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October 14, 2016

The Faculty of Economics and Business announces two collaboration grants for PhD students

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona has announced two collaboration grants for PhD students. Successful candidates will provide support to the coordination of the Official Masters of the faculty, academic planning, organisation and dissemination of activities. On the other hand, they will be responsible for maintaining the website and the virtual campus. Candidates must demonstrate knowledge of web pages and virtual campus. They should also…

UB Economics PhD Job Market candidate profiles 2016/2017 are now available

The list of PhD candidates who are going to the Job Market has been announced this week. A preview of our candidates can be viewed on our Job Market page. Currently Ata Atay, Celia Melguizo, Ilias Pasidis, Francisco Robles and Pere Timoner are nearing completion of their doctoral theses. All five PhD candidates are ready to be considered for job opportunities in world universities and research centres. Our candidates will…

The UB stands out among the top 100 worldwide universities according to NTU Ranking

The University of Barcelona (UB) keeps improving positions every year. It holds the 69th position worldwide, according to the National Taiwan University Ranking (NTU). It has improved seven positions compared to last year. Regarding Europe it is listed on the 18th position and gains 6 positions compared to 2015. The University of Barcelona is also the leading Spanish university, followed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of…

ERC Proof of Concept Grants – Call for Applications

The submission session is now available for the European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grants, which aim to maximise the value of the excellent research that this EU institution funds, by funding further work to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research. The financial…

Research Portal of the Universities of Catalonia (PRC) opens to the public

After a period of restricted access, the Research Portal of the Universities of Catalonia (PRC) has finally opened to the public. This webpage brings together in one place all the research activity carried out by the Catalan higher education centres. The project was born in 2012 with the aim of giving visibility to the potential of the Catalan system as a whole, reinforce processes of joint management of data from…

Food security, sustainable agriculture and maritime research and the bioeconomy – Call for Proposals

The European Commission is now accepting proposals to four different calls addressing all the bioeconomy sectors. The overall objective is to help set Europe on a solid basis to sustain food security, the natural resource base and sustainable growth path, adapting and innovating to find resilient and efficient alternatives to our fossil-based economy. The Sustainable Food Security (SFS) call includes topics such as ‘Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy’ and ‘Socio-eco-economics…

XREPP Doctoral Day 2016 – Call for Papers

Submissions of papers are invited for the next XREPP Doctoral Day, which will take place on November 23rd, 2016, in Sala de Recepcions, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Barcelona. XREPP is the Network of reference in Economics and Public Policy which brings together the main researchers in Economic Design and Evaluation of Public Policies from Catalan universities. XREPP’s Doctoral Day 2016 welcomes all PhD students, young and senior researchers,…

European Association for Research Managers and Administrators Conference – Call for topics

The European Association for Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) is now accepting proposals for sessions to be held at the 22nd Annual EARMA conference in Malta, April 24th-26th 2017. The Annual Conference Committee (ACC) invites all those interested in research management and administration to become actively involved in the conference programme. The ACC seeks current and thought-provoking topics and speakers who can engage their audiences with quality-driven content in lively…

The UB announces 75 collaboration grants – Call for Applications

The University of Barcelona has announced 75 collaboration grants for UB students or its affiliated centres enrolled in any degree, master, PhD or university’s own degrees. Generally, the collaboration period begins in February 2017. The remuneration varies according to each scholarship. Departments or units that will host interns are the Cabinet of Institutional Activities and Protocol, the Office of Electronic Administration and Document Management, the of Unit Electronic Administration and…

Programme is now available for the 2016 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics

The provisional programme for the 2016 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics is now available on the meeting’s webpage. The workshop will be held in Barcelona on October 27th-28th, 2016. It includes three contributed sessions and two keynote lectures by Maryann Feldman (Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina) and Karen Maguire (Regional Innovation Unit, OECD). The workshop will be focused on innovation and the spatial…