Grants for 2025 can be applied for starting at 9 a.m. on September 2. The application period ends on September 27 at 4 p.m. Grant decisions will be published on December 16, 2024. Read more and log in to the Online Grant Service here. In certain cases, we require that the applicant’s supervisor gives a statement about the applicant. Read…
The Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation’s customer service is on summer vacation in July and will be available next time on the 29th of July. Grants are not paid in July. The next time it is possible to receive a grant payment in August. The August payment request must be sent to the foundation via the grants online service by the last…
The 70th Anniversary Conference of the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation on Climate change and inequality was held in June in Helsinki. See the slides by clicking on the name. DAY 1 – THURSDAY JUNE 13, 2024 08:45 ‐ 09:00 Opening remarks by Jaakko Kiander, Chairman of the Board of Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Session I: Chair Matti Liski, Aalto University 09:00 –…
We are very pleased to organize the 70th Anniversary Conference of the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation on Climate change and inequality. The conference takes place on June 13-14, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. Climate change has a profound impact on various economic aspects. The Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation’s decennial conference in 2024 is dedicated to climate change and its implications for inequality and…
The Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics winners Professors Jan De Loecker (KU Leuven) and Kalina Manova (University College London) gave lectures in Helsinki 12.3.2024. Kalina Manova gave lecture on Global innovation with global firms. Jan De Loecker gave lecture on Estimating markups using production and demand data. The the slides of the lectures can be found here and the recording here.
Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation has two application periods in 2024. May Every May, applications are accepted for grants for first- and second-year doctoral studies in economics. Only the applicants appointed by their University’s Departments of Economics are eligible to apply for a grant. The next May Application period is 6.-17.5.2024. The application period ends at 4 pm on the last day…
We would like to invite you to the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics -Lectures Speakers are Award Winners of 2023 Professor Jan De Loecker (KU Leuven) and Professor Kalina Manova (University College London) on Tuesday, 12 March 2024, at 13:00 – 16:00 at Aalto University Executive Education and Professional Development, Osipow hall, Runeberginkatu 14–16, 00100 Helsinki Programme 13:00 – 13:05 …
Professor Janet Currie (Princeton University) gave lectures in Helsinki 23.5.2023. The first lecture was “Child Health as Human Capital” and the second “The Environment and Children’s Health”. The recording of the lectures can be found here and the slides here.
INVITATION Yrjö Jahnsson Lectures 2023 Speaker Professor Janet Currie (Princeton University) on Tuesday, May 23rd at 12.30-16.00 Economicum, 2nd floor, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki Programme 12.30 – 12.35 Opening words 12.35 – 14.00 Lecture 1: “Child Health as Human Capital” 14.00 – 14.20 Coffee Break 14.20 – 15.50 Lecture 2: “The Environment and Children’s Health” 15.50 – 16.00 Closing words 16.00…