September 22, 2014
FI 2015 scholarships
Last July 29th the Catalan government published the scholarship call for PhD students for 2015 (FI2015). The period to apply starts next September 1st until September 22nd. More information can be found HERE.
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September 21, 2014
UB 1st university in Spain according QS Rankings
The University of Barcelona (UB) has regained the privilege of being the first-ranked university in Spain according to the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2014-2015. The UB is number 166 in the world ranking —that’s a 12-point climb from last year’s list— and it is among the top 200 universities in the world. Regarding the specific ranking in “Economics and Econometrics”, UB is among the 101-150 top universities in the…
July 30, 2014
EUT Iriarte (Universidad de la Laguna) – New Faculty positions
The Escuela Universitaria de Turismo Iriarte (Universidad de la Laguna) is offering new Faculty positions in Economics, Business Administration and similar fields. In case you are interested in developing your academic and research career there please submit your CV to directoracademico@iriarteuniversidad.es.
July 30, 2014
Fundación BBVA grant call for researchers
Fundación BBVA has published a grant call for researchers and other innovative professionals. 50 scholarships are offered overall in different research fields and the maximum amount of 40.000 euros each research or innovative project. The projects submitted have to last for more than 6 months and not more than 1 year time. The applicants have to download through this LINK the application form that have to be fulfilled and submited,…
July 18, 2014
DYPES micro simulation model presentation
The seminar ‘DYPES model presentation (A dynamic micro simulation model for the Spanish retirement pension system)’ will take place next 18th July at 1pm, at “Profesor Fuentes Quintana” Conference Room, at B Building of the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales (Avda. Cardenal Herrera Oria, 378 – 28035 Madrid). The seminar will be participated by the authors of fhe model Concepció Patxot (UB ECONOMICS Faculty), Guadalupe Souto and Meritxell Solé. Confirm your attendance sending an…
July 16, 2014
Workshop on Risk Management in Insurance 2014
A Workshop on Risk Management in Insurance 2014 will be held at the University of Barcelona on July 16, 2014. In this one day workshop, 8 top experts in the field of insurance risk management and solvency will present their latest research and opinions in this area. You can check the workshop program HERE.
July 14, 2014
Empirics of Management: An Academic Exellence Programme at LSE
Empirics of Management: An Academic Excellence Programme at LSE is held in collaboration with the Fundación Rafael del Pino. This programme will seek to train a cadre of first-class Spanish participants who will absorb knowledge at LSE and impart that knowledge back in Spain, and thus help to multiply the impact of their individual training and experience. The programme will provide excellent capacity building by helping young academics in Spain…
July 14, 2014
Richard Watt – summer short courses at UB
Richard Watt, Associate Professor at University of Canterbury, will deliver two short courses at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UB) from July 14th to July 18th 2014. The first course is titled “Economics of Risk: a short course” will be taught July 14th and 15th 2014. The second one, “Economics of Insurance: A short course”, will be taught at the end of the same week (July 17th and 18th). You can already…
June 27, 2014
Manish K Singh, awarded with Banco Sabadell grant
The research proposal titled “Evidence of banking sector systemic risk behavior in EMU countries” by Manish K Singh, PhD student at UB Economics (supervised by Marta Gómez-Puig and Simón Sosvilla-Rivero), has been awarded a grant from the Fundación Banco de Sabadell. Manish’s project received one of the 5 grants that have been awarded out of 200 proposals received from PhD students writing a thesis in a Spanish University.
June 25, 2014
XREPP Project Manager – Job offer
The Xarxa de Referència en Economia i Polítiques Públiques (XREPP) is offering a project manager part-time position starting next September 2014. Applications must be submitted to cio.patxot@ub.edu not later than June the 25th 2014. You can find more information HERE.