News
2018.04.16 | Awards
3rd place at the Econometric Game 2018
Four PhD students from the Department of Economics and Business Economics came 3rd at the Econometric Game 2018 in Amsterdam.
2018.02.26 | Research news, Business research
Semper Ardens grant for research into disruption and globalisation
The Carlsberg Foundation has granted DKK 15 million to a new Semper Ardens research project at Aarhus BSS. The project aims to examine how shifts in the markets affect companies, employees and society.
2018.01.25 | Awards
Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize to Bezirgen Veliyev and Ulrich Hounyo
Bezirgen Veliyev (AU and CREATES) and K. Ulrich Hounyo (SUNY Albany) have been awarded the Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize for their article entitled "Validity of Edgeworth expansions for realized volatility estimators”, which was brought in the February 2016 issue of The Econometrics Journal. The article contributes to the literature on…
2018.01.16 | People
New centre on big data
Professor Carsten Bøcker Pedersen is part of the management team at the new Big Data Centre for Environment and Health which has received DKK 60 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme.
2017.12.13 | Research news
TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research receives funding until the end of 2022
TrygFonden will initiate contract negotiations with Aarhus University with the intent to renew the donation to TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research with another DKK 40 Million for the period 2019-22.
2017.12.04 | Society and politics
Better data on companies, social policy and voter behaviour
Aarhus BSS will play a leading role in a new national project which aims to improve Danish research infrastructure. The project has just been awarded DKK 36 million and aims to help researchers and other stakeholders understand a wide range societal issues - from the impact of social policy to the relationship between socio-economic factors and…
2017.11.22 | People
Martin Møller Andreasen receives Sapere Aude grant
Professor of Economics Martin Møller Andreasen has received a Sapere Aude research project grant of DKK 5.7 million. The grant allows him to head his own research team and conduct research at a high international level.
2017.11.14 | Staff
Obituary for Professor Peter Ove Christensen
It is with deep sorrow that we have received the sad news that our former colleague Professor Peter Ove Christensen has passed away, much too early. Peter Ove was born on January 15, 1957, in Løgstrup near Viborg, and he celebrated his 60th birthday this past summer. He had moved to Aarhus in 1976 when he started his studies in…
2017.11.10 | Staff
Two recipients of AUFF Starting Grants at the Department
Anil Kumar and Similan Rujiwattanapong from Department of Economics and Business Economics have both received an Assistant Professor Starting Grant from the AU Research Foundation (AUFF).
2017.10.05 | Awards
Winner of the Oecon Award 2017
This year’s Oecon Award of 20,000 to a newly graduated cand.oecon went to Nina Enggaard, who received the award for her extremely diligent, unselfish and dedicated work and commitment in a number of student organisations and fora at Aarhus University. The Department of Economics and Business Economics congratulates her on this fine…