DEE 2023
The twelfth DEE conference took place in person at the James Watt 2 Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh on the 4th and 5th of September 2023.
Prof Gail Hoyt and the keynote audience make the "supply and demand" sign. Click to expand. For more photos, see below.
Programme and keynote speaker
View or download the conference programme (PDF).
Slides, extended abstracts, and other materials from the sessions are being added to this index.
There were three types of session:
- Papers - presentations of research and novel teaching methods
- Workshops - to share innovative teaching methods in an interactive environment
- Panel sessions - to share multiple perspectives on a topical issue
The keynote speaker was Professor Gail Hoyt of the University of Kentucky.
Early and mid-career mentoring scheme
At 3.15-4pm on Tuesday 5 September we ran a short session to discuss plans for an Economics Network mentoring scheme for early and mid-career colleagues.
IREE Special Issue
The journal IREE (International Review of Economics Education) published a special issue related to the conference, available at this link. The special issue includes the following papers:
- Essays in Economics in ICU: Resuscitate or Pull the Plug?
- The death of exams? Grade inflation and student satisfaction when coursework replaces exams
- Improving Student Comprehension Through Interactive Model Visualisation
- Investigating the link between students’ learning intentions and their learning outcomes: a randomised controlled trial
Podcast
Karishma Patel of Aston University interviewed many conference participants to make two special episodes for the Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship podcast:
Part 1, interviewing Dimitra Petropoulou, Tisha Emerson, Fabio Arico, Ritchie Woodard, John Sloman, Maria Psyllou, Jon Guest, and Robert Riegler
Part 2, interviewing Caroline Elliott, Gail Hoyt, Parama Chaudhury, Steven Proud, Matt Olczak, Chris Wilson, Jana Sadeh, and Ashley Lait
Photos
Click to expand. Thanks to Parama Chaudhury, Chris Wilson, and Robert Riegler
Travel, venue facilities, and safety
Directions to the campus by public transport or car are available here. Parking is available at car parks A, J or H.
Campus information PDF including travel details, venue facilities, and a campus map with the conference venue, the James Watt 2 Centre, marked (building number 1)
Information leaflet with safety and emergency contactsPrevious conference
Of those who filled in an evaluation form at DEE 2021:
- 95% rated the conference as "Good" or "Excellent";
- 95% would recommend the DEE conference to a colleague.
