Event calendar and news

Public Lecture, Semester 3/2015:
Date: Friday, April 22, 2016
Speaker: Prof. Ian Wooton, Ph.D. (from University of Strathclyde)
Topic: Does tax competition make mobile firms more footloose?
Time: 1300-1500 hrs.
Room: 219, 2nd floor, Faculty of Economics

The orientation for the academic year 2015 on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Time: 10.30-13.00 hrs.
Room 219, Faculty of Economics.

Public Lecture
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Motz from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Topic: "Political Parties: Why do they exist? Why do we care?"
Time: 10.00-12.00 hrs.
Room: 1019, Faculty of Political Science

Public Lecture
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Speaker: Assoc.Prof. Krislert Samphantharak from University of California, San Diego
Topic: "Trend in Economic Development Research"
Time: 10.00-12.00 hrs.
Room: 1019, Faculty of Political Science

Online course offered by UNCTAD is co-organizing with UNITAR on Integrating the Trade Dimension in the United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks.

The course is offered on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity. This online course, to be held separately in French and in English, is the last in a series of national and regional face-to-face workshops, and online courses. The main target audience of the workshops is government officials, and UNRCO and UNCT staff.

The planned course dates are 7 October to 15 November 2013.

For your information, the training material is a collaborative product of all agencies that form part of the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity. The training material can be accessed from ftp://ftp.unctad.org/its/Course%20Modules/. Further enquiries can be sent to: Ms. Manuela Tortora (e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We are now accepting applications for academic year 2013-2014.  For more information, please visit our admission page. 

The third Ph.D. public lecture on "Natural Hedging of Exchange rate risk: The role of imported input prices" by Dr. Martin Wermelinger, Associate Economic Affairs officer, UN ESCAP, will be held on Jan 4, 11-12 am. For more information, please visit our seminar and workshop listings.

The fourth Ph.D. public lecture on "Asia Production Networks and Trade Policy in Turbulent Times" by Dr. Ganesh Wignaraja, Director Research of Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) will be held on Jan 11, 1.30-3.30 pm. This event was hosted by Chulalongkorn Global Network (CGN)For more information, please visit our seminar and workshop listings.