PhD scholarships in Economics

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Diana Ignat
Copenhagen Business School invites applications for 8-9 PhD scholarships within the research profile of the Department of Economics.

The department is inviting applications within the areas of:

1. Applied Economics (4-5 scholarships)
The positions fall in the research areas of either Macroeconomics and Economic Policy, International Economics or Applied Microeconomics (in particular industrial economics and competition policy, tax policy, labour economics, venture capital and behavioural economics & finance). For examples of the department’s current research projects in these areas see the project descriptions on the department’s Research Website.

2. Application of Game Theory & Mechanism Design on Auctions (1 scholarship)
The Ph.D. student will be associated with CFEM (Center for Research in the Foundation of Electronic Markets) and will work on the application of game theory and mechanism design, in particular auction mechanism to the development of new markets.



3. Experimental Economics (1 scholarship)
The Ph.D. student associated with RECON (Revealing ECONomic Behavior: Register Based Experimentation) will be a full member of RECON’s research team and will learn the necessary skills to conduct field and laboratory experiments in economics. The Ph.D. student should have a combined interest in applied microeconomics, behavioral economics, and experimental economics.

4. Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Business Education (1 scholarship)
The scholarship is embedded in a research project on the importance of business education for leadership and entrepreneurship directed by Prof. Anders Srensen. The research project is mainly an empirical project based on a unique data set on the educational background of graduates from business educations and register data from Statistics Denmark.

5. Design of a Market for Flexible Electricity Demand (1 scholarship)
The scholarship is an integral part of a large research project, TotalFlex, on the integration of wind power in the electricity grid and the resulting need for flexible energy demand. The Ph.D. student will be expected to collaborate with researchers from other fields but will carry out research within energy economics and mechanism design.

The three-year PhD program at CBS allows you to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses. The PhD students will be enrolled in the department’s PhD training program which includes a package of courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics. The program is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student at another university.