Call for applications for admission at EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics

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The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Venice International University (VIU) organize the annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics for postgraduate students.
The 2014 Summer School will take place from July 6th – 12th, at the VIU campus on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice, located just in front of St. Mark’s Square.
The theme of this Summer School is The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change.

“EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics”
The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change

July 6th – 12th 2014 – Venice, Italy

www.feem.it/ess/

Deadline for applications: February 1st, 2014

There is no doubt that both adaptation and mitigation will be necessary to reduce the impact of anthropogenic global warming on the economy. The objective of the School is to provide tools and methods to understand how economists frame the problem of adaptation to climate change. The lectures will start with an introduction to the theory of adaptation to climate change and will then focus on specific sectors or impacts – tropical cyclones, agriculture, forestry and ecosystems, water. Two final lectures will introduce the use of integrated assessment modeling tools to study optimal adaptation to climate change.

The Summer School is aimed at Ph.D. students that are already writing a thesis on the economics of adaptation to climate change and want to engage into a highly interactive exchange with experts in the field. Students will be asked to present an advanced version of their research work and will receive valuable feedback from fellow students and from the School professors. Students will also be assigned a tutor that will provide individual feedback during consultation time.

Faculty and lecture topics

  • Brian H. Hurd, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, New Mexico State University
    Topic: Concepts and Methods for Assessing Water Sector Responses to Climate Change
  • Emanuele Massetti, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei – FEEM (School Coordinator)
    Topic: Adaptation in Agriculture
  • Robert Mendelsohn, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University (School Coordinator)
    Topic: Introduction and tropical cyclones
  • Brent Sohngen, Professor of Economics, Ohio State University
    Topic: Forestry and Ecosystems
  • Richard S. J. Tol, Professor of Economics, University of Sussex
    Topic: Sea level rise and Integrated assessment modeling

Admission and scholarships
The Summer School is targeted to PhD and postgraduate students.
Admission is conditional on the presentation of each student’s doctoral work; therefore PhD students who want to apply normally need to be advanced in their PhD to have produced at least one substantive chapter, but not to have necessarily completely finished their thesis.
Application is restricted to 2014 EAERE members, both European and non-European citizens.
Given the highly interactive activities planned at the Summer School, the number of participants is limited to 20.
There is no participation fee. All applicants can apply for a scholarship.

For further information on application and funding please access the Summer School Website at www.feem.it/ess/ or contact the Summer School Secretariat.

Summer School Secretariat:
Chiara Zanandrea
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
[email protected]
www.feem.it/ess/

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