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October 6, 2023

Catalonia’s Statistics Day with Manuel Arellano at the Faculty of Economics and Business

Statistics Day is an annual gathering aimed at individuals interested in statistics and organized by the Catalan Society of Statistics. It is a day where various topics related to statistics are discussed, and the location changes each year. This time, it is being held at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEE) of the University of Barcelona and features Manuel Arellano as a speaker. Arellano is a prestigious econometrician who…

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September 28, 2023

UB, Spanish leader in the World University Rankings

The University of Barcelona is the first Spanish university in the World University Rankings, published by the British specialized journal Times Higher Education, obtaining the 152nd position worldwide. Thus, it is 30 positions higher than last year. This year the ranking has updated the methodology and includes new indicators. Of the conceptual pillars in which the different indicators of the ranking are grouped, the UB obtains the best evaluation in quality and…

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September 5, 2023

UB School of Economics to host workshop by Professor Scott Cunningham on Causal Inference

The UB School of Economics is set to host an academic workshop led by Scott Cunningham (Baylor University, Texas), a renowned economist and a leading figure in the field of social and labor economics. This two-day workshop on causal inference, organized by the GiM research group and the Observatory on Analysis and Evaluation of Public Policies (OAP), is set to take place on September 21-22, 2023. Professor Scott Cunningham, the…

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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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