The PhD Conference in Economics and Business is an annual event that brings together students and academics from most Australian universities, as well as some overseas institutions. It was first initiated in 1987 by the Business School of the University of Western Australia. The conference is jointly underwritten by a network of seven Australian universities.

 The main objective of the conference is to help with the training of promising doctoral students by giving them the opportunity to gain feedback on and exposure for their research. It also enables PhD students to meet with their peers and to make contact with senior academics and researchers with similar interests, as well as acting as an informal job market whereby students can demonstrate their abilities and attract attention to their prospects. 

 The format of the conference has remained true to the original concept whereby each student is assigned a discussant to comment on their research paper. The discussants, who are specially chosen to match the subject matter of the papers, include an impressive list of senior researchers with extensive experience in supervision. This highlights an important feature of the conference which is the outstanding quality of the feedback given to the students by the discussants and other participants. Additionally, the conference showcases research projects in both economics and finance.

Host Institution

The conference is hosted by UNSW Business School

Partner Institutions

• Australian National University 

• The University of Melbourne

• Monash University

• The University of Sydney 

• The University of Queensland

• The University of Western Australia

Sponsors

UNSW Sydney gratefully acknowledges financial support from:Australian Bureau of Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics

• The Treasury

• Reserve Bank of Australia

• The Economic Society of Australia