The academic year 2011-2012 marks the 21th anniversary of the European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES). Inaugurated on November 30th, 1991, ECARE started as a joint initiative of the Institut d’Etudes Européennes (IEE) at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a network of around 700 researchers in Europe... (read more)

Some of our members were recently awarded prestigious grants or positions:
Paola Conconi has obtained and FNRS Mandat d'Impulsion Scientifique for her project "The Political Economy of Trade Policy".
Christine De Mol has been selected as the new Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science.
Bram De Rock has been appointed Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London (UCL-London).
David Veredas has been appointed Honorary Visiting Professor at Cass Business School (London).

Congratulations to them ! 

 Our fellow André Sapir has become a member, and vice-chairman, of the Advisory Scientific Committee of the newly created European Systemic Risk Board. Our congratulations to André for this nomination.