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Project title: “EVALUATING ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES IN FLANDERS”
To start in January 2012
Job Description
• The candidate writes a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Bart Cockx on the research project entitled “Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies in Flanders”. This project will be realized within the Policy Research Centre Work and Social Economy (“Steunpunt Werk en Sociale Economie”) financed by the Flemish Government. The project consists in two main research topics:
(i) A Simple Monitoring Instrument for the Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies;
(ii) Public Procurement of Employment Services: Long-Run Effectiveness and the Role of the Service Provider.
The description of the research project can be downloaded fromhttp://users.ugent.be/~bcockx/PhDproject_Werk.pdf.
• The competencies and research interests of the promoter are described onhttp://users. ugent.be/~bcockx/.
• In addition to performing the tasks described in the research project, the PhD candidate will improve his/her research skills by completing a doctoral training programme. This includes advanced courses within the Belgian Graduate School in Economics, and attending and presenting research in seminars and international conferences. A description of the rules of the PhD programme are downloadable fromhttp://www.feb.ugent.be/en/Res/doctoraatsreglement_2011.pdf
Profile
• You are holder of a Master degree in Economics, which you should have completed with honours.
• You can work independently, accurately and systematically
• You have an interest in quantitative methods
Offer
• A doctoral research fellowship for up to 4 years.
• A dynamic research environment with interactions with other research centres, in particular with IRES at UCLouvain and also IZA and CESifo, research centres to which Bart Cockx is affiliated.
Interested?
Send a letter of motivation and your CV to prof. Bart Cockx bart.cockx@ugent. be as soon as possible and not later than December 15, 2011. Do not hesitate to send a mail for more info.
I have recently being informed about a new Objectivist Philosophy Program coming online next January 10, 2012. The program is sponsored by the Ayn Rand Institute that will create an online Campus.
ARI Campus will allow students around the world to take courses at their own pace and on their own time—for free. Students at all levels will be able of exploring educational materials in multimedia courses.
Initial course offerings will include the following:
The full, public launch of the site is slated for September of 2012. Add to your calendars the date January 10, 2012 and log in to the initial courses that will be offered by the ARI Campus!
This blog was born at the end of 2011 and we already have had more than four thousand visitors! This is also, the 75th post in this blog and is again one more reason to celebrate!
Following the tradition of UDADASI and the blog of The Harvard University Press here’s my summary of the top 5 posts for 2011 by the amount of unique visitors,
I warmly invite you to tonight’s cocktail on behalf of the work done by Roots & Wings International in Guatemala. The cocktail is part of the NGO’s fundraising projects organized to pay for its diverse programs. The organization is a wonderful example of success since I became acquainted with its work and we need your support to continue growing its educational programs in Guatemala.
Roots & Wings Programs:
University Scholarships
23 sponsored in 2010
Seeking sponsors to provide 50 more
Tutoring Program
Goal: 600 elementary students
Paving the path to higher education
Computer Literacy
25 computers and 600 children
Need donor sponsorship
Development Meetings
Planning and resolution
of local development issues
Counseling
Promoting higher education
Academic and career guidance
to 250 youth per year
Preparatory School
Access to high school education
Currently raising $1.5 million
Globalization & Capitalism 