To participate, please complete the registration form and send and email with your application (CV + short motivation) to Prof. Leonardo Iania at  leonardo.iania@uclouvain.be  by the 10th of May, with the words “SoFiE Summer School 2025’’ in the subject box. Decisions will be emailed out by the 15th of May 2025. The applications should include a CV and, in the text of the email, a brief motivation on why you would like to attend this course. The course will offer a limited number of course participants an opportunity to present their current research and receive feedback from the instructors and other course participants. Only a few particiapants will be selected to present. Students interested in making a presentation should indicate so on their application and submit a draft of the research paper that they wish to promote. 

Fees: 400 Euro for (full-time) Ph.D. students, 600 for (full time) academics (Post-docs, Profs, etc.) and 1100 Euro for others. All accepted participants are expected to be members of the Society for Financial Econometrics or to join before their place is confirmed. The course is free for full-time Ph.D. students from Belgian Universities (conditional on acceptance). Further info on how to join SoFiE is available at https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/volatility-and-risk-institute/sofie (where a student membership option is available). Fees cover the inscription costs, lunches, and coffee breaks foreseen in the program. Confirmation of admission of selected applicants is conditional on receipt of the fee payment in due time (details to be provided in the admission email).