IPERG group awarded SGR grant by AGAUR

IPERG group was awarded one of the SGR grants for research groups given by AGAUR. The group will have financial funding and is within…

Dr. Amat awarded 3-year Junior Fellowship by “La Caixa”

IPERG researcher, Francesc Amat, has been granted a 3-year Junior Leader “La Caixa” – Retaining Postdoctoral Fellowship. These fellowships are intended to consolidate…

IPERG to host workshop on historical political economy and gender politics

The Historical Political Economy and Gender Politics Workshop will offer two days packed with presentations from top researchers at the University…

Four new Postdoctoral Researchers are joining IPERG

The Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) directed by Prof. Carles Boix welcomes four new postdoctoral researchers that will start…

Dr. Pablo Beramendi joins IPERG as a visiting researcher

Dr. Beramendi is an Associate Professor of Political Science (Political Economy) at Duke University. He is also an Associate Member of Nuffield College, University…

Dr. Guillem Riambau, new visiting researcher at IPERG

The Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) is pleased to welcome Dr. Guillem Riambau-Armet, Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale-NUS…

Three new Research Fellows are joining IPERG

The Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) directed by Prof. Carles Boix welcomes three new Research Fellows. Germà Bel is a…

IPERG Postdoctoral Fellow Marta Curto-Grau has been awarded a Marie Curie fellowship to study the impact of politicians’ personal traits on public policies

Marta Curto-Grau, researcher at the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG), has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual fellowship. From…

Carles Boix wins Choice Award for his book ‘Political order and inequality’

The book explains the economic and political roots of inequality, describes the causes of the stagnation of the preindustrial world and explores what led to the West’s prosperity of the past two centuries.

Launch Event: The Birth of Party Democracy ERC Advanced Grant & Institutions and Political Economy Research Group

The event will take place at Sala de Graus on March 2nd, 2017, at 11:00.