The Xarxa de Referència en Economia i Polítiques Públiques (XREPP) offers 1/2 PhD Scholarships for 3 years, starting September 2014. The yearly amount of the stipend is 15.000€. This shcolarship call is for students who have graduated after 2011 and who aim at enrolling on the PhD program in Economics or in Economic History (University of Barcelona). The candidates must fulfil the admission requirements of the PhD program in Economics or…
Universitat de les Illes Balears will host the XXXIX Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía-Spanish Economic Association (SAEe), to be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on 11th -13th December 2014. Authors are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers in all areas of economics for presentation at the Simposio. All papers and presentations must be in English. Submissions should be for either contributed or job market sessions and must consist of a single…
The next annual meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), organized by Aix-Marseille School of Economics, will take place in Aix-en-Provence (France) November 6-8, 2014. The submission of papers deadline is June 15, 2014. Submissions may be uploaded on the website http://asset.amse-aixmarseille.fr. More information HERE.
During the last weeks of August and first weeks of September CEMFI Summer School will take place in Madrid. Its aim is to provide practitioners and academics from all over the world with an opportunity to update their training in fields within CEMFI’s range of expertise. Courses are fully taught in English with a minimum of 10 participants and limited to a maximum enrollment of 36. To take full advantage…
A new edition of the RecerCaixa Call for Research Projects has been published. It will cover research projects developed by researchers in Catalan universities and research centers. In this edition, l’Obra Social la Caixa will put aside 1.900.000 euros for the selected projects. The deadline for applications is June 11th 2014. More information can be found HERE.
From September 16th to 17th the IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics) organizes the V Workshop on Economics of Education: Lifelong Learning Policies & Strategies. The deadline for submission of papers will be next June 8th, 2014. You will find all the information HERE.
Bridge Education Abroad Institute (BEAI) organizes a summer program scheduled in Pristine, Kosovo during the dates July 9th-19th, 2014. The program includes lectures from experienced professors and guest speakers from all over the globe. Final application deadline: June 6th, 2014. To submit your application and get further information click HERE.
“Debating Big Ideas in Economic History, a tribute to Jaime Reis” is a conference organized by the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa and Nova School of Business and Economics taking place next June 6th 2014 in Lisboa. Any person interested in attending the conference better get in touch with the convenors or send a mail to Marta Castelo Branco (marta.castelobranco@ics.ulisboa.pt). More information HERE.
MSc in Economics at UB has been awarded with the International Master’s Program distinction by the Catalan Government. It has been one out of the six Master degree’s in Economics awarded with this distinction taught in Catalonia (you can have a look to the CALL RESOLUTION). The master academic quality and the high level of internationalisation of their students have been some of the main motivation for this distinction.
According to the recently published university ranking I-UGR, University of Barcelona is the third Spanish university in Economics for the period 2009-2013 , improving our relative position compared to last year’s edition. You can check the full ranking at www.rankinguniversidades.es.