The European Commission has recently published which are the main research priorites in Social Sciences and Humanities for 2016 and 2017. You can already have a look to the document “External advice and societal engagement: Towards the 2016 and 2017 work programme of “Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies” of Horizon 2020″.
AQR-IREA will host the Workshop on Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Urban Development on November 27th-28th 2014 in Barcelona. The aim of this workshop is to deeply analyse the relationship among cultural tourism, heritage and economic growth. The regional/local dimension will be one of the topics to consider. Also the relationship between cultural tourism and sustainable urban development will be analyzed. More information HERE.
The IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics), jointly with the department of Public Economics at University of Barcelona, invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher beginning in September 2015. Candidates from the following fields are particularly encouraged to apply: Public Economics,Urban Economics and Applied Microeconomics. Applicants should have completed a doctorate by July 2015. Application deadline: November 27th, 2014. Application Instructions: Submit applications via the Econ Job Market website (https://econjobmarket.org/AdDetails.php?posid=2920). Email enquiries should be…
The Research Centre on Industrial and Public Economics (CREIP) will host the 3rd PhD-Student Workshop on Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE) in Reus (Catalonia, Spain) on 12-13 February 2015. WIPE aims to be an academic meeting where PhD students, young doctors, postdoc researchers and senior researchers exchange experiences, research topics, ongoing projects and future research activities on the Industrial and Public Economics. Extended Abstracts of proposed papers (between 500 and 1,000 words) should be submitted…
In January each year, the Royal Economic Society (RES) organises two-days of PhD meetings in London. The 2015 RES PhD Meetings & JobMarket will take place on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th January 2015 at University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT. Submissions are now invited from PhD students either on the job market or planning to go on the job market. The deadline for the submission of papers…
The Department of Geography and Environment at the LSE is looking to hire a new Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban Economics and Economic Geography. Please see some related documents in attachment and some relevant links here: Job Adverstisment / Job Description / Person Specification. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 14 November 2014 (midnight, UK time).
Next November 14th will take place the I Workshop on Risk, Operationalisation and Evaluation of Public Policies organized by the Universitat de Barcelona, the The Research Group on Governments and Markets (GiM), Riskcenter, the Reference Network for Research in Applied Economicsa (XREAP) and the Pasqual Maragall Chair. Free access and no registration required. More information HERE.
PhD in Economics Students at the University of Barcelona organise a bimontly seminar. The purpose of this seminar is to provide a friendly academic environment in which PhD students can present their research proposals, advancements, field results, findings and benefit from peer criticism. The seminar is an opportunity to improve presentation skills, to get feedback from colleagues, to strengthen the PhD community, and to share their academic worries and questions…
The AXA Junior Research Fellowship (aka Post-Doctoral) funding is granted for a fixed duration of 24 months, for a maximum total of €120 000 to develop basic research in one of these three areas: life risks, socio-economic risks and enviromental risks. Universities and research institutions can submit their application until November 8th. In case that their belonging institution application had been accepted, researchers would be able to submit their individual…
The Spanish Review of Financial Economics (SRFE) is now soliciting papers for a special issue in the SRFE to appear in March 2015 on the topic of “The European Banking Union”. The deadline for paper draft submission: November 5th, 2014. More information HERE.