Job talks 2024

The Department of Economics of KU Leuven has a full-time academic position in economics (any field). We are hosting a selection of job market candidates.

Check the overview to see the timing of the talks and the candidates' job market websites.

Edoardo Ciscato - Analyzing matching patterns in marriage

Video talk by prof. Edoardo Ciscato about Analyzing matching patterns in marriage.

FEBtalks are 2 minute video talks based on recent research by professors of KU Leuven's Faculty of Economics and Business.

Jan De Loecker wins the 2023 Yrjö Jahnsson Award

The European Economic Association announced on March 30, 2023 that Jan De Loecker, and Kalina Manova (University College London), have been jointly given the 2023 Yrjö Jahnsson Award.

The EEA's motivation behind awarding De Loecker highlights how "Jan De Loecker has made important contributions to industrial organization, especially on the estimation of firm productivity and market power."

Application call for PhD program

The Department of Economics KU Leuven is recruiting motivated students to enter the doctoral program leading to a PhD in Economics.

Deadline to apply for the fully funded positions is January 31, 2024.

Read the full vacancy for all info on the open PhD positions.

Job market candidates

Meet this year's KU Leuven Econ Job Market candidates at http://feb.kuleuven.be/jobmarket.

The candidates, their references and placement officer Laurens Cherchye are available to provide more info.

New faculty members

We are thrilled to introduce the newest additions to our faculty at KU Leuven's Department of Economics for the academic year 2023-2024.

• Jad Beyhum
• Dorien Emmers
• Luke Heath Milsom
• Lore Vandewalle
• Hannah Zillessen

Household Economics PhD workshop

On November 16, 2023, the Household Economics group hosted its annual PhD workshop, bringing together doctoral students from KU Leuven, ULB, UA, and U Namur to present their latest research.

The group, which started with 6 researchers 15 years ago, has steadily expanded and now comprises about 40 members.

Vacant full-time academic position

The department has a vacant full-time academic position in economics (any field).

We look for a dynamic, motivated and internationally oriented researcher, regardless of field specialization who will conduct research in close collaboration with members of the department of Economics.

Apply up to and including: Wednesday, November 15, 2023.

Florian Schuett - Patent Screening, Innovation, and Welfare

Video talk by prof. Florian Schuett about Patent Screening, Innovation, and Welfare.

FEBtalks are 2 minute video talks based on recent research by professors of KU Leuven's Faculty of Economics and Business.

FWO PhD fellowships for four Econ students

Last week The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) awarded a prestigious PhD fellowship to four Econ students.

• Sébastien Lamproye - Market Power in Value Chains
• Aaron Putseys - The Macroeconomic Effects of Superstar Firms: Why Policymakers Should Care
• Carolin Spallek - Employment Risk, Wealth, and Economic Policy in a Monetary Union
• Alexander Wintzéus  - Gender inequality in the labor market: The role of flexible jobs

New Advances in Family Economics 

on May 10th and 11th, 2023 we co-organize the Workshop on New Advances in Family Economics in the charming town of Ravello, Italy. A 2 day program featuring insightful presentations by renowned experts in the field.

'Dominant Currencies: How firms choose currency invoicing and why it matters' in The Quarterly Journal of Economics

'Dominant Currencies: How firms choose currency invoicing and why it matters' by Amiti, Itskhoki and Konings is published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

The abstract is available on the journal's website. An overview of the department's recent publications in top ranked scientific journals can be consulted on a dedicated webpage.

Job talks 2023

The Department of Economics of KU_Leuven has 2 full-time academic positions in economics: in Development Economics, and in Economics (any field). Currently, we are hosting a selection of job market candidates.

Check the overview to see the timing of the talks and the candidates' job market websites.

Who decides what within the family? KU Leuven story on research by Laurens, Bram & Frederic

Who decides what within the family? What do families do with their time and budget? Laurens Cherchye, Frederic Vermeulen and Bram De Rock developed a model to explain and predict those choices.

A selection of other recent KU Leuven Stories in economics:

• Economics after the corona shock (video) - Hylke Vandenbussche

• A clear look at a muddied Brexit - Hylke Vandenbussche

• Making short work of long traffic jams - Stef Proost

• Beeronomics: brewing up big beverage business - Jo Swinnen

Erik Schokkaert - The Economics of dementia care

Video talk by prof. Erik Schokkaert about the economics of dementia care.

FEBtalks is a 2 minute video series by FEB KU Leuven professors based on recent research.

A new year, a new you? Frederic Vermeulen on within-individual variation in food purchases

Why do we struggle to live up to our NY's resolutions? Watch the great 2 minute talk by Frederic Vermeulen.

Want to know more about this research? Please read the open access European Economic Review article 'A new year, a new you? Within-individual variation in food purchases' by Cherchye, De Rock, Griffith, O’Connell, Smith and Vermeulen.

EVENTS

> More events