The World Bank’s Education unit in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region is looking for a person to serve as a Junior Professional Associate (JPA) in a diverse set of analytical and operational tasks. For more information about this position you can read its TERMS OF REFERENCE.
The OECD Directorate for Education has launched the Thomas J. Alexander Fellowship Programme. The programme seeks to develop and support improvements in education quality and equity, particularly in emerging economies. Ideal fellows are expected to have experience with quantitative research methods and large-scale surveys and have articles published in scientific journals. Deadline for the next call for proposal is the 21st of June. More informations HERE.
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 1.800.000 euros for the selected projects. The deadline for applications is June 16th 2013. More information can be found HERE.
The University of Barcelona takes part into the Erasmus programme for placements/internships. The Erasmus programme gives the students the chance to do a internship in another European country, a good way to achieve professional and international experience. UB Economics offers the opportunity to provide the student with the possibility of developing his/her professional skills within a successful project and a unique environment such as the city of Barcelona. Further information…
The next annual meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET) will take place in Bilbao, Spain, November 7-9, 2013. The conference will be organized by the Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis I, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. The conference requests papers in all areas of Economics and submissions from economists not affiliated with the ASSET network are also welcome. The submission deadline is June 15, 2013….
A new edition of the CEMFI Summer School will take place from August 26th to September 13th 2013 in Madrid. This year’s edition includes nine independent courses which will be held during a week from the end of July to the beginning of September. The courses will be taught in English and will take place from Monday to Friday during three and a half hours per day. A certificate of attendance…
V WORKSHOP ON FISCAL FEDERALISM: The political economy of decentralization. Decentralization of the delivery of public services has been an important part of public sector reform in many countries. The arguments typically used by governments, international agencies and donors have been mostly of economic and technical nature. The political economy approach can complement this diagnosis and advice work by predicting the effect of decentralization reforms in real political and institutional…
The Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo is hosting the XXXVIII Spanish Economic Association Symposium on December 12-14 in Santander, Spain. The Symposium is the annual conference of the Spanish Economic Association and brings together experts in all fields of economics every year in December. The Spanish Economic Association Job Market, intended for PhD graduates in economics, also meets during the Symposium. The submission deadline is 10 June 2013 for Contributed Sessions and…
More than 80 researchers from all over the world, specialized in the economic effects of people’s ageing, will celebrate an International Congress at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Barcelona between June 3rd and June 8th 2013. It is a meeting of the members of the project NTA (National Transfer Accounts) where researchers from all over 40 countries participate. You can find more information about the programme and participants…
The Navarra Center for International Development celebrates the Second Development Week (D-Week) between June 3rd and June 7th 2013 in Pamplona. This event will offer a course in the Causes and Consequences of Civil Conflict and the Keynote Speech, given by Oded Stark, will address the relation between globalization and social distress. You can find the programme in the link below and more information HERE. For further inquiries, please contact ncid@unav.es