»IFREE Summer Scholars

June 16-July 27, 2013

This summer ESI will host 6-7 high school and undergraduate students as IFREE Summer Scholars. The program is generously sponsored by the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) and the Thomas W. Smith Foundation. In addition to compiling and analyzing data sets from research experiments and working on a team to design a new experiment, the scholars and their mentors, Prof. Bart Wilson, Dr. Cortney Rodet, and Dr. David Rojo-Arjona, will regularly meet as a reading group to discuss Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Thomas Schelling's Micromotives and Macrobehavior, Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia, and Fara's Science: A Four Thousand Year History, as well as papers in experimental economics.  The summer fellowship includes room and board in the Chapman residence halls, reimbursement up to $500 for travel expenses, books used in discussions, and a nominal stipend that will be paid at the conclusion of the program.

All applicants must either have participated in the Vernon L. Smith High School Workshop or have taken at least one course from the faculty at ESI at the undergraduate level.

History on IFREE and the Summer Scholar program can be found here. For questions please contact Sharon Krueger (krueger@chapman.edu) with the Economic Science Institute.

* Application (Currently Closed)

To receive full consideration, please email this application to Prof. Bart Wilson at bartwilson@gmail.com by March 2, 2013.