ACES Dissertation research Fellowship

The ACES Dissertation Research Fellowship, launched for the 2020-2021 academic year to encourage research on comparative economics supports an emerging scholar in the field with a generous stipend and travel fund as they complete their dissertation. The current selection committee currently consists of The selection panel consists of Michael Callen (London School of Economics), Filipe Campante (Johns Hopkins University), Vasiliki Fouka (Stanford University), Sara Lowes (University of California, San Diego) and Noam Yuchtman (University of Oxford). The call for applications is typically circulated in February, with a submission deadline of April 15. Applications are being accepted now for the 2025-2026 ACES Dissertation Research Fellowship; please refer to our Call for Applications for more details and application instructions.

The Fellowship was launched in 2020 as the Gerard Roland Fellowship to honor and recognize the fundamental contributions of Gerard Roland to the field. Fellows receive a stipend, additional research funding, and a tuition scholarship. ACES also typically awards research prizes to runners-up. A list of fellows and research award winners is below.

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current aces dissertation fellows

Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser

2024-2025 Dissertation Fellow

Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Economics at the London School of Economics. Prior to starting his PhD, Miguel earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Munich and master’s degree in economics at the London School of Economics, where he also worked as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow for two years. His research interests lie at the intersection of development and political economics, with a focus on (post) conflict and fragile states. His current research explores the conditions under which peace can bring economic benefits, and how humanitarian aid shapes the political views of marginalised groups in fragile states.” If you need it, my website is here https://sites.google.com/view/mfajardo-steinhauser/home, and X username is @MiguelFajardoS.

jie zhou

2024-2025 Research Award

Jie Zhou is a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at MIT. Her research addresses the rising concerns over the inadequacy and inequality of innovation as big tech corporations gain widespread market power. She explores whether protectionist policies can foster innovation in the context of China's internet censorship, examines the impact of centralized, bureaucratic decision-making on academic and research development in China, and investigates how artificial intelligence can improve governmental policy efficiency, particularly in property tax collection in Pakistan.

Current and Previous Fellows and Research Awardees

2024-2025

Miguel Fajardo Steinhäuser - London School of Economics

(research award) Jie Zhou - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2023-2024

Miguel Ortiz - University of California, Berkeley

(research award) Miguel Fajardo Steinhäuser - London School of Economics

2022-2023

Vitaliia Yaremko - University of California, Berkeley

(research award) Miguel Ortiz - University of California, Berkeley

2021-2022

Lukas Leucht - University of California, Berkeley

Lydia Assuoad - Paris School of Economics

(research award) - Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University

2020-2021

Brian Wheaton - Harvard University

(research award) - Lydia Assuoad - Paris School of Economics

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