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December 17, 2025

UB School of Economics welcomes 19 new researchers in 2025

The UB School of Economics is excited to welcome a distinguished group of new researchers to the University of Barcelona. These new colleagues bring expertise across many fields of economics that will enrich our research environment, enhance the student learning experience, and foster collaborations across the Departments, its research structures, and the broader university community. This year, 19 new researchers have joined our Faculty. Giacomo Brusco joins the Department of…

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December 2, 2025

Structural change reshapes urban expansion: new research published in the Review of Economic Studies

How economies evolve also transforms the spaces we inhabit. The article “Structural Change, Land Use and Urban Expansion”, co-authored by our researcher Marc Teignier together with Nicolas Coeurdacier and Florian Oswald, has just been published in the prestigious top 5 journal Review of Economic Studies. The study examines how two major forces of the past two centuries —the transition out of agriculture and the rise of urbanization— have jointly reshaped…

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November 21, 2025

The University of Barcelona to host the 38th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE)

The 38th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) will be held at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona from 31 August to 2 September 2026. This event is jointly organized by the University of Barcelona School of Economics and the Barcelona School of Economics. This prestigious conference will feature parallel and poster sessions, two keynote lectures, three flash talk sessions, and…

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November 20, 2025

UB School of Economics Researchers join new Council for Productivity and Economic Leadership in Catalonia

Three researchers from the UB School of Economics are part of the new Council for Productivity and Economic Leadership in Catalonia, a body created by the Government of the Generalitat and made up of sixteen renowned economists from academic, business, and trade-union fields. Among its members are Dirk Foremny, Núria Rodríguez Planas, and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela, researchers at the UB School of Economics. The Council is created with the mission of…

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November 13, 2025

Conference with Gabriel Oddone, UB Alumnus and Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona will host, on 28 November at 11:00 a.m., the conference “América del Sur ante los desafíos económicos y geopolíticos globales”, delivered by Gabriel Oddone, Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uruguay and distinguished alumnus of our Faculty. The event will take place in the Aula Magna of Building 690 and will be conducted in Spanish. In…

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November 11, 2025

Our researcher Javier Vázquez-Grenno has been awarded one of the research grants from the Social Observatory of the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation

Dr Javier Vázquez-Grenno, researcher at UB School of Economics and Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), and professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Barcelona, has been awarded one of the research grants offered by the Social Observatory of the “la Caixa” Foundation through its Social Research call for proposals. Professor Vázquez-Grenno’s project is one of 19 new social research studies to which the “la Caixa” Foundation will allocate 2…

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November 7, 2025

Call for expressions of interest for Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor positions

The University of Barcelona School of Economics invites applications in all fields for several Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor positions in Economics starting in September 2026. Promotion to Assistant Professor is contingent upon a favorable evaluation, while transition to Associate Professor requires both a favorable evaluation and governmental accreditation. Interested candidates should submit their expression of interest via EconJobMarket (https://econjobmarket.org/positions/12118). The submission should include a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, a…

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November 4, 2025

A Closer Look at the MSc in Economics Class of 2027

The UB School of Economics welcomed 38 new students to the MSc in Economics for the 2025-2026 academic year, including mobility students. These students represent 18 different nationalities, with an average age of 24,8 years old. More precisely, 44,7 % are from Asia, 34,2 % from Europe, 13,2 % from North America, 5,3 % from Africa and 2,6 % from South America. This diverse group of people will now pursue…

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October 20, 2025

Six researchers of the UB School of Economics are listed in the 2% of the world’s most influential scientists

Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel, Federico Demaria, Xavier Fageda, Ana Moragues and  Daniel O’Neill are listed among the 2% of the world’s most influential scientists since they are the most cited researchers in their respective disciplines (Economics, Logistics and Transport, Environmental Sciences and Agricultural Economics & Policy). The latest update of the database published by the editorial Elsevier, known as the Stanford ranking, measures the influence of the research staff with regard to their performance and impact, in the…

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October 20, 2025

The UB inaugurates IPERC: an international academic dialogue to address the challenges of democracy

The UB School of Economics at the University of Barcelona hosted the inauguration of the new Research Centre on Institutions, Politics and Economics (IPERC), a centre that aspires to become a global benchmark in these research fields. The opening round table, “The Current State of Democracies: Challenges and Future Paths”, brought together three internationally renowned academics: Susan Stokes (University of Chicago), Massimo Morelli (Bocconi University), and Carles Boix (UB and Princeton University).  Professor Stokes focused her speech on the contents of her latest book, The Backsliders: Why…

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