Doctoral Events
The EFA organizes two doctoral events that take place on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Helsinki Congress Centre Paasitorni, Helsinki, Finland. The events are preceded by a welcome dinner for participants the evening before. Submission/attendance to these events run separately from the EFA 2020 Annual Meeting. Attendance is granted only to accepted students.
Students wishing to attend one of the events need to submit their application by March 15 (1pm CET time), 2020. Application will open as of February 15, 2020.
Updates
June 2020: Doctoral Tutorial – papers and participants now selected and informed
April 2020:
- The Doctoral Tutorial is moving to an online format.
- The Doctoral Workshop is postponed to 2021.
Doctoral Tutorial
The EFA Doctoral Tutorial (EFA-DT) is an annual EFA doctoral event intended for Finance students who are nearing completion of their PhD and about to enter the job market. It provides students with an excellent opportunity to present their paper and receive detailed feedback from a distinguished faculty. The current format allows the EFA-DT co-chairs to select up to eight PhD student papers for presentation. Accepted students receive a stipend of EUR 1,000 to help cover registration and travel expenses.
Detailed information about the event and submission details are available on the EFA website: www.european-finance.org/doctoral-tutorial.
Doctoral Workshop
The EFA Doctoral Workshop (EFA-DW) is a new educational workshop series on “New Frontiers in Finance” organized by EFA. The workshop is intended for PhD students in their second or third year. The topic changes from year to year; in 2020 the workshop covers the topics: Blockchains and Cryptocurrency. The EFA-DW will discuss and summarize recent research on the topic, available data, some of the relevant regulatory frameworks both in Europe and the US, as well as potential directions for future research.
Detailed information about the event and application details are available on the EFA website: www.european-finance.org/doctoral-workshop.
Contacts and information
EFA Executive Secretary, Lucy Mori, phd-efa@european-finance.org