Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Overview
The Cowles Foundation regularly offers postdoctoral fellowships to promising young scholars in economics. Fellowships provide an opportunity for new Ph.D.’s to focus on developing a strong research program in a stimulating collegial environment prior to taking on the full responsibilities of a ladder or tenure track faculty position.
Postdoctoral Fellows spend typically one year in residence at the Cowles Foundation, conduct research, and participate in research seminars and conferences alongside the faculty of the Cowles Foundation and the Yale Economics Department. Consideration is highly-selective and limited to candidates of both exceptional scholarly promise and strong orientation toward rigorous mathematical approaches to economics. Successful candidates are typically of similar achievement and promise as a new Assistant Professor appointment in the Department of Economics. In general, the research interests of a postdoctoral fellow will fall into one of the five major research programs of Cowles: Economic Theory, Econometrics, International Trade, Macroeconomics, Structural Microeconomics, or in Political Economy.
Cowles Fellowships are prestigious appointments intended for outstanding young scholars with strong research programs. Conditions are competitive with tenure track assistant professorships, and are designed to be flexible and suit individual needs and arrangements. The positions are predominantly research appointments with the possibility of some area-specific teaching.
Current Postdoc Associates
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Dasaratha, Krishna 451 College St., Room 304 Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Deaner, Ben 451 College St., Room 403 Program Area: Econometrics |
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Vardishvili, Oliko 451 College St., Room 205 Program Area: Macroeconomics |
Past Postdoctoral Associates
2021-2022
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Deaner, Ben, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program Area: Econometrics |
2020-2021
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Huneeus, Federico, Ph.D. Central Bank of Chile Program Area: International Trade |
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Yang, Kai Hao, Ph.D. University of Chicago Program Area: Economic Theory |
2019-2020
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Hodgson, Charles, Ph.D. Stanford University Program Area: Industrial Organization |
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Huneeus, Federico, Ph.D. Central Bank of Chile Program Area: International Trade |
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Zhong, Weijie, Ph.D. Columbia University Program Area: Economic Theory |
2018-2019
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Andreottola, Giovanni, Ph.D. European University Institute Program Area: Political Economy |
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Lashkari, Danial, Ph.D. Boston College Program Area: International Trade |
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Li, Christopher, Ph.D. Northwestern University Program Area: Political Economy |
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Mu, Xiaosheng, Ph.D. Harvard University Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Mukhin, Dmitry, Ph.D. Princeton University Program Area: Macroeconomics |
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Sanktjohanser, Anna, Ph.D. Yale University Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Schönholzer, David , Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Program Area: Political Economy |
2017-2018
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Andreottola, Giovanni, Ph.D. European University Institute Program Area: Political Economy |
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Connault, Benjamin, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Program Area: Econometrics |
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Ghili, Soheil, Ph.D. Kellogg School of Mgt.Northwestern University Program Area: Structural Microeconomics |
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Lashkari, Danial, Ph.D. Boston College Program Area: International Trade |
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Li, Christopher, Ph.D. Northwestern University Program Area: Political Economy |
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O'Dea, Cormac, Ph.D. University College London Program Area: Department |
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Perego, Jacopo, Ph.D. NYU Program Area: Economic Theory |
2016-2017
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Doval, Maria Laura, Ph.D. Northwestern University Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Frick, Mira, Ph.D. Harvard University Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Humphries, John Eric, Ph.D.
Program Area: Department |
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Iijima, Ryota, Ph.D. Harvard University Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Lecce, Giampaolo, Ph.D. Università Bocconi Program Area: Political Economy |
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Lopez Moctezuma, Gabriel, Ph.D. Princeton University Program Area: Political Economy |
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Narita, Yusuke, Ph.D. MIT Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Narita, Yusuke, Ph.D. MIT Program Area: Structural Microeconomics |
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Restrepo, Pascual, Ph.D. MIT Program Area: Macroeconomics |
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Traiberman, Sharon, Ph.D. Princeton University Program Area: International Trade |
2015-2016
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Adams, Abi, Ph.D. University of Oxford Program Area: Structural Microeconomics |
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Pomatto, Luciano, Ph.D. Northwestern University-Kellogg Program Area: Economic Theory |
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Vida, Péter, Ph.D. Universität Mannheim Program Area: Economic Theory |
Oleksandr (Alex) Shcherbakov
Fuhito Kojima
Qingmin Liu
Andres Carvajal
Estelle Cantillon
Jonathan Levin