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March 20, 2016

José Manuel Blecua Prize – Call for applications

The Board of Trustees of the University of Barcelona invites applications for its annual José Manuel Blecua Prize. The prize is awarded for the best article published in a prominent academic journal in the field of humanities and social sciences. Applicants must have successfully defended their PhD thesis at the University of Barcelona between January 1st 2011 and December 31st 2015. Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2016. More information (in catalan) HERE. Last year edition Ernest Miguelez, PhD in Economics…

The Alumni Wall: We reached our goal on our first crowdfunding project!

Our first crowdfunding campaign closed on March 25th with €6,275 raised for the research project of Athina Raftopoulou, PhD in Economics student at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UB). We want to thank everyone who supported our first project linked to the Alumni Wall.

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of lasting impact for their originality, theoretical significance and ability to push back the frontiers of the known world. These international awards span eight categories: Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biomedicine, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Information and Communication Technologies, Economics, Finance and Management, Contemporary Music, Climate Change and Development Cooperation. Deadline: 30 June…

APIF Grants for Research Stays – Call for applications

The University of Barcelona has published a new call for applications addressed to PhD Students with an APIF Scholarship looking for financial support for short research stays in Spain and abroad. All applications must be sent to the Unitat de Beques i Ajuts a l’Estudiant (Oficina de Beques de Tercer Cicle – Pavelló Rosa). Deadline for applicatons: March 18th, 2016. More information (in Catalan) HERE.

Video Competition ‘Comas i Solà’

Make your research understood by the wider public! The University of Barcelona Doctoral School (EDUB) has announced its second short-video contest to enable UB doctoral students to share their research with a wider public. Deadline for submissions: May 23rd, 2016. More information (in Catalan) HERE.

LERU Doctoral Summer School – Call for applications

The 7th LERU Doctoral Summer School ‘Data Stewardship for Scientific Discovery an Innovation’ will be held at Leiden University (The Netherlands) from July 10th to July 15th, 2016. It will prepare its participants for the future of complex, data-intensive, multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary scientific methods and collaborations The University of Barcelona will cover the registration fees, flight tickets and accommodation expenses for the 2 UB selected candidates. The deadline for applications will…

Presentation of “General Equilibrium and Game Theory, Ten Papers”

The Barcelona Graduate School of Economics will host the presentation in Spain of the book published by Harvard University Press ”General Equilibrium and Game Theory – Ten Papers” by Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell with remarks by Prof. Jerry R. Green, Harvard University, and Prof. Hugo F. Sonnenschein, University of Chicago. The presentation will take place on 8 April 2016 at 13.00h at Ciutadella Campus Auditorium – UPF (Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27;…

SERC Annual Conference 2016 – Call for papers

The Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC) at the London School of Economics (LSE) will held its eighth annual Conference from 26-27 May 2016. The Spatial Economics Research Centre was launched in April 2008 to provide high quality independent research on why some regions, cities and communities prosper more than others. It mobilises international expertise and provides information for policy makers to enhance their capacity to diagnose and tackle existing spatial…

The Alumni Wall: Write your name in history to support research at the Faculty of Economics and Business

The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona (UB) has made the decision to open new sources of financing to continue promoting new projects. This new university sponsorship initiative (The Alumni Wall) is seeking help from former students to kick start high quality research, internationalisation and teaching projects. Donations for funding Faculty projects will receive symbolic recognition: the Alumni Wall, where the names of those doing their little…

The UB in the top 25 leading world universities over 400 years old

The University of Barcelona (UB) has been ranked among the top 25 leading world universities in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings of the best ancient universities. The UB was ranked 174th in THE’s overall World University Rankings in the 2015-16 ranking. More information HERE.