New blog entry: "Climate gentrification: rising housing demand in cooler provinces" October 30, 2025.- RISKcenter member, Marta Gómez-Puig, together with affiliates Simón Sosvilla and Adrián Fernandez, have published a new blog entry in the Spanish edition of “The Conversation”, under the title “Climate gentrification: rising housing demand in cooler provinces”. This blog entry is based
Montserrat Guillén, winner of the 2025 National Research Award in Law and Economic and Social Sciences September 29, 2025.- Montserrat Guillén, Chair Professor of the Department of Econometrics at the University of Barcelona and director of RISKcenter, has received the 2025 Pascual Madoz National Research Award in the field of Law and Economic and Social
Mercedes Ayuso, winner of the 2025 Galicia Segura Award for Insurance Research March 19, 2025.- Mercedes Ayuso, professor of Actuarial Statistics at the University of Barcelona and researcher at RISKcenter, has received the 2025 Galicia Segura Award for Insurance Research for her contribution to insurance research, especially in pensions and financial sustainability. The
The Catalan Society of Statistics and the University of Barcelona hosted the 2023 Statistics Day October 20 , 2023.- The University of Barcelona hosted the celebration of the Annual Statistics Day organized by the Catalan Society of Statistics. World Statistics Day is an international day to celebrate statistics. Created by the United Nations
Fundación Mutua Madrileña, RACEF and the University of Barcelona to conduct research on Sustainability in Business and Economics Jan 13 , 2023.- The new University of Barcelona-Fundación Mutua Madrileña Sustainability Chair has the support of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (RACEF). With this initiative, the
FontActiv and the University of Barcelona to conduct resarch on healthy aging With this initiative, the brand of nutritional supplements for adults from Laboratorios Ordesa and the research team Riskcenter the University of B arcelona (UB) seeks n meet the nutritional needs of the elderly and how they influence promotion of active and
The rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Elias, and the president of Mutualidad Abogacía Foundation, Enrique Sanz Fernández-Lomana, signed a collaboration agreement from which results the Chair UB – Escuela del Pensamiento Mutualidad Abogacia Foundation on the Economics of Ageing. The new chair, to be led by the dean of the Faculty of Economics
Recognition to Industrial PhD Alemar E. Padilla Barreto, Ph D candidate and her co-supervisors Catalina Bolancé and Montserrat Guillen received the award certificate for their contribution to develop an Industrial PhD in the insurance sector. The thesis is entitled “Quantification of the insured's overall risk to improve pricing”. The work is one of the
2018/19: Classes starting in January 2019, UB Riskcenter launches the first edition of the postgraduate diploma in Data Analytics for Social Sciences. This is a course that can be followed online via streaming or in presence at the UB. It wil lbe held on Thursadys from 17:00 to 20.00. It covers all the requierments to
ACTUARIAL DAY 2018 March 16, 2018. The Actuarial Day 2018 was celebrated on March 16 at the University of Barcelona. The Actuarial Day is the main event in the Challenge program of the UBZurich Chair. In this event participating teams of the Challenge program present their concluding results of the business case.
