Syllabus

Instructor

Michał Brzeziński (mbrzezinski at wne.uw.edu.pl)

General description

The purpose of this seminar is to analyze the research work of doctoral students that constitutes their dissertations. First-year doctoral students will discuss their concept, research issues, hypotheses, and the structure of their dissertation. Second- and third-year doctoral students will share the progress of their research work and present excerpts from their dissertations. Fourth-year doctoral students will summarize their dissertation by presenting the main research results, published articles, and other relevant outputs. This seminar aims to integrate doctoral students from various branches of science, offering them an opportunity to discuss their dissertations and foster cooperation. Participants will also be encouraged to attend lectures by renowned researchers, which will help them acquaint themselves with contemporary standards of scientific work and the presentation of scientific content.

Course materials

Introductory information

Example of IPB

Example of IPB mid-term evaluation report

Useful advice for PhD Students in Economics

B) Some advice on how to write papers, make presentations, publish papers and conduct research in economics

• Thriving in Economics: Aspiring PhD Student Edition

• Marc F. Bellemare (2020), How to Write Applied Papers in Economics

• Michael S. Weisbach (2020), The Economist’s Craft: A Scholar’s Introduction to Research, Publishing, and Professional Development, to be published by Princeton University Press 

• Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper 

• John Cochrane, Writing Tips for Ph. D. Students 

• Plamen Nikolov, Writing Tips for Crafting Effective Economics Research Papers 2023-2024 Edition

• Good collection of tips for PhD students on writing, making presentations etc. at Charlotte Ostergaard webpage

• Advice for Phd Students in Economics

• Paolo Crosetto, Is MDPI a predatory publisher?

Schedule of presentations

11.03.25: student numbers: 419849, 474862 

18.03.25: student numbers: 455847, 455043 

25.03.25: student number: 444616, 474855 

01.04.25: student number: 417911, 478343 

8.04.25: student number: 477550, 384663 

15.04.25: student number: 456427