Alessandro Ciardo, new IEB doctorand
Alessandro Ciardo has just joined the IEB as a new doctoral student, hacing matriculated in the PhD in Economics at the University of Barcelona. The new doctorand will help to maintain the international profile presented by all the students carrying out their doctoral studies at the IEB. Alessandro Ciardo studied economics and political sciences at…
A project led by Núria Bosch wins an IEA grant
The IEB researcher Núria Bosch leads one of the projects that will receive a grant from the Catalan government’s Institut d’Estudis d’Autogovern (Institute for Self-government Studies, IEA). These grants are awarded to support research carried out in the field of the territorial organization of power. The project led by Dr Bosch, professor of economics at…
Caroline Coly, expert in labour and gender economics, a new researcher at the IEB
The economist Caroline Coly has just joined the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) as a researcher and professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Barcelona (UB). She will be part of the group of researchers that make up the IEB Public Policy programme. Professor Coly has a PhD in Economics from the…
The UB pays tribute to Antoni Castells
Professor Antoni Castells was honoured on 15 September at an event held in the Aula Magna of the historic building of the University of Barcelona (UB) to acknowledge his brilliant academic career, his rigour and commitment, and his enormous capacity for work. In the world of Spanish academia Antoni Castells is considered a pioneer in…
Call for Applications – PhD Scholarship (FPI) Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
The EDUCA Project (funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation) at the Department of Economics of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) invites applications for a PhD candidate in the project “Understanding social cohesion: the interplay between education and criminal behaviours” (EDUCA, PID2022-140661OB-I00) led by Professor Daniel…
The IEB Report 1/2023 addresses issues in the world of sport from an economic perspective
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) has just presented the IEB Report 1/2023: Soccer & Economics, which carries out a detailed analysis of sports-related issues from an economic viewpoint. The authors make careful use of the analytical and empirical tools of the social sciences to examine issues in the world of sport that are often…
