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September 22, 2016

International Fair at the Faculty of Economics and Business

The first International Fair at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona will showcase internationalisation opportunities for bachelor and master students. These include periods of study at other institution, thanks to Erasmus+, CINDA and other agreements; international internships; university courses in English; and other courses or activities organised by the Language Services or the School of Modern Languages (EIM). The International Fair, organised by the International…

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September 21, 2016

David Castells-Quintana awarded the UB Extraordinary Doctoral Prize

David Castells-Quintana, PhD in Economics at the University of Barcelona, has been awarded the UB Extraordinary Doctoral Prize 2015/2016 for his thesis ‘Three Empirical Essays on Concentration of Resources and Economic Growth‘. This award recognises the quality of some of the theses defended at the UB, which obtained the grade Excellent Cum Laude. The ceremony will take place at the Paranimf of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona…

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September 16, 2016

The Faculty of Economics and Business welcomes six new postdoctoral researchers

Six new postdoctoral researchers from leading institutions were officially welcomed this week to theFaculty of Economics and Business by the Dean, Elisenda Paluzie. The UB Economics faculty has been joined by four new researchers, while two were recruited for the UB Business faculty. Federico Tadei, Aydan Dogan, Luis Ortiz and Zelda Brutti will work in the field of Economics. On the other hand, Patricia Elgoibar and Elio Shijaku will join forces with the rest of Business researchers. Since 2011, twenty-seven postdoctoral researchers…

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September 15, 2016

Enrique Fuentes Quintana Doctoral Thesis Award – Call for Submissions

The Spanish private non-profit organisation Funcas invites submissions for its Enrique Fuentes QuintanaDoctoral Thesis Award. In the area of Social Sciences only thesis awarded the highest honors in the field ofEconomics, Business and Sociology that were defended between September 1st, 2015, and 31st August, 2016, are eligible for the prize. The successful candidate will receive a gross amount of €5,000 and his/her thesis will be published in the Estudios de…

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September 15, 2016

University of Leicester PhD Conference 2016 – Call for Papers

The University of Leicester invites submission of papers on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Behavioural Economics, Experimental Economics and Econometrics for its 3rd PhD Conference, which will take place on December 1st-2nd, 2016. There will be also a poster session that will close the Conference and give to the applicants the opportunity to discuss their work with all the Conference participants. Full funding is being offered to all presenters and discussants. The university…

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September 13, 2016

Catalan government scholarships for PhD students (FI 2017) – Call for Applications

The Catalan government has published the call for PhD Scholarships for 2017 (FI 2017). The purpose of this call is to award grants to universities, research centres and hospital foundations to recruit PhD students, and to foster quality in research. Contracts have a maximum duration of three years. Candidates who begin to receive the grants during 2017 may benefit from additional funding from the sixth month of the contract until…

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