This year's NERD Conference will be hosted virtually by our Economics PhD students on the 3rd of June 2021. The virtual conference is open to all, early and advanced, doctoral research students in the UK and abroad. Applications for this year's NERD Conference are now unfortunately closed due to the high volume of applications! Visitors are still very welcome to join us as an audience by simply filling in a registration form in the application and registration section. Successful applicants will be notified via email. 

Format 

• Speakers are expected to provide a 20 minutes talk. There will be further 10 minutes for discussion. 
• All sessions are taking place virtually.

Awards

The NERD Conference awards two individuals; the NERD Conference Best Presentation Award is open to all participants, and the NERD Conference Achiever Award is open to all first-year PGR students.

1. The Best Presentation Award: A customised trophy with the conference and winner's name engraved on it plus £200 cash.

    First-Year Achiever Award:  A customised trophy with the conference and winner's name engraved on it plus £100 cash.

2. The winners of the above prizes will be given the opportunity to share their research insights with our media team via a short video to be displayed on our webpage.

Further Information

The detailed conference program and further information will be provided via email close to the conference day.