CUSO 23910001

This year the workshop will take place right after the summer school and in the same location (hotel Alfa Soleil in Kandersteg) and participants are encouraged to subscribe to both events, because the timing foreseen in the program ensures a perfectly smooth transition from the summer school to the workshop. However it is also possible to only participate in one of the two events.

If you want to participate in both events, please make sure you sign up for the summer school + the workshop. 

Prof. Christian Zehnder, UNIL

Prof. Holger Herz, UNIFR

The workshop offers participants the chance to present projects at any stage of progress (project ideas, research designs, completed projects).

If you would like to present at the workshop, please submit a title and abstract to Bénédicte Moreira ([email protected]) 

Submission deadline: May 30, 2023

Of course it is also possible to participate in the workshop without presenting a paper.

At the end of the workshop, Michael Powell will deliver a keynote address.

Prof. Michael Powell, (Kellogg School of Management)

Participants will be hosted at:

Hôtel Alfa Soleil 

CH- 3718 Kandersteg (canton of Bern)

Tel +41 (0) 33.675.84.84

[email protected]

 www.alfasoleil.ch 


Arrangements will be made by the program coordinator for all the participants.

For students of the CUSO universities (Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, and Fribourg), IHEID and the University of Bern, expenses for accommodation and meals are covered by the CUSO. Travel expenses will be reimbursed based on a second-class half-fare return Swiss rail ticket between the university to which the student is attached and the location of the activity (also valid for travel in a private car).

Detailed information on the management directives can be found here.

Participation fees (including room and meals) for PhD students affiliated with universities outside of the CUSO network are as follows:

Summer school and workshop: CHF 960 (June 27-30)

Only summer school: CHF 650 (June 27-29)

Only workshop: CHF 220 (June 29); CHF 310 if arrival the night before

External participants also need to cover travel expenses themselves.

The workshop is open to all PhD students in economics, management, psychology and the neurosciences.

Registration deadline: May 26, 2023

If you have any question, please feel free to contact Bénédicte Moreira, the program coordinator at [email protected]