IREA researcher Montserrat Guillen Estany wins 2025 National Research Prize of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Modality: Pascual Madoz, in Law, and Economic and Social Sciences)

Econometrician, risk management analyst and leading actuarial statistician Montserrat Guillen Estany from the Department of Applied Economics, Statistics and Econometrics has received the National Research Prize from the Spanish government. The prize was awarded to Prof. Guillen because “she is a pioneering figure and international reference in the economics of…

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2025 UB|IREA Institute’s Annual Conference

The 2025 UB|IREA Institute’s Annual Conference will take place on February, 6th. This year the conference will include the presentation of the 4 Working Papers awarded with the II IREA Awards to the best DTs followed by a lecture by Dr. Guillem López-Casasnovas, member of the Directors Board of the…

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2024 UB|IREA Institute’s Annual Conference

The 2024 UB|IREA Institute’s Annual Conference took place on March, 22nd. This year the conference included the presentation of the 3 Working Papers awarded with the IREA Awards to the best DTs followed by a lecture by Dr. Antón Costas, President of the Economic and Social Council titled “The economist…

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First edition of IREA Distinctions for the best Working Papers of the Institute.

With the aim of boosting the Institute’s Working Papers collection (WP-IREA) and stimulating the most junior researchers, 4 awards of 500 euros have been granted to the best WP-IREA of the year. The four winning documents will be presented at the Institute’s annual conference that will take place next May. Congratulations Ignacio Garrón, Bernat Mallén, Maria Marino and M. Cristina López-Mayán!!!

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