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June 19, 2025

Laura Guitart takes office as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business

Laura Guitart Tarrés, tenured professor in the Department of Business, director of the UB Chair of Family Business, and until now Academic Vice-Dean, has taken office as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona in a ceremony held at the historic building on 19 June 2025. Guitart Tarrés is a researcher with the Business Research Group (SGR 0361), head of the Teaching Innovation Group…

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May 30, 2025

One of our PhD in Economics alumni receives the Extraordinary Doctorate Award

On May 13th, the Extraordinary Doctorate Awards were presented to recognize the best doctoral theses of the 2022–2023 academic year. We are proud to announce that one of our PhD in Economics alumni, Ignacio Garrón, received this prestigious award. Dr. Ignacio Garrón was recognized for his thesis “Essays on Tail Risks in Macroeconomics”, which explores how U.S. financial conditions influence global credit and equity markets, especially in vulnerable contexts. His…

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May 30, 2025

Researchers from several countries discuss language policies and their social and economic consequences

The rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Guàrdia, and the Catalan minister for Language Policy, Francesc Xavier Vila, opened an international meeting on the economics of language, a discipline that analyses issues such as the social and economic effects of language use and language policies. The event will take place at the Faculty of Economics and Business. Experts from all over the world will discuss topics such as the…

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May 22, 2025

Historic city centers hold back suburban sprawl—new study shows how cultural heritage shapes urban form

Why do some European cities remain compact and vibrant, while others have hollowed out under the weight of suburbanization? A new paper by our researcher Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal and Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) reveals a key factor: historic urban amenities. Using geolocated data on over 2,600 historic buildings from the Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance-Baroque periods across 579 European cities, the authors test whether cultural heritage influences where people choose…

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April 29, 2025

The Transformative Power of Urban Food Governance

A new study led by our researcher Ana Moragues-Faus, alongside Jill K. Clark (Ohio State University), Jane Battersby (University of Cape Town), and Anna R. Davies (Trinity College Dublin) explores the potential of urban food governance to drive more just and sustainable food systems. As cities play an increasingly central role in tackling global challenges such as climate change and food insecurity, the study highlights the need for more integrated…

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April 24, 2025

Germà Bel and Montserrat Guillén, among the Best Economics and Finance Scientists in Spain in the Research.com 2025 ranking

The 4th Edition of the Research.com ranking of the best scholars in the disciplines of Economics and Finance has been released. The ranking is based on data compiled from multiple sources, including OpenAlex and CrossRef, up until November 27st, 2024. Our researchers, Germà Bel and Montserrat Guillén, have been included in the ranking among the Best Economics and Finance Scientists in Spain, each climbing one position compared to last year’s…

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April 11, 2025

UB School of Economics is recruiting two tenure-elegible lecturers

The UB School of Economics is recruiting two tenure-eligible lecturers, one in the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics and one in the Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona. The first position is in the field of Applied Economics, and the second position is in the field of History and Economic Institutions. The SHP is a tool at the service of…

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April 4, 2025

Joan-Ramon Borrell Wins Readers’ Choice Award at the Antitrust Writing Awards 2025

Our researcher Joan-Ramon Borrell, along with Carmen García Galindo (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Juan Luis Jiménez (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), and José Manuel Ordóñez-de-Haro (Universidad de Málaga), has won the Readers’ Choice Award in the General Economics category at the Antitrust Writing Awards 2025. Their paper, titled “Short- and Long-Run Effects of Leniency Programs on Cartel Stability and Prosecution”, investigates the impact of leniency…

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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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