The recent reorganisation of the governing bodies of the University of Barcelona (UB) has seen the appointment of two members of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB). Researcher Oriol Escardíbul has been named Vice-Rector for Finance, a position that depends directly on the Rector, Dr Joan Elias i García, while researcher Maite Vilalta has been appointed Rector’s Delegate for Social Action.

Dr Oriol Escardíbul is a Professor in the Department of Public Economics, Political Economy and Spanish Economy at the University of Barcelona and member of the IEB, where he specializes in research on the economics of education, the evaluation of education policy, university finances and cultural economics.

Dr Maite Vilalta works in the same department at the Faculty of Economics and is a member of the IEB, where she undertakes research on fiscal federalism, public aid and regional and local finance.