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October 18, 2022

New edition of ‘The UB in figures’ with the highlights of the year 2021-2022

Coinciding with the inauguration of the academic year, the new edition of The UB in figures has arrived, with the most important data for the academic year 2021-2022. This year, the document presents a new design that shows in an understandable and attractive way the main strengths of the University and its academic activity, as well as the evolution of some variables over the last academic years. The document points out the…

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October 6, 2022

Patients with developmental disabilities more likely to experience preventable physical injuries while in hospital according to Laia Maynou research

Our researcher Dr Laia Maynou, and Dr Rocco Friebel, Director of the Global Surgery Policy Unit at LSE, are the authors of the paper “Assessing the dangers of a hospital stay for patients with developmental disability in England, 2017-2019”. Their research, published in the October 2022 issue of the journal Health Affairs, reveals that people with developmental disabilities are nearly three times more likely than other patients to experience preventable…

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October 3, 2022

Now hiring: Admissions officer

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona is a leading centre in Southern Europe for research and teaching in the fields of economics, business, sociology and statistics. It combines the historical tradition of the UB with its strong commitment to modernity and internationalization in recent years. The Faculty offers a wide range of quality postgraduate programmes and short courses to an international market. A priority for…

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September 23, 2022

The First edition of the UB School of Economics Young Researchers Meeting highlighted the excellence of the research done in the field of Economics at the UB

The UB School of Economics hosted the first “UB School of Economics Young Researchers Meeting” on September 22, 2022. The event represented an outstanding opportunity to showcase to the UB research community the work done at the UB School of Economics by our young researchers who joined the Faculty of Economics and Business during the last years. It also provided a good opportunity to establish scientific discussion and networking between…

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September 6, 2022

The UB School of Economics has inaugurated the Behavioral Experimental Science Laboratory

We are pleased to announce that we have inaugurated the Behavioral Experimental Science Laboratory at the Faculty of Economics and Business during the Summer School of the UB School of Economics. The aim of this new facility is to provide an adequate environment to conduct different kinds of experiments and studies for research projects and teach research methodology using the lab equipment. We asked Pol Campos Mercadé, Assistant Professor at…

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July 28, 2022

UB School of Economics researchers Lídia Farré and David Moriña have been awarded funding by La Caixa for socially-oriented research projects

The Social Observatory of “la Caixa” Foundation has awarded funding for 12 excellent, innovative, and socially-oriented research projects in Spain. UB School of Economics researchers Lídia Farré and David Moriña lead two of these projects. Lídia Farré developed her research work together with two other UB School of Economics researchers, Laia Maynou, Serra Hunter Assistant Professor, and Marta Curull, PhD in Economics student, as well as with Libertad González, Associate professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in…

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July 8, 2022

MSc in Economics graduates celebrate their academic achievements at the graduation ceremony

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 7, 2022, in the Aula Magna of the 696 Building. All graduates wore the academic dress –consisting of a gown and hood– and received symbolic diplomas. The MSc in Economics class of 2022 graduated together with other…

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June 16, 2022

MSc in Economics students will receive their diplomas at a graduation ceremony

MSc in Economics graduates will receive symbolic diplomas during a graduation ceremony on Thursday July 7, 2022. The ceremony will be held at 19:00 at the Aula Magna (696 Building) at the Faculty of Economics and Business. All teaching staff is also invited to attend the ceremony. This graduation ceremony celebrates UB School of Economics students’ achievements and marks the culmination of all their hard work. It is a valued opportunity…

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June 14, 2022

Interview with Seema Jayachandran, speaker at the Kapuscinski Development Lecture hosted by the UB School of Economics

Last May 24, 2022, the UB School of Economics hosted the conference entitled «The Power and the Limits of Economic Development as a Pathway to Gender Equality». The Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business held a Kapuscinski Development Lectures, organized by the European Union and the United Nations Development Program. This cycle of high-level lectures started in 2009, and since then, there have been 130 conferences in several countries…

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June 3, 2022

Elisabetta Aurino awarded an ERC grant for her groundbreaking research on adolescent development

Elisabetta Aurino is a development economist working on food security and child and adolescent health, nutrition and education. Her research aims to contribute to positive societal change through better food security, health and education for all children. Aurino is Assistant Professor of Development Economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics since January 2022, and is the recipient of a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for…

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