Dear PhD students and Research Staff, I'm writing in my capacity as PhD coordinator for the economics division. I would like to invite you to a social event to celebrate the start of a new semester, but also as a welcome back to our research community. The past few years have meant that we have not had many opportunities to meet in person, and there are a number of first year PhDs that have yet to meet me or their peers. So the details are as follows: You're invited to a Pizza Party at Haldanes Dining Hall on Campus in Stirling on 14/09 @ 12-1pm. I hope to see you there. The division is putting up pizza and soft drinks and it would be a great opportunity to get everyone in the room (plus some of our students) and just have a chat! I look forward to seeing you there. Hector -- Dr. Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos Lecturer in Economics University of Stirling School of Management PhD Convenor, Economics Division, University of Stirling School of Management Co-Director UG Programme in Economics, University of Stirling School of Management Global Labor Organization Research Fellow https://rufrancos.org Latest Research: "How hungry were the poor in late 1930s Britain?" with Ian Gazeley, Andrew Newell and Kevin Reynolds. The Economic History Review, 75(1), 2022. [link<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ehr.13079>] "The The impact of University reopenings on COVID-19 cases in Scotland" with Mirko Moro and Eva Moore Covid Economics 80, 9th of June [link<https://cepr.org/sites/default/files/CovidEconomics80.pdf#Paper1>] "Welfare and the Depth of Informality: Evidence from Five African Countries" with EM Egger and C Poggi UNU-WIDER WP 25/2021 [link<https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/welfare-and-depth-informality…] ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159