The department of Forest Economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Umea, is offering PhD courses in economics and statistics. The fall 2011 and spring 2012 courses include:

• Natural Resource Economics (9 November - 15 December, 2011)
• Forest Economics (23 January - 24 February, 2012)
• Introduction to the statistical program R (23 April - 2 May, 2012)
• Stated preference methods: state-of-the-art modelling (2 May - 1 June, 2012)

There are no tuition fees, the student pays for travel costs, accommodation and literature. Application is possible online and applicants should demonstrate how they meet the pre-requisites.