The Ramón Areces Foundation has awarded research grants to 12 projects in Social Sciences, to be developed over the next three years in centres and universities in Madrid, Catalonia, Navarre, Aragon and Andalusia. Of the projects selected, three are promoted by researchers from the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB). The researchers in question are Cristina…

The IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics) and the Department of Economics (Section of Public Economics) in the School of Economics at the University of Barcelona, aims to sponsor several candidates for the Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Call by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation. The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is a research…

Economists Wei Zheng, Elisabetta Calabresi and Caterina Muratori have joined the Barcelona Institute of Economics as researchers. With their incorporation, the IEB now has a total of 45 researchers and thus continues to broaden its international profile. The three academics join the IEB linked to the Gender, Institutions and Culture Research programme led by IEB…

Marta Espasa has rejoined the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) after serving as Secretary of the Treasury of the Generalitat, the Catalan government, since 2018. In October she returned to her post as researcher at the IEB. Dr Espasa has been a member of several groups of experts for the preparation of the fiscal balance…

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) has four new doctorate students studying for their PhDs in economics at the University of Barcelona (UB). The new recruits are Cristina Aranzana, Elisa Muscarella, Anna Chesa and Enoch Ntsiful. Cristina Aranzana studied a dual degree in economics and international relations at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid…

Three PhD students from the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) – Abhinav Khemka, Alex Izquierdo and Marianna Magagnoli – are currently listed on the Job Market. The Job Market allows students completing their PhD to contact universities and other institutions that are currently looking for new researchers. Abhinav Khemka, from India, holds a Master’s degree…