Dear PhDs, The Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics is organising a Summer School which will be run by Scott Cunningham, Ben H. Williams Professor of Economics, Baylor University on Sunday 28th - Tuesday 30th May 2023 at the University of Stirling. The Summer School will provide an opportunity to PhD students, and also staff, in economics and other social sciences, to discuss the econometric methodologies associated with two popular research designs: the difference-in-differences design and the synthetic control design. It will bring the participant up to the cutting edge of how to handle complex situations like the inclusion of covariates and differential timing. As you might know this is perhaps one of the most popular methods in applied economics. Recent numbers suggest somewhere around 1/3 of papers in top journals use this for causal identification. Now, the literature has moved quite a lot in the last three years. The deadline for applications is Friday 19th May 2023 and the link to apply can be found here: SGPE PhD Summer School 2023 Application Form<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=sAafLmkWiUWHiRC… Further information, including course fees and accommodation, is available in this prospectus (pdf<https://www.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sgpe_phd_summer_school_2023.pdf>). The university pays for external training for PhD students and I think we could make the argument this is an important part of your training. I strongly encourage you to sign up. For any recent graduates you can still apply under the PhD fees. Best, -- 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 and PhD Co-Director, Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics Economics Pathway Convenor, Scottish Graduate Programme in Social Sciences https://rufrancos.org ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159