Folks,

I cannot stress this enough. But you should be falling over yourselves to meet people and get people to listen to your research. At the heart of the game is the truism that with enough eyes all bugs are shallow.

I am surprised to hear from Heriot Watt that no one in Stirling has taken up their PhD Seminar session.

Below is the information so you too can reach out to George to present.

From: Marten, George <gjm2004@hw.ac.uk>
Sent: 20 January 2026 07:30
To: Rachel Scarfe <rachel.scarfe@stir.ac.uk>
Subject: ECESS Heriot-Watt PhD seminars
 
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Dear Rachel,

 

Just following up on our PhD seminar series we are calling ‘Early Career Economics Seminar Series’ (ECESS) here at Heriot-Watt. 

 

When we spoke at Crieff you mentioned you had circulated with your PhD students, I guess I am snitching on them, but so far we only have sign ups from Strathclyde!

 

The website https://hw-econ.github.io/ contains the current schedule, a call for papers, and a sign up link to be added to our mailing list for future (hybrid) sessions. If people want to sign up they can email me directly at gjm2004@hw.ac.uk. We welcome research in any fields of economics by a current PhD or early career researcher. 

 

Please can you share again and do let them know it’s a relaxed environment focused on getting excited about new work.

 

If you have any suggestions for how else to spread the message I would welcome them.

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Kind regards, 

 

George

 

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