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April 3, 2025

Call for papers for the 2nd WORKSHOP ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: DRIVERS AND POLICIES

The European Research Council (ERC) WomEmpower project and the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will host their 2nd Workshop on Violence Against Women: Drivers and Policies on October 1 and 2, 2025. The workshop aims to bring together original research that uses population-based data from a wide variety of sources (for example, hospital records; police records; or face-to-face survey interviews) and intends to better understand which factors, policies, or interventions…

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March 27, 2025

Two UB School of Economics PhD students awarded SEBAP mobility grants

From a total of 15 mobility scholarships, 2 research mobility grants by the Barcelona Economic Society of Friends of the Country (SEBAP) have been awarded to the UB School of Economics. The recipients are Sofia Balladares and Martí Jané. The grant provides 4.200 euros in funding for a visiting period at a foreign institution. In this case, the students have chosen the University of Michigan, and the VU Amsterdam. The award ceremony…

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February 27, 2025

Migration, Politics, and the Economy: Unpacking the Global Impact of Immigration: learn more about the Summer School 2025

The Summer School 2025 at the UB School of Economics will explore the political economy of immigration, focusing on public attitudes, electoral consequences, and policy responses.   Andreas Steinmayr (University of Innsbruck) and Tanya Surovtseva (University of Barcelona) are experts in this field and will be the lecturers of our summer course, which will take place from June 30 to July 4, 2025, at the University of Barcelona.   We recently interviewed…

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February 19, 2025

Multiple researchers from the UB School of Economics ranked among the Top 10,000 female researchers in Spanish institutions.

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has published a ranking of the 10,000 most outstanding Spanish and foreign female scientists conducting research in organizations in Spain, aiming to increase the visibility of their work. A total of 402 researchers from the University of Barcelona are included, 26 of whom belong to the Faculty of Economics and Business. Twelve researchers from the UB School of Economics are featured in the ranking,…

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February 17, 2025

Health and Welfare: The Impact of Long-Term Unemployment Benefits on Middle-Aged Workers

A study titled “The Health and Labour Market Effects of Long-Term Unemployment Benefits”, written by our researcher Judit Vall Castelló along with Manuel Serrano Alarcón (European Comission) and Ignacio Garcia-Perez (Universidad Pablo de Olavide) sheds light on the unintended benefits of unemployment schemes beyond financial security. The research examines the impact of a 2012 reform in Spain that increased the age eligibility for non-contributory long-term unemployment (LTU) benefits from 52…

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February 14, 2025

Kick-off of the BESTEPS with Antonio Cabrales

On February 10, 2025, Professor Antonio Cabrales delivered the BESTEPS Opening Lecture titled “Workflows of Economic Research.” The session provided a comprehensive framework for navigating the research process, blending principles, exercises, and examples of personal experiences. BESTEPS (Barcelona Essential Skills Training for Economics PhD Students) is a new PhD training programme at the UB School of Economics, funded by the Doctoral School of the UB (EDUB). This programme will include…

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