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November 3, 2015

IDESCAT Informative session

Next tuesday November 10th, from 12 to 1 pm at Sala d’Actes (Building 690), the Director of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat) Frederic Udina will adress an informative talk about the statistics and other information that could be very useful for most of the researchers of the Faculty of Economics and Business. Idescat is the Government of Catalonia’s organisation specialising in statistics. Its mission is to manage the statistical system in Catalonia by planning, co-ordinating and…

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November 3, 2015

Post-Doctoral position – Department of Econometrics

The Department of Econometrics at the University of Barcelona (UB) invites applications for a three years Post-Doctoral position beginning Fall 2016. Fields of interested are Econometrics; Urban; Rural; Regional Economics; Risk Management; Financial Econometrics; Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation. Deadline for applications: 22 December 2015. More information HERE.

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October 30, 2015

Post-Doctoral position – Department of Economic Theory

The Department of Economic Theory at the University of Barcelona invites applications for a three years Post-Doctoral position in Macroeconomic Dynamics, to start in September 2016. Fields of interest are Development; Growth; International Trade; Macroeconomics and Monetary.Deadline for applications: 22 December 2015. More information HERE.

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October 30, 2015

Bibliographic Exhibition: Speakers of International Business in Southern Europe in a Long Term Perspective

On the occasion of the “International Business in Southern Europe in a Long Term Perspective“ workshop, organized by the Innovative multinationals in Spain ( 1950-2010 ). Creation and Transfer of Knowledge in the Internationalization of Developing Economies,  to be held on 24 November, the CRAI Library of Economics and Business display different  bibliographic materials of the speakers  as a supplement this workshop. You can visit the physical exhibition from 29 October…

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October 30, 2015

Post-Doctoral researcher position – IEB

The IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics), a research institute of the University of Barcelona, invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher beginning in September 2016. Candidates from the following fields are particularly encouraged to apply, Public Economics, Urban Economics and Applied Microeconomics. Successful candidates will have teaching duties at either the undergraduate or the graduate level, within the Department of Public Economics of the University of Barcelona. Applicants should have completed a…

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October 23, 2015

1st Comas i Solà video contest

The University of Barcelona (UB) organises for the first time a short film contest that allows researchers describing the scientific studies they develop to the general public. The main goal of the activity is to bring citizens closer to the research activity carried out at the UB. Moreover, the contest will provide a visual channel to raise people’s awareness of the major role that PhD students play in University’s research activity. The initiative enables young…

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October 23, 2015

XREPP Doctoral Day 2015 – Call for Papers

XREPP’s Doctoral Day event – taking place November 27th – welcomes all our PhD students, young and senior researchers, interested Master students, and invitees. This scientific gathering offers all our PhD students as well as other PhD students in the XREPP faculties a platform to present their doctoral work and receive comments from a discussant. The Doctoral Day is also meant to offer opportunities to ‘meet and greet’ and exchange…

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October 9, 2015

4th PhD Workshop in Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE) – Call for papers

Next February 2016 (Thursday 11 and Friday 12) the research centre CREIP (www.urv.cat/creip)  is organizing the 4th PhD-Student Workshop in Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE), located at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Rovira i Virgili University, in Reus (Catalonia, Spain). The workshop covers broad topics in Public Economics and Industrial Organization in order to allow PhD students to present their work in progress and/or their job market…

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October 6, 2015

Post-doc in Labour Economics at Università Cattolica Milano – Call for applications

The Department of Economics and Finance of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan invites applications for one post-doctoral position (“Assegno di Ricerca”) in Economics (code SECSP01) with special interest in Labour Economics, in particular “Evaluation of educational and labour market policies”. The duration of the position is 1 year, with possible renewals up to 4 years. Candidates should hold a Ph.D in Economics with specialization in Labour Economics, or…

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September 29, 2015

Enrique Fuentes Quintana Doctoral Thesis Award 2014-2015

FUNCAS published the call for ENRIQUE FUENTES QUINTANA DOCTORAL THESIS AWARD 2014-2015. This award consists of a gross cash sum of €4,000 and the publication of the doctoral thesis in the foundation’s collection of studies. All doctoral theses read in the 2014-2015 academic year (September 1st 2014 – August 30th 2015) which have unanimously obtained the maximum grade permitted by the standards in force at the time of reading may…

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