We offer three PhD Scholarships for 3 years (with possible extension for one more year), starting during the 2024-2025 academic year. We are looking for students who aim at enrolling on the PhD program in Economics (University of Barcelona). The candidates must have a Master in Economics completed by summer 2024 and apply to the…

We offer a PhD Scholarship for 3 years (with possible extension for one more year), starting during the 2024-2025 academic year. We are looking for students who aim at enrolling on the PhD program in Economics (University of Barcelona). The candidates must have a Master in Economics completed by summer 2024 and apply to the…

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) has published the IEB Report 3/2023, entitled “Energy poverty”. Coordinated by Dr. María Teresa Costa, director of the Chair of Energy Sustainability at the UB, the document analyses the problem of energy poverty in developed countries from a range of perspectives. In recent years, energy poverty has entered the…

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) has incorporated a new research programme dedicated to the issue of gender. Led by researcher Núria Rodríguez-Planas, the programme Gender, Institutions and Culture will work to broaden the understanding of gender differences in various areas, such as the home, education, the labour market, STEM fields, wealth, participation in risk…

The economist Núria Rodríguez-Planas has joined the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) as a researcher. Doctor in Economics from the University of Boston, Professor Rodríguez-Planas is a professor at the City University of New York (CUNY); she has worked at the United States Federal Reserve and at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington. She is now…

The IEB and the Department of Economics are willing to pre-select outstanding candidates in order to support them in the application process for the Beatriu de Pinós Programme Call by the AGAUR (Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants). The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is a research centre whose goals are to…