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Expanding Diversity in Economics+

Applications for the 2025 EDE+ Summer Institute are open November 18, 2024 - January 29th, 2025.

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Expanding Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.

EDE+

EDE+ fosters a path toward a research career through a unique interdisciplinary approach from its new home in the Chicago Booth School of Business, exposing students to leading researchers in economics and related fields such as finance, accounting, behavioral science, and marketing to inspire students to ask questions that can change the world.

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The EDE+ Summer Institute

The 2025 Summer Institute will offer a comprehensive exposure, experience, and education into research careers through a combination of both in-person and remote programming from June 2-July 30, 2025.

Programming features a week-long virtual bootcamp, followed by a week with the Hutchins Center at Brookings in Washington, DC, one week with Chicago Booth in Chicago, a six-week synchronous, online summer course, and concluding with an invitation to attend and present research findings at a two-day undergraduate research conference in Washington, DC hosted by PREDOC.org.

Opportunities to gain publishing credit are also available as part of the summer experience.

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About EDE+

Increasing diversity will broaden the range of perspectives and enhance the field’s contributions to public policy and society leading to better outcomes.

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Applications Now Open!

The application deadline for the 2025 EDE+ Summer Institute is January 29, 2025

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Information Sessions and Office Hours

Virtual information sessions and office hours allow anyone interested in EDE to learn more about the program and the application process, with opportunities to engage with EDE staff and program alumni.

Upcoming Information Sessions: 

  • December 16, 2024 at 6 PM CT
  • January 8, 2025 at 12 PM CT
  • January 28, 2025 at 12 PM CT

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Upcoming Office Hours: 

  • December 11, 2024 at 2 PM CT
  • January 7, 2025 at 11 AM CT
  • January 17, 2025 at 11 AM CT
  • January 22, 2025 at 12 PM CT

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Watch the EDE+ Highlights Video

This video highlights the importance of diversity in economics and recaps the history of the program, including the 2023 cohort and the addition of a week of programming in Washington, DC, as well as the summer research assistant program.

Contact

Please contact Quentin Johnson, EDE+ Director, at summerecon@uchicago.edu with additional questions about the program.

If you are interested in supporting EDE, please contact Catherine Palekar, Chicago Booth Office of Advancement, at catherine.palekar@chicagobooth.edu.

 

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