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The third session of the Khazra Research Lab seminar series is Friday, 6 March at 4PM in the Max Gluskin House Lounge. Student researchers affiliated with the lab will present updates from their on-going research projects and, in addition, will offer a mini workshop on Synthetic Control methods in Python. [Read more…]
Thanks to a new research grant, one economics undergraduate is waiting for Research Ethics Board approval to start a novel research project for ECO499, Honours Essay in Applied Microeconomics.
Andrew Scutt won the Robert C. Douglas Undergraduate Economics Research Grant. The grant, created in 2024 through a gift from Douglas, an alumnus, assists undergraduate economics researchers with up to $1000 to access data, conference travel expenses journal submission fees, subject honourariums and to cover other expenses related to conducting research and sharing results as part of their course work. Scutt, a fourth-year Innis College student is enrolled in both the Psychology Research Specialist Program and the Economics Specialist with a Focus in Data Analytics Program with a minor in mathematics. The $800 award will cover honourariums for the survey participants who take part in the research project Scutt plans to complete. The project is inter-disciplinary, combining methodologies from econometrics and psychology to examine how psychological and legal phenomena may be connected. [Read more…]
At UofT trying new things and taking smart risks leads to interesting and unique student experiences. For four economics undergraduates, one of those unique experiences meant forming a team and travelling to Ottawa to compete in the finals of the Bank of Canada Governor’s Challenge. January 31st saw the University of Toronto team featuring economics students Zeynep Selen Akpinar of Victoria College, Jayant Yadav of New College, Sam Hoogsteen and Jacob Rudolph of Trinity College, and Faculty Advisor, Assistant Professor of Economics Joao Ritto go up against four other teams from the University of British Columbia, Acadia University, Université du Québec à Montréal, and University of Ottawa. [Read more…]
NEW DATE: That snow day didn’t hold us back! Get the new details for Backpacks to Briefcases here!
Are you graduating from the University of Toronto in 2026? If you’re about to finish your undergraduate degree with an economics component, you’ll want to register for Backpacks to Briefcases on 26 February 2026 from 5:30 to 8PM at Max Gluskin House (EconHQ) at 150 St. George Street.
Guests will hear from a panel of 3 alumni and moderator Professor Tyler Paul who will discuss how they put their economics degrees to work in industries like finance, tech, consulting and AI. REGISTER HERE. [Read more…]
The second installment of the Khazra Research Lab (K.R.L.) Seminar Series is this Friday at 4PM (not 4:10!). Join us in the lounge at Max Gluskin House (EconHQ) where you’ll get to hear the two newest associates of Professor Nazanin Khazra‘s lab, Akshat Oza and Phuong Anh Dang, share in giving the research presentations.
Students affiliated with the K.R.L. are prepared to act as research assistants through hands-on work.
“My personal goal is to train them and give them real research tasks rather than asking them to do dirty data cleaning work or things that don’t benefit them,” said Professor Nazanin Khazra, founder of the lab. “They get to experience the whole process and be a partner.” [Read more…]