The Master in Economics enrolment period is open from this Wednesday September 5th until the end of the month. The enrolment can be completed on-line and will be administratively supported by the PhD and MSc Office (Oficina de Màsters i Doctorat – OMD). Last Tuessday September 25th new students started the courses after a welcome reception for the new master students.
Jordi Suriñach has been recently elected president of the Spanish Association of Regional Sciences (AECR). AECR is an Spanish association which aims to boost Regional Science as a theoretical and applied discipline as a result of diverse research fields contributing to a sustainable human, enviromental and territorial development. You can have a look to his welcome letter.
According to the last edition of the Spanish University Ranking I-UGR, Universitat de Barcelona is the university with the 3rd highest IFQ2A-INDEX – measuring the quantitative and qualitative dimension of the scientific production – in economics scientific discipline. In the overall ranking of Economics and Business research field, Universitat de Barcelona is ranked as the 5th one. You can have a look to this link to get further information.
The Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) published the calls to finance research stages (BE-DGR), either for predoctoral or postdoctoral students. The applications can be submitted until July 17th 2012. Further information at AGAUR webpage.
UB Economics offers an open informative session to know in depth the following 7th Framework Program People calls: Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF), Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF), Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) all of them with the deadline 16th August 2012. The session will take place next thurday 5th July and will be taught by International Resarch Projects Office of Universitat…
UB Economics project will be presented next June 25th at 12pm at Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business. University of Oxford professor Anthony Venables will give the opening lecture ‘‘Why cities do well: understanding the urban economy’
EURIAS Fellowship Programme for international researcher mobility. The call to submit applications is open until next June 7th. More information on EURIAS website
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will host its second workshop on Urban Economics on the 4th and 5th June 2012. The aim of the workshop is to bring together original research in the area of urban economics. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. The accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions that will be complemented with three 3 plenary sessions. You can find more information here.
The Pasqual Maragall Chair of Economy and Territory opens the 2012 announcement of two Research grants for young researchers. Each grant is endowed with 5,000 euros. The deadline for submission of applications is May 21st, 2012 (inclusive). More information on http://ves.cat/ay4d
Universitat de Barcelona improves in 2011 its Tilburg University Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking. The Faculty of Economics and Business is among the Top 100 European Universities in economics. More information on Tilburg ranking website