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Welcome to the RES Home Page

The Royal Economic Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious economic associations in the world. It is a professional association promoting the encouragement of the study of economic science in academic life, government service, banking, industry and public affairs.

Non-members are welcome to browse but the Society would like to encourage you to take the opportunity to Join the RES to get the full benefit of this site.
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New Royal Economic Society website coming soon! 
We are delighted to announce that we will be re-launching our website shortly.  The new site will have a dynamic contemporary design, improved navigation, greater functionality and even richer content for our members.  Please look for the new website from Wednesday 8th February onwards.
 

The Young Economist of the Year Essay Competition 2012 is now open
From a choice of six questions, A level or IB students can select an essay topic from  a range of macro and micro economic issues. The deadline for submitting essays will be Monday 30th April at 2400 hours. Essay questions & the online application form can be found here 

 

Registration is now open for The RES Annual Conference 2012, 26-28 March 2012 at the University of Cambridge. Discounted fee packages are available for RES members - register here.  For further details on the RES Conference go to Conference details or contact the local organisers on res2012@econ.cam.ac.uk .

 The RES 2011 Annual Public Lecture took place on Wed 14th December in London and Thurs 15th December in Birmingham. Robert Chote, Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility talked on "Britain's public finances, past present and future".   You can now watch the lecture.
Media: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 07768-661095
(email: romesh@vaitilingam.com)

RES PhD Presentation Meeting & Job Market: was held on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd January 2012 at the School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London. A full programme and list of registered institutions is available More details here.

  New RES Public Policy lectures: In a recent speech to the Royal Economic Society, David Miles – External Member of the Monetary Policy Committee – reviewed what can be learned from past asset purchases and what that implies about the impact of more asset purchase. For more details and to download the speech click here

Media briefings for the latest issue of the Economic Journal now available - more...

The Society provides financial assistance to its members through various schemes including the Visiting Lecturer Scheme, the Special Project Grant Scheme, the Conference Grant Fund and the Small Academic Expenses Scheme. The January deadlines are now passed. Please follow the links under Grants & Prizes to get full details of the application procedure.  

 RES Annual Conference 2011 - Papers and webcasts of the keynote speakers are now available via the Annual Conference page

The RES Women's Committee has gathered a list of Female Professors in Britain and their Research Areas – link

New Membership Rates for 2012 including ONLINE ONLY for Ordinary Membership as well as Students -For more details

Essay Competitions: A number of organisations conduct essay competitions in the area of Economics. We are in the process of compiling a list of these. Please contact us if you have Economics essay competitions you would like us to publicise.

For further details on any of the above
please contact the Royal Economic Society Administrator, Mrs Amanda Wilman on royaleconsoc@st-andrews.ac.uk