The Danish Graduate Programme in Economics (DGPE) is funded by the "Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation (Forsknings- og innovationsstyrelsen)" for the period 2007-2011. The DGPE takes the form of a research network for graduate students in economics in Denmark. Although the network is formally governed by the School of Economics and Management at Aarhus University and the Department of Economics at University of Copenhagen, The DGPE invites Danish graduate students from other institutions to participate in the various activities. Depending upon space limitations foreign students are also invited to participate in the activities.

The DGPE arranges the following activities:

PhD Courses:
Currently, a range of specialized PhD courses are offered around the three pillars: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Econometrics. The number of courses in each semester will vary but we intend to offer at least one course per semester within each of the three main fields. Courses will typically last between 2 and 5 full days and we intend to distribute courses equally between Aarhus and Copenhagen. The lecturers will be international experts within the respective course topics.

A number of persons have the overall academic responsibility for the PhD course programme:

Microeconomics: Per Baltzer Overgaard, Aarhus and Hans Christian Kongsted, Copenhagen
Macroeconomics: Bo Sandemann Rasmussen, Aarhus and Henrik Jensen, Copenhagen
Econometrics: Allan Würtz, Aarhus and Hans Christian Kongsted, Copenhagen

However, other persons across the institutions will typically have the specific responsibility of the particular courses. Anybody is invited to suggest course themes and proposals for invited lecturers.

Annual workshop
An annual two day workshop is arranged in November and all graduate students are expected to participate together with supervisors and other faculty members from Copenhagen and Aarhus. At this workshop PhD students get an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from fellow PhD students and faculty. PhD students who have just begun their graduate studies are not expected to present a paper but will act as discussants. This workshop also provides an excellent opportunity to meet with fellow PhD students and faculty from other institutions.

Hans Christian Kongsted, University of Copenhagen, and Bo Sandemann Rasmussen, Aarhus University, have the responsibility of arranging the annual workshops.