ABOUT UEE

The UEE Research Training Network

Funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme, the UEE is a Marie Curie Research Training Network (RTN) that aims to contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales: the long run (i.e., the past 150 years), and the very long run (i.e., the past 1,000 years). It will stimulate the use of up-to-date economic and historical techniques, both theoretical and econometric, to construct and analyse these data and provide accounts of European growth, European economic integration, European economic and social policies, and the changing nature of Europe's economic relationships with the rest of the world. Core training objectives of the network include the development of a more quantitatively sophisticated approach to analysing historical data; the promotion of pan-European and comparative economic history; and the development of a more 'policy-relevant, economic history profession in Europe.

The work plan of the network will be organized around the five themes that will be dealt with both by participating senior researchers and visiting ESRs and ERs.

Research Theme 1. The pan-European database

• WP 1.A Modern dataset
• WP 1.B Long-run dataset

Research Theme 2. Pan-European growth from the mid-nineteenth century

• WP 2.A Pan-European growth accounting at aggregate level
• WP 2.B Comparative growth experiences

Research Theme 3. European growth in the very long run

• WP 3.A Institutions and growth
• WP 3.B Demographic change and growth
• WP 3.C Urbanization and very long-run growth

Research Theme 4. The history of European integration

• WP 4.A Commodity markets
• WP 4.B Capital markets
• WP 4.C Labour markets
• WP 4.D The development of pan-European institutions

Research Theme 5. Europe's changing position in the world

• WP 5.A Europe in the Asian mirror:
• WP 5.B Imperialism
• WP 5.C Intercontinental trade in the very long run

The contribution of different teams in each of the five research areas will be as follows: