Institute for International Economic Policy

IIEP Fellows

The Institute for International Economic Policy supports student research at the undergraduate and graduate levels by sponsoring Research Fellows. Four to six fellows per semester at the undergraduate and graduate levels will be selected. Students from all academic departments at George Washington University are eligible.

Successful candidates will have a demonstrated interest in research questions regarding:

  • international trade,
  • international finance, or
  • economic development

Applicants must attach a short cover letter to their CV, explaining why they are interested in being a Research Fellow and how it connects to their areas of interest, study and/or research. The application period takes place in the two weeks preceding the fall and spring semesters. Please e-mail the cover letter and CV with the subject heading "IIEP Research Fellow Competition" to iiep@gwu.edu.

Each fellow is expected to be working on a high quality research project in one of these areas during the semester. Fellows will meet for a lunch half way through the semester to talk about their research project and will give a presentation on their research at the end of the semester.

Research Fellows will be provided with shared workspace and a computer at IIEP in Suite 502 at 1957 E St. NW and will be expected to be present at IIEP for a minimum of four to six hours per week during regular business hours, coordinated with the IIEP Executive Assistant. Research Fellows do not receive direct financial support. Fellows will also be invited to all IIEP research and policy events and will have the chance to work with the professors and visiting scholars at IIEP. Institute Fellows will be appointed for a semester, with the possibility of extending the appointment for another semester.

Research Fellows for the Spring 2009 semester

Undergraduate Research Fellows

  • Runping Xu,
  • Ryan Buffkin,
  • Sergei Shev, and
  • Tatiana Cordoba

Graduate Research Fellows

  • Bram de Roos and
  • Sheila Leonard

Upcoming Events

2nd Annual "G2 at GW" Conference on Chinese Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations" on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Confirmed speakers include Dr. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute; Harry Harding, Dean, University of Virginia; Prof. Bruce Reynolds, University of Virginia; Prof. Loren Brandt, Univ. of Toronto; Prof. John Giles, Michigan State University and World Bank; Prof. Zhu Caihua, China Foreign Affairs University; Prof. Margaret Pearson, Univ. of Maryland; Dr. Lixin Colin Xu, World Bank; Dr. Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute; and Prof. Bruce Dickson, GWU.
The event is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. Seating will be limited: to register send an email to iiep@gwu.edu. Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research

Recent Events

Vera Chiodi, Poverty Action Lab J-PAL Europe, and Paris School of Economics, "The Existence of Poverty Traps: Old Question-New Answer. Evidence from Rural Mexico"
Friday, November 13, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Suite 501, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu

 

Sergio Margulis (Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change) and Urvashi Narain (Senior Environmental Economist), World Bank, "Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology"
Thursday, November 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Suite 505, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu

 

Phillip Swagel (Georgetown and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy), "The Financial Crisis: An Inside View"
Wednesday, November 11, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lindner Commons, 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 602
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu

Breakfast with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
Tuesday, November 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
City View Room, 1957 E St., NW
This event is CLOSED. Cosponsored by the Washington International Trade Association.

Randy Kroszner (U of Chicago and former Federal Reserve Board Governor), "Crisis Response at the Fed and the New Regulatory Landscape"
Friday, November 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m.


Gerald Nelson (IFPRI), "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and the Costs of Adaptation in Developing Countries"
Tuesday, November 3, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.


"Correcting Global Imbalances: How Much Farther Do We Have To Go?"
Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein (Washington Post)
Friday, 2 October, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
For analysis of Mr. Pearlstein's remarks click here.


Prof. Steve Charnovitz (GWU)
Book talk on "Global Warming and the World Trading System"
(March 2009, coauthored with Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jisun Kim). Friday, 18 September, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 1957 E St., NW, Room 601M. This event made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.


IIEP cosponsored "The Day Before: A Conference on the Security Implications of Climate Change" on Thursday, 10 September, 2009 in conjunction with the American Security Project. Participants included Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass), former CIA Director James Woolsey, member of the Nobel Prize (2007) winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton), Charles Glaser (GWU), Adil Najam (Boston University), Ladeene Freimuth (Freimuth Group, LLC), Bernard Finel (American Security Project), and Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (U.S. Navy, Ret.).

Contact Us

Phone: 202.994.5320
Email: iiep@gwu.edu

Address:
Institute for International Economic Policy
1957 E Street, N.W., Suite 502
Washington, D.C. 20052