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May 20, 2016

Scholarships to pursue international studies – Call for applications

The Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT) is issuing a call for applications for grants for a maximum period of a year to pursue international studies, with the collaboration of “la Caixa” Foundation. The universities eligible through the grant are those that offer courses in international relations, whether of a general kind, or more specifically related to public diplomacy, politics, law, economics and trade, diplomatic relations, co-operation in development and…

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May 6, 2016

Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) PhD Scholarships – Call for applications

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) offers PhD Scholarships for 3 years (with possible extension for one more year), starting September 2016. This shcolarship call is for students who have graduated after 2012 and who aim at enrolling on the PhD program in Economics (University of Barcelona). The candidates must have a Master in Economics completed by summer 2016. Deadline for applications: May 27th, 2016. More information HERE.

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May 6, 2016

Vives Network Summer Courses 2016

The Vives Network (Xarxa Vives) is a non-profit institution that represents and coordinates the joint action in higher education, research and culture of 21 universities from 4 different European countries. This institution offers financial support for UB students interested to attend to one of the summer courses listed HERE. Deadline for applications: June 1st, 2016.  More information (in Catalan) HERE.

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April 25, 2016

II RRI Tools Conference

On May 4th will take place in Barcelona the II RRI Tools Conference organised by the Association of Public Universities of Barcelona (ACUP), the Catalan Association for Science Communication (ACCC), CERCA Institute, the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) and Obra Social La Caixa. The conference will be the framework to present the first version of the European project RRI Tools’ Toolkit with more than 350 multimedia…

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April 22, 2016

Fundació Montcelimar & UB Mobility Grants – Call for applications

The Fundació Montcelimar and the University of Barcelona (UB) invite applications for mobility grants addressed to UB PhD Students. Applications must be submitted in person at the “Unitat de Beques i Ajuts a l’Estudiant – Beques de Tercer Cicle”. Deadline extended (!): May 17th, 2016. More information (in Catalan) HERE.

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April 18, 2016

Week of Innovative Regions in Europe 2016

The Brainport Eindhoven Region hosts the 7th edition of the European Commission’s Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) from 8 to 10 June 2016. This conference of the Directorate-General Research & Innovation serves as a prime event under the flag of the Dutch EU Presidency in 2016. The WIRE 2016 conference provides a platform for policy makers, national and regional authorities, knowledge institutions and enterprises from all over Europe…

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April 15, 2016

II Workshop on Pensions and Insurance – Call for papers

On July 14th-15th will take place the II Workshop on Pensions and Insurance 2016 at the Faculty of Economics and Business (University of Barcelona). In this two day workshop, experts and master and doctorate students in the field of pensions and insurance will present their latest research and opinions in this area. Our aim is to present and discuss research that contributes to the sharing of new theoretical, methodological and…

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April 14, 2016

Conference on Social Impact of Science – Call for papers

On July 25th-29th will take place the 1st Conference on Social Impact of Science at the University of Barcelona. The conference will provide a framework where research groups from diverse contexts and domains will be able to discuss existing good practices, as well as the processes for further improvement. Furthermore, SIS2016 will generate new bonds between the different actors involved in this initiative including researchers, scientific agencies, science stakeholders and civil society….

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April 14, 2016

University of Barcelona, within the best 50 on scientific productivity in the world

The University of Barcelona holds the 49th world position and it is the only one at a state level which appears to be within the 50 best universities regarding scientific productivity, according to URAP 2015-2016 (University Ranking by Academic Performance), a list made by the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey, which evaluates the performance of 2.000 universities worldwide. More information HERE.

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