 years
  • Pollinger Stefan - Sciences Po Paris Assistant Professor
  • Remmy Kevin - Postdoc at University of Mannheim - 5 years 
  • Yang Yang - Nanjing University Assistant Professor 
  • Zerecero Miguel - UC Irvine Assistant Professor
  • Zhou Ling - Postdoc University of Padova - 2 years 
  • Miren Azkarate-Askasua  - Post-doctorate for one year at European University Institute (EUI), then Assistant Professor (University of Mannheim)
  • Hussein Bidawi  -  International Monetary Fund
  • Filippo D'Arcangelo  - OECD
  • Hugues Dastarac  - Banque de France
  • Alberto Grillo  - Post doctorate at Aix-Marseille School of Economics
  • Elia Lapenta  - Assistant Professor(CREST)
  • Emil Palikot  - Post doctorate at Stanford
  • Christopher Sandmann  - Post doctorate for one year at Princeton then Assistant Professor à LSE
  • Roberto Sarkisian  - Assistant Professor (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
  • Peter Wikman  - Post doctorate at Toulouse School of Economics 
  • Yuting Yang  - Assistant Professor (University of New Mexico)
  • Jiakun Zheng  - Assistant Professor (Renmin University)
  • Vessela  Daskalova  - Assistant Professor  (UC Dublin)
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The Graduate Programme in Economics and Finance (GPEF) trains students to achieve academic excellence in the areas of Economics, Econometrics and Finance with a particular focus on policy relevant theoretical and empirical research.

GPEF Graduates are regularly selected for very reputable academic and non-academic positions. The GPEF Ph.D. programme provides a solid basis for starting an international academic career. Recent academic placements include Erasmus University in Rotterdam, King's College in London, Northeastern University in Boston, Drake University, Goethe University in Frankfurt, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Lausanne, Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University, and University of Zürich.

The GPEF offers a structured Ph.D. programme tailored towards a high-quality and internationally oriented education in economics, econometrics and financial research. Graduates are regularly selected for very reputable academic and non-academic positions. The University of St. Gallen is one of the most renowned universities in the fields of finance, economics, and business in Europe.

"After spending a few years in management consulting, I wanted to deepen my understanding of banking, asset pricing, and corporate finance. The Ph.D. Programme in Finance gave me an opportunity to delve into research of my choosing on these subjects. Ultimately, the program prepared me to compete with top graduates from around the world. It gave me the theoretical and empirical foundations to apply my knowledge to important academic and policy questions."

"I joined the Ph.D. Programme in Economics and Finance after working in the financial sector. My motivation was to build expertise in macroeconomics and to get closer to policy institutions. The  programme provided me with rigorous foundations in economics during the course phase. As a doctoral student, I could also benefit from the accessible faculty. The programme entails various interactions with faculty members and distinguished speakers. I had sufficient time for my research and could also engage in teaching activities. I am still in contact with the faculty and continue to value what the programme brought me."

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Phd program.

The Department of Economics runs a small but high-quality PhD program. PhD students can attend first-year courses at the Study Center Gerzensee, together with PhD students from other Swiss universities.

Many of our previous PhD students have spent one or two semester of their graduate studies abroad, at universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Brown University, etc.

The Department of Economics has an excellent track record of placing graduates in research-oriented positions in government agencies and the private sector. Graduates that seek to pursue an academic career often get very good placements as well. List of Recent Placements.

During the coursework stage, doctoral students shall attend courses in the amount of at least 24 ECTS. The students must successfully complete a sequence of first-year PhD courses offered by the Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics at Gerzensee or by another program recognized as equivalent by the PhD program committee.

In addition, the students are required to obtain at least 6 ECTS from advanced PhD courses offered by the department of economics. Each year, the department offers at least one advanced PhD course in each of thefollowing areas of research: macroeconomics, microeconomics and quantitative methods.

Doctoral Thesis

The doctoral thesis is evaluated and graded by the dissertation committee, which consists of the main advisor and at least a second reviewer who is not a member of the department.

The PhD program at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences leads, after successful completion, to the title Doctor rerum oeconomicarum, Dr. rer. oec.

Further information on the struture of the PhD program and the doctoral thesis can be found in the  Guidelines for PhD Students .

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The admission requirements are given by the Reglement über das Doktoratsstudium (german only).

  • The applicant must find a main advisor in the Department of Economics who is willing to supervise her/his dissertation.
  • The applicant must have obtained a Master's degree in Economics (or a similar degree) from a recognized university. Furthermore, a minimum overall grade of the Master's degree must have been achieved. For applicants with a Master's degree from the University of Bern the minimum grade is 4.75. Students with a Master's degree in another field can be admitted if they have completed at least 60 ECTS in Economics, or if they complete the missing credits from the Master program in Economics. In the latter case, the PhD program committee decides on the coursework that needs to be completed.
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PhD positions in economics, HEC, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

25 october 2023, phd programs, funded, see description, christina seld.

The University of Lausanne has a distinguished history of scholarship in economics and aspires to remain a leading center for economic research and learning. The aim of our PhD program in Economics is to attract excellent students with a two-year master’s degree in economics or a related field and help them develop their potential to become independent economists who thrive in the academic, public, and private sector. Many of our PhD students succeed at publishing their research in leading international peer-reviewed journals, and our alumni easily find work at research-oriented organizations in the academic, public, or private sector ( PhD placements ).

We are currently looking for prospective PhD students in all fields of economics to start their PhD at the University Lausanne in the Fall Semester of 2024. We encourage interested students to consult the department website for the research interests of our current faculty . Prospective PhD students with research interests in the following fields, and who would like to collaborate with the below-mentioned colleagues are especially encouraged to apply:

•Prof. Benhima: development and international macroeconomics,

•Prof. Benigno: macro-finance, international macroeconomics, monetary policy,

•Prof. Brülhart: public, regional, international economics,

•Prof. Eyquem: macroeconomics (policy, labor markets, heterogeneous agents, international),

•Prof. Hakimov: behavioral and experimental economics, market design,

•Prof. Houde: environmental and energy economics,

•Prof. Klaus: game theory, market design, matching theory, social choice theory,

•Prof. Lalive: labor economics, public economics, artificial intelligence,

•Prof. Maurer: health economics, economics of aging,

•Prof. Montez: game theory, industrial organization,

•Prof. Nigmatulina: macroeconomic development, urban and spatial economics,

•Prof. Thoenig: quantitative spatial models, political economy of migration,

•Prof. Scheidegger: computational methods applied to macro and climate economic, deep learning,

•Prof. Zanarone: organizational economics, business economics, contract economics

We especially welcome applications of women and minority students. All PhD candidates receive competitive salaries of more than CHF 50,000 per year through appointments as teaching and research assistants. You will find more information about our PhD program here , and about our department here . The application deadline is January 31st, 2024. Applications must include a current CV, a brief statement of purpose, complete Bachelor and Master transcripts of grades, GRE results ( GRE general test ), and a tentative research proposal (max. 4 pages long, on a topic you would be interested in working on). Only applications submitted electronically through the application website will be considered.

Contact: Doctoral school, PhD in Economics, University of Lausanne, HEC Lausanne, Internef 526, CH-1015 Lausanne: [email protected]

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The program promotes the pursuit of academic excellence providing an intellectual environment and a curriculum comparable with the top PhD programs in Europe and North America. The PhD program operates at the four Swiss Finance Institute campuses: Léman (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the University of Geneva, and the University of Lausanne), Lugano (Università della Svizzera italiana), St. Gallen (the University of St. Gallen), and Zurich (the University of Zurich).

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22 fully funded phd programs at university of lausanne, switzerland.

Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Lausanne, Switzerland invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.

Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal. 

1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Social Inequalities

Summary of phd program:.

The Institute of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences opens a position of Doctoral Student SNSF on Social Inequalities. The successful candidate will write a PhD thesis on the variation of equality of opportunity across regions in Switzerland.

Application Deadline: July 31, 2023

2. fully funded phd position in clinical psychology.

You will write a doctoral thesis in the field of clinical psychology, psychotherapy, dynamic psychology, or attachment theory, on a topic chosen together with Professor Alessandro Talia. The professor is particularly interested in researching communication in clinical settings, and works on discourse analysis and attachment theory, as well as psychoanalytic theory, linguistics, psychotherapy training, and the relationship between mental health services and social services.

Application Deadline: 17.07.2023

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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Population genomics

sThe Group of Prof. Jérôme GOUDET is proposing a Graduate assistant (assistant diplômé) position in Population genomics at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The graduate assistant will join a dynamic team working mainly on Population genetics and genomics. 

Application Deadline: 15/07/2023

4. fully funded phd position in organizational psychology.

The position is related to an ongoing research project on discrimination at employment, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant recipient: Franciska Krings). The project examines processes involved hiring discrimination against minority applicants, and the effectiveness of strategies to reduce this type of discrimination. You will join the team and develop research in this or a related area, using experimental and field studies, for your thesis. You will also dedicate a part of your time to participating and completing the doctoral school.

Application Deadline: 31.07.2023

5. fully funded phd position in surface layer dynamics in lakes.

The PhD student will be hosted at the Institute of Earth surface dynamics, within the faculty of geoscience and environment at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), a vibrant, well-funded institute with a multidisciplinary focus on environmental surface processes in mountain landscapes, covering meteorology and climatology, glaciology, remote-sensing, river geomorphology, pedology and limnology.

Application Deadline: 31.08.2023

6. fully funded phd position in information systems.

In this position, you will conduct research in the field of data & analytics management and support multinational companies in their data-driven transformation. You will be employed at HEC Lausanne and work in the Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ), an industry-funded research consortium and expert community. As member of the CC CDQ research team, you will closely collaborate with Fortune 500 companies and drive the CC CDQ co-innovation activities

Application Deadline: Open until filled

7. fully funded phd position in business law.

A leading teaching and research institution at the international level, UNIL has nearly 5,000 employees and 17,000 students, divided between the Dorigny campus and the sites of CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, it encourages excellence, recognition of people and responsibility.

Application Deadline: 25.07.2023

10 best ai cover letter builders, 8. fully funded phd position in political theory.

To complete the team, the Centre of Public Law of the Law School of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration is looking for a Doctoral Assistant in Political Theory for Professor Sandrine Baume.

Application Deadline: 25th August 2023

9. fully funded phd position in notarial law.

In order to complete its team, the Notarial Law Center of the Law School of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration is looking for a graduate assistant in notarial law.

Application Deadline: August 10, 2023

10. fully funded phd position in sociology of sport.

You will be engaged in a research project titled “Sports for the Planet? The Sustainability of Major Sports Events,” which is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. As resource-intensive and highly visible undertakings, major sports events have a heightened responsibility to be sustainable. Yet, the sustainability of these events is largely under-studied. This project aims to fill this gap by developing a conceptual model, indicator framework and contextual analysis of the sustainability of major sports events along four thematic axes: Cities & Environment, Governance & Performance, Integrity & Human Rights, Media & Diversity.

11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Innate immunity, Inflammation and Cell Death signaling

A PhD position is available in the laboratory of Prof. Petr Broz in the Department of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The Broz lab investigates the innate immune signaling pathways that allows cells to detect and respond to the infection with pathogenic microorganisms. A particular focus of the lab is the inflammasome, a multi protein signaling platform that is assembled by pattern recognition receptors upon detection of pathogen- or host-derived danger signals, and which controls the release of cytokines and the induction of pyroptosis, a lytic for of cell death.

Application Deadline: 15.07.2023

12. fully funded phd position in urban economics and real estate .

The Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, at the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Adminstration of the University of Lausanne is opening two PhD positions in urban economics and real estate. The candidate is expected to conduct her/his PhD thesis in the field of urban economics or real estate in relationship to the public sector. Successful applicants will be hired at an employment rate of 80% to provide teaching assistance and conduct research under the supervision of Professor Olivier Schöni.

Application Deadline: 25.08.2023

13. fully funded phd position in international tax law and transfer pricing .

To complete the team, the Centre of Public Law of the Law School of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration is looking for a doctoral assistant in International tax law and Transfer Pricing for Professor Vikram Chand.

Application Deadline: 12.07.2023

14. fully funded phd position in migration and social inequalities or stratification.

The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) of the University of Lausanne is inviting a position of Graduate assistant in the field of migration and social inequalities or social stratification.

Application Deadline: July 8, 2023

15. fully funded phd position in geospatial quantification of zooplankton .

We invite applications for a 4-year PhD position in Geospatial quantification of zooplankton to work conjointly within the LAKES and GAIA groups of the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics. The successful applicant will conduct research to develop methods for quantifying and predicting zooplankton spatial dynamics in large lakes, taking Lake Geneva as a pilot site. The candidate will combine remote-sensing from airborne LIDAR and waterborne ADCP, field samplings and geospatial statistics and modelling. The candidate will benefit from the LéXPLORE infrastructure and DATALAKES database.

Application Deadline: 30.07.2023

16. fully funded phd position in interface of ecology and biogeochemistry.

We invite applications for a 4-year PhD position at the interface of ecology and biogeochemistry to work within the LAKES group of the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, in collaboration with the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA. The successful applicant will conduct research aimed at understanding the fine temporal and vertical dynamics of zooplankton, accounting for diel vertical migration, and the consequences for overall biomass and nutrient fluxes in deep lakes.

17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Law

In order to complete its team, the Private Law Center of the Law School of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration is looking for a graduate assistant in Introduction to Law / Legal Methodology and Philosophy of Law.

18. Fully Funded PhD Position in biology & Nutrition 

The Habib lab utilises tissue engineering to investigate aspects of embryogenesis and adult tissue formation. They use this knowledge to develop technologies that will promote tissue repair upon injury. For example, recently, using this approach they developed novel bandages that can promote bone repair in vivo. These technologies resulted in a patent, 107 news articles and a televised coverage in CBS-news.

Application Deadline: 28.07.2023

19. fully funded phd position in actuarial sciences.

This is a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) financed project with a specific topic: Forecasting Mortality: Leveraging Cause-of-Death Data through Neural Network Techniques. So far, mortality forecasting involved time-series techniques using historical mortality. There exists however data on the causes of death which can also be used as predictor. Also, over the past years, improved forecasting techniques allowing for non-linear structures using machine learning tools have been developed. The aim of this thesis is to bring together all those components to understand the improvements that can be gained by their combination.

20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Criminology on Sports Integrity and Human Rights

The project aims at developing a conceptual model and indicator framework to evaluate the sustainability of major sports events. To adequately capture the cross-cutting nature of major sports events, the project will examine the sustainability of major events along four thematic axes: 1) Cities & Environment (Martin Muller); 2) Integrity & Human Rights (Stefano Caneppele); 3) Governance & Performance (Markus Lang); 4) Media & Diversity (Lucie Schoch). The project will use a mixed methods approach, including the creation of a database of 60 indicators from official documents and public sources for 248 editions of 24 major sports events from 1990 to 2022. The project will also conduct eight in-depth case studies using semi-structured interviews, media and document analysis to explain the observed outcomes.

21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Molecular mechanisms of cardiac diseases

A PhD position is available at the newly created Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) starting September 1st, 2023, for a project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Lausanne focusing on the biological mechanisms mediating cardiac diseases. The research interests of our laboratory are focused on the elucidation of the molecular bases of heart failure. Toward this end we are investigating the function of multifunctional signaling complexes regulating pathological responses in cardiac cells and we aim at developing molecular strategies targeting these complexes as a primary mean to prevent heart failure.

22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sports Economics

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PhD in History and Philosophy of Economics

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Welcome to our PhD Program

“Someone said: « The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did. » Precisely, and they are that which we know.” Thomas S. Eliot ( Tradition and the Individual Talent , 1919).

The Centre Walras-Pareto was founded in 1990 as a Centre for research into the history of economics, with special attention to the Lausanne School of Economics in the continuation of the Chair of Political Economy that was first held by Léon Walras and then by Vilfredo Pareto at the University of Lausanne (until 1890 the Académie de Lausanne ). Nowadays in a leading interdisciplinary Centre in the history of economic thought in Europe, our professors are supervising students in the PhD Program in History and Philosophy of Economics .

In terms of research, we are interested in the historical development of economic and political ideas and methods, the institutional and material settings in which these ideas and methods are produced and used, and their social and normative implications and impact. In short, the variety of works done within our PhD program falls around three main issues – interpretation , epistemology , and contextuality .

Individual PhD projects, or PhD that are part of larger projects funded by external sources such as the Swiss National Science Foundation, are pursued under a very close supervision. As a consequence, our PhD program is very selective, and accepts only a few doctoral students to ensure a high quality and tailor-made supervision project.

Doing a PhD at the Centre Walras-Pareto is also a unique opportunity to be part of a stimulating team of scholars devoted to the history of economic thought and philosophy, who share the scarce characteristic of being both physically present at the University of Lausanne, and well inserted in international networks.

If you want to learn more about the PhD in History and Philosophy of Economics , please browse the following pages and contact us for further information.

Doctoral Program in History and Philosophy of Economics University of Lausanne Centre Walras Pareto d'études interdisciplinaires de la pensée économique et politique Geopolis 5222 Quartier de La Mouline CH-1015 Lausanne

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