Re: [OPE] Advice to a postgrad

From: Dave Zachariah (davez@kth.se)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2008 - 16:16:13 EDT


on 2008-06-26 11:43 Paul Cockshott wrote:
> I got the following question sent to me this morning by a prospective
> postgrad:
>
> "
> Today I am looking into the various options for pursuing my studies at
> the graduate level, but as you know, the field is dominated by the
> neoclassical school. At the undergraduate level this was tolerable; but
> I cannot in good faith write a Master's or PhD thesis in the
> neoclassical paradigm. So I decided to come to you for help. I am aware
> of many universities, in the US, Canada and the UK, which offer graduate
> degrees in economics. But I am not aware of the theoretical leanings of
> their faculty. Since you have experience in the field, I was wondering
> if you could point me in the right direction. I know you teach computer
> science, not economics, but if you know of any universities that offer
> graduate degrees in economics and have faculty sympathetic to non-market
> systems - or even just broadly heterodox faculty - I would be very
> grateful if you could point me towards them."
>
>
> Which colleges would people suggest?

This institute at University of Massachusetts Amherst seems to offer PhD 
education.

    http://www.peri.umass.edu/

//Dave Z
_______________________________________________
ope mailing list
ope@lists.csuchico.edu
https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Jul 02 2008 - 00:00:16 EDT