Thanks to the BESTEPS Organization Team ( @mengweilin.bsky.social, @favredenoguera.bsky.social, Sergio Blanco, and Marcella De Giovanni) for making this happen. Stay tuned for the coming lectures!
📸 Ruixi Zhang

#BESTEPS #OpeningLecture #EconPhDLife

✔️The Barcelona Essential Skills Training for Economics PhD Students #BESTEPS is a PhD training programme at the @ubeconomics.bsky.social, funded by UB Doctoral School, designed to connecting top economists with PhD students to guide them through every stage of research.

📢 Last Thursday, @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social (UPF & BSE) kicked off #BESTEPS Lecture 1, “Starting a Feasible Project: Ideas, Literature, and Exploratory Analysis,” sharing key steps for identifying and developing research ideas, engaging with the literature, and conducting exploratory analysis.🧵👇🏼

👏🏼Huge thanks to the BESTEPS Organization Team @mengweilin.bsky.social, @favredenoguera.bsky.social, Sergio Blanco, and Marcella De Giovanni) for planning and organizing the event! Stay tuned for the coming lectures!

#Besteps #Economics #PhD 🧵🔚

Yesterday, Professor Joan Llull (IAE-CSIC & BSE) delivered the BESTEPS Lecture 2, "Doing Organized and Replicable Research," to a full room of young Economics researchers working on diverse topics, as part of our PhD in Economics programme 👇🏼🧵

📣Last Monday, we welcomed Antonio Cabrales for the BESTEPS Opening Lecture, "Workflows of Economic Research."

With a full room and an engaged audience, he delivered an inspiring talk on the key stages of the research process blending principles, exercises, and examples of personal experiences🧵👇🏼

🙏 We are deeply grateful to the BESTEPS lecturers for generously allowing these lectures to be shared as a public good.

This guide is part of the broader training framework of the PhD in Economics programme. You can learn more about the programme’s training activities on our website: shorturl.at/b59qH

#Economics #PhDLife #AcademicResearch #BESTEPS #UniversityOfBarcelona #EconPhD #OpenScience

Huge thanks to the BESTEPS Organization Team @mengweilin.bsky.social, @favredenoguera.bsky.social, Sergio Blanco Piñeiro, and Marcella De Giovanni) for planning and organizing the event! Stay tuned for upcoming lectures!

#BESTEPS #OpeningLecture #EconPhDLife #AcademicJourney 🧵🔚

🚨 We’re delighted to announce the release of Volume 1 of The BESTEPS Guide: 7 Lessons Towards Effective Economics PhD Research — now available as an open-access resource!

The Barcelona Essential Skills Training for Economics PhD Students (BESTEPS) is a new PhD training programme, funded by Doctoral School of the @ub.edu, designed to systematically leverage the experience of top economists to guide PhD students through every stage of a research project.

BESTEPS is an ongoing PhD training programme at the @ubeconomics.bsky.social, funded by the UB Doctoral School, designed to systematically leverage the expertise and experience of leading economists to guide PhD students through every stage of a research project.