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July 17, 2023

MSc in economics graduates celebrate their academic achievements at the graduation ceremony 2023

MSc in Economics graduates at the UB School of Economics celebrated their academic achievements with friends and relatives during Graduation Day at the Faculty of Economics and Business. The ceremony took place on July 11, 2023, in the Aula Magna of the 690 Building. All graduates wore the academic dress –consisting of a gown and hood– and received symbolic diplomas. The MSc in Economics class of 2023 graduated together with…

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May 26, 2023

PhD graduate Rodrigo Martínez Mazza awarded Extrordinary Doctoral Prize

Rodrigo Martínez Mazza, PhD graduate in Economics at the UB School of Economics, has been awarded the extraordinary doctoral prize for the academic year 2020-2021. Dr Martínez Mazza defended his doctoral thesis “Causes and Consequences of the Housing Affordability Crisis” on July 9, 2021. The research of the study, directed by UB School of Economics researcher Jordi Jofre, aims to analyse three topics that significantly impact housing in urban areas:…

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May 23, 2023

Núria Rodríguez Planas receives an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to develop her research at the UB School of Economics

Researcher Núria Rodríguez Planas from the City University of New York has been awarded a European Advanced Grant to study the factors of domestic violence in the European Union. She will carry out this project at the UB School of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business (University of Barcelona). The European Research Council (ERC) has granted 218 Advanced Grants, representing an investment of 544 million euros to promote…

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May 10, 2023

Six projects led by UB School of Economics researchers have been awarded funding by the Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation

Six teams composed of members of the UB School of Economics lead six different ‘Horizon Europe’ projects, a key EU funding programme for research and innovation, Federico Demaria, whose research fields are Political Ecology and Ecological Economics, leads at the University of Barcelona the project titled “Towards a sustainable wellbeing economy: integrated policies and transformative indicators (ToBe)”, working together with our researchers Ana Moragues Faus, Mònica Serrano and Enric Tello. The aim of the project ToBe…

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May 9, 2023

UB School of Economics researcher Judit Vall has been presented with the Dissemination Award by the University of Barcelona

Judit Vall, professor and researcher of the UB School of Economics, has been one of the winners ex aequo of the X Distinction from the UB Senate of Doctors and the UB Social Council to the best activities of scientific and humanistic dissemination. This award aims to promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge to society as a whole. The opening ceremony of the award will take place on Thursday May…

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April 27, 2023

Electoral incentives may affect immigration policies

Electoral incentives can have a significant impact on immigration policies, as shown by a study co-authored by our researcher, Matteo Gamalerio from the UB School of Economics, and Margherita Negri from the University of St. Andrews. Titled “Not welcome anymore: the effect of electoral incentives on the reception of refugees” and published in the Journal of Economic Geography, the study examines the Italian system for refugee reception, using data from…

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