Next November 20th and 21st November 2014 the “International Conference on Regional Science” will take place in Zaragoza (Spain). Call for abstracts is open until next May 31st 2014. More information HERE.
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) offers 2 PhD Scholarships for 3 years, starting September 2014. The yearly amount of the stipend is 15.000€. This shcolarship call is for students who have graduated after 2010 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 2014 and fulfil the admission requirements of the PhD program…
The deadline for submission of papers for the INFER Workshop in Urban and Regional Economics until May 20th 2014. To submit a paper to the workshop, please send a complete version in pdf format to the email address qure@urv.cat with the subject “Submission to the INFER Workshop in Urban and Regional Economics”. The front page of the document should include the title, authors, affiliations, contact details, and a short abstract….
Next May 19th IEB and FEDEA organize the IV workshop in Transport Economics, taking place in Madrid. The workshop will be based on one of the critical issues in transport economics: the way in which tendering public transport services is applied in practice. Send an e-mail to egomez@fedea.es to pre-register. You can find more information about the workshop program HERE.
The Quantitative Urban and Regional Economics research group (QURE – Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) is offering a post-doctoral research position for 18 (9+9) months. The yearly amount of the stipend is 19.833,94 euros. Research expertise in Empirical Economics in general and in some of the following topics in particular will be appretiated: Industrial location; firm dynamics; economic impact analysis; applied general equilibrium; environmental economics; personnel economics; theoretical and applied econometrics; urban and…
ICREA opens 10 senior research positions. Minimum requirements are a PhD degree obtained preferably before 2010, with at least four years of international exposure at pre-doctoral and/or post-doctoral level. Only very strong candidates with an outstanding research record and excellent leadership capabilities will be considered. Aplication deadline: May 6th, 2014. You can read the call guidelines HERE.
Fundación Ramón Areces, through a new grant call, is aming to boost scientific research in Social Sciences, particularly the research developed by young researchers, and to promote education and culture in general terms as well. Applications can be submitted until April 30th 2014. More information HERE (in Spanish).
The CASB Fellows Program, an educational collaborative between The Consortium for Advanced Studies (CASB) and the Barcelona Group (BG), seeks to promote mutual research cooperation among CASB and BG member institutions and to open new avenues for enhanced professional engagement. The program is open to recent PhD graduates from The University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Polytechnic University of Catalunya and the Pompeu Fabra University who are seeking to carry out postdoctoral research…
The University of Bonn invites graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals from any field of study or discipline to a Summer School on Intellectual Property in Bonn. The Summer School on Intellectual Property will take place from July 21st to August 1st, 2014. Applicants who wish to participate in the Summer School on Intellectual Property must apply by April 18th, 2014. More information HERE.
On April 9th (7pm) will be presented at a public ceremony ‘UB Business’. This project aims to strengthen the research in business at the University of Barcelona (UB), improving its visibility and impact as well as its level of internationalization. As a central event, Dr. Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Strasbourg, will deliver the conference “Innovation Management: Where We’ve…