Cliometrics Conferences: 2006, 2007, and 2008

美国国家科学基金会为每年的历史计量学会议和世界历史计量学大会提供了重要和基本的财政支持。 “历史计量学”是为历史服务的经济学和为经济服务的历史学。历史计量学在20世纪60年代从几个领域的研究兴趣发展而来;最著名的是经济学，历史学和统计学，但也借鉴了人口学，政治学，社会学，人类学，考古学和其他社会科学。最近，该领域已成为更多的跨学科与硬科学的论文，在经济学和历史结合解剖学，气候学和生物学。这个奖项继续NSF支持气候研究的赞助和提供重大资金的会议和旅行费用为2006年和2007年的年度气候计量学会议，也为2008年世界气候计量学大会在欧洲。在过去几年中，年度会议的遴选过程一直由一个为期三年的遴选委员会进行。12篇论文是从大约50篇论文中选出的。然后从提交论文或申请出席的人中选出其余的与会者。组织者在做出选择时一直设法避免排他性和党派激情，将自己视为更广泛的知识运动的代表，而不是其某个分支的倡导者。特别注意研究生和新学者的存在。新面孔和经验丰富的研究人员的稳定混合创造了一个独特的知识环境，并增加了潜在的代表性不足的群体的参与。这种形式允许演讲者在10分钟后进行50分钟的激烈讨论和提问。 这种形式广泛地促进了研究，并有助于培养该领域未来的教师和研究人员。就更广泛的影响而言，美国国家科学基金会的资助完成了几件事。首先，它使一群研究生和年轻教师能够参加一个他们本来负担不起的会议。资助既定的从业者确保他们履行提前阅读所有论文的义务，并准备好问题和讨论。第二，提交论文的作者会从一个“专家”小组那里获得大量的曝光，如果没有历史计量学会议，这可能需要几年的时间。第三，所有参与者都能从发现知识渊博和热情的同事中受益。NSF的财政支持和与会者的专业支持的独特组合为年轻学者提供了激励和鼓励，使他们致力于该领域。在这些会议上提出的所有论文都在历史计量学网站上广泛传播：http://www.eh.net/Clio。

The National Science Foundation has provided significant and fundamental financial support to both the annual Cliometrics Conferences and the World Congresses of Cliometrics. "Cliometrics" is economics in the service of history and history in the service of economics. The field of cliometrics evolved in the 1960s from convergent research interests in several fields; most notably economics, history, and statistics, but drawing also on demography, political science, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, and other social sciences. Recently, the field has become more interdisciplinary with the hard sciences with papers in economics and history combining with anatomy, climatology, and biology.This award continues NSF support of cliometric research by sponsoring and providing significant funding for conference and travel expenses for the 2006 and 2007 annual Cliometrics Conferences and also for the 2008 World Cliometrics Congress in Europe. Over the past several years, the selection process for the annual Conference has been performed by a selection committee with a three year roll. Twelve papers are chosen from roughly 50 submissions. The remaining participants are then selected from those who have submitted papers or applied for attendance. The organizers consistently have managed to avoid exclusivity and partisan passion in making the choices, viewing themselves as representatives of a broader intellectual movement rather than as advocates for one or another of its branches. Particular attention is paid to the presence of graduate students and new scholars. The steady mixing of new faces and experienced researchers has created a unique intellectual environment and increases the participation of potentially under-represented groups. The format allows the presenter ten minutes followed by fifty minutes of intense discussion and questions. This format enhances research broadly and to help train the future teachers and researchers in the field.In terms of the broader impacts, funding from the NSF accomplishes several things.First, it enables a group of graduate students and young faculty to attend a conference that they could otherwise not afford. Funding established practitioners ensures that they fulfill the obligation to read all the papers in advance and arrive prepared with questions and discussion. Second, authors presenting papers receive intense exposure for their work from an 'expert' group which, without the Cliometrics Conference, could take several years. Third, all participants benefit by discovering knowledgeable and enthusiastic colleagues. This unique combination of financial support from the NSF and professional support from conference attendees provides young scholars with the stimulation and encouragement to commit themselves to the field. All papers presented at these Conferences are widely disseminated on the Cliometrics website: http://www.eh.net/Clio.