Call for Expressions of Interest: Postdoctoral / Assistant Professor Positions in Economics
Thursday, 23 November 2023
The University of Barcelona School of Economics is accepting applications for three two-year Postdoctoral and one six-year Assistant Professor positions starting in September 2024. Postdoctoral positions may transition to an Assistant Professorship contingent upon a favorable evaluation and the availability of positions. Two of these positions (one Postdoctoral and one Assistant Professor) correspond to the…
The UB-IEB Chair of Energy Sustainability analyses the role of local agents in the fight against energy poverty
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
DESCARGA EL INFORME The fight against energy poverty must be channelled through government bodies, third sector entities, and academic institutions at local level, since these are the agents that are in the closest contact with groups in difficulties or at risk of social exclusion. This is one of the main conclusions of the study…
Alessandro Ciardo, new IEB doctorand
Friday, 3 November 2023
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
Monday, 30 October 2023
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
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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
Thursday, 21 September 2023
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…
