ICREA opens 10 senior research positions. Minimum requirements are a PhD degree obtained preferably before 2010, with at least four years of international exposure at pre-doctoral and/or post-doctoral level. Only very strong candidates with an outstanding research record and excellent leadership capabilities will be considered. Aplication deadline: May 6th, 2014. You can read the call guidelines HERE.
Fundación Ramón Areces, through a new grant call, is aming to boost scientific research in Social Sciences, particularly the research developed by young researchers, and to promote education and culture in general terms as well. Applications can be submitted until April 30th 2014. More information HERE (in Spanish).
The CASB Fellows Program, an educational collaborative between The Consortium for Advanced Studies (CASB) and the Barcelona Group (BG), seeks to promote mutual research cooperation among CASB and BG member institutions and to open new avenues for enhanced professional engagement. The program is open to recent PhD graduates from The University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Polytechnic University of Catalunya and the Pompeu Fabra University who are seeking to carry out postdoctoral research…
The University of Bonn invites graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals from any field of study or discipline to a Summer School on Intellectual Property in Bonn. The Summer School on Intellectual Property will take place from July 21st to August 1st, 2014. Applicants who wish to participate in the Summer School on Intellectual Property must apply by April 18th, 2014. More information HERE.
On April 9th (7pm) will be presented at a public ceremony ‘UB Business’. This project aims to strengthen the research in business at the University of Barcelona (UB), improving its visibility and impact as well as its level of internationalization. As a central event, Dr. Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Strasbourg, will deliver the conference “Innovation Management: Where We’ve…
Next April 7th-9th 2014 will take place a UB Economics visiting professor course titled “Social Security and the Pensions Crisis”. Professor Gareth Donald Myles (University of Exeter) has focused his research activity on the role of social security in redistributing resources between generations and the many issues that surround policy reforms, which will be the main topic of this course. More information can be found HERE.
Next April the 1st 2014 will take place a ‘Job Market Information Session’ at the UB Faculty of Economics and Business. How does it work? How should I write a Job Market paper? We will try to answer this kind of questions through the academic experience of our faculty members Marc Teignier and Camille Hémet. The session will also include the participation of Marta Curto who is currently working at…
A Summer School on Behavioral Economics and Psychology will take place 5-12 July 2014 in Prague (Czech Republic). The aim of this Summer School is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the implications of behavioral research for policy making and the creation of public institutions as well as its practical applications helping to cope with flood of information in the modern world and in the realm of organizational…
The Summer School addresses PhD students and Post-docs with a strong academic record and a keen interest in policy issues, and young members of policy institutions such as central banks, ministries, and international organisations. The size of the group is limited to 25 participants. Applications must be submited before 31st of March 2014. More information HERE.
BAGSS is a multidisciplinary Graduate School funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) seeking to stimulate and guide cutting-edge doctoral research on some of the most crucial challenges modern knowledge-based societies are facing. Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars: Pillar 1, Education, personal development and learning from early childhood to adulthood; Pillar 2, Education and social inequality across the entire life course; Pillar 3, Changes in human capital, labour…