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CEEL program in Adaptive Economic Dynamics
Tenth Trento Summer School
Intensive course in
Co-Directors:
John Padgett, University of Trento and University of Chicago Woody Powell, Stanford University Lee Fleming, Harvard Business School Massimo Riccaboni, University of Trento
Guest lecturers include Professors James Evans, University of Chicago, Sanjeev Goyal, University of Cambridge,
and Fernando Vega-Redondo, European University Institute.
Both network analysis and innovation studies are thriving fields,
but have not always been integrated, in spite of the acknowledged importance of each to the other. Economic, political and scientific
innovations occur in distributed networks of participants collaborating with each other. And social and biological networks of all types
are evolving and dynamic, even if data about them often come as snapshots. The purposes of the summer school are to use network analysis
to better understand the generation and diffusion of innovations, to use insights from innovation studies to develop models of network
dynamics, and to develop the science of the co-evolution of networks and innovations.
Across diverse application areas, the research questions asked will include:
Application topics will include:
Specific methods in network analysis (e.g., structural cohesion,
small worlds, diffusion and contagion, dynamical systems) will be covered in the context of the application areas in which they
are used. Background readings will be drawn in part from a forthcoming book by Padgett and Powell, entitled “The Emergence of
Organizations and Markets.” In addition to overview lectures in the mornings, the school
will feature intensive seminar-style discussions in the afternoons of participants’ research. Applicants therefore need to
include statements about their current or projected research, along with relevant research papers, if any. The Trento Summer Schools are intended for advanced
graduate students and post-doctoral scholars. People interested in participating in the Summer School are encouraged
to apply by submitting a curriculum vitae, a two-page essay describing their interest in networks and innovation, a course transcript
from their PhD program, including advanced examinations passed, two letters of recommendation, and statements about their
current or projected research, along with relevant research papers, if any. Applications are due by 30 April 2009. We encourage
electronic submissions (PDF format). You can submit all the required documents by e-mail (ccschool@economia.unitn.it) or fax (0039-0461-882222). Admissions decisions will be announced
by 10 May 2009. All applicants will be informed by e-mail about the results. The sessions will be held at Sardagna
Trento, Italy, a beautiful retreat in the Dolomite Mountains, readily accessible by cable car.
All participants are required to stay for the entire duration of the event. Food and accommodation
will be completely covered (participants will have to cover travel expenses and meals during the weekend). Please direct logistical questions to the
Summer School secretary (ccschool@economia.unitn.it). This is the Tenth of a series
of intensive courses to be offered by the Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL)
with the financial support of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation. Previous courses
were offered in Computable Economics (2000, Professor K. Vela Velupillai), Experimental Economics (2001, Professor Daniel Friedman),
Adaptive Economic Processes (2002, Professor Peter Howitt), Behavioral Economics (2003, Professors Daniel Friedman and David Laibson),
Institutional Economics (2004, Professor Richard N. Langlois), Evolutionary Economic Dynamics (2005, Ken Binmore and Larry Samuelson),
Agent-Based Computational Economics (2006, Professors Leigh Tesfatsion and Robert Axtell),
Agent-Based Finance (2007, Professors Cars Hommes and Thomas Lux), and Financial Instability and
Crises (2008, Professors Domenico Delli Gatti and Mauro Gallegati).
Program
Directors: Axel Leijonhufvud, UCLA and University of Trento and Enrico Zaninotto, CIFREM, University of Trento Co-Directors of the School:
Guest Lecturers: Laboratory Director:
Luigi Mittone Lab Technical Assistant: Marco Tecilla Summer School Secretary: ccschool@economia.unitn.it The course is offered by the Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory CEEL of the University of Trento
with the financial support of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation. Computable
and Experimental Economics Laboratory (CEEL)
More Information will be soon available
Department of Economics
via Inama, 5 I-38100 Trento tel. +39 461 282201 |
