Next April 7th-9th 2014 will take place a UB Economics visiting professor course titled “Social Security and the Pensions Crisis”. Professor Gareth Donald Myles (University of Exeter) has focused his research activity on the role of social security in redistributing resources between generations and the many issues that surround policy reforms, which will be the main topic of this course. More information can be found HERE.
Next April the 1st 2014 will take place a ‘Job Market Information Session’ at the UB Faculty of Economics and Business. How does it work? How should I write a Job Market paper? We will try to answer this kind of questions through the academic experience of our faculty members Marc Teignier and Camille Hémet. The session will also include the participation of Marta Curto who is currently working at…
A Summer School on Behavioral Economics and Psychology will take place 5-12 July 2014 in Prague (Czech Republic). The aim of this Summer School is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the implications of behavioral research for policy making and the creation of public institutions as well as its practical applications helping to cope with flood of information in the modern world and in the realm of organizational…
The Summer School addresses PhD students and Post-docs with a strong academic record and a keen interest in policy issues, and young members of policy institutions such as central banks, ministries, and international organisations. The size of the group is limited to 25 participants. Applications must be submited before 31st of March 2014. More information HERE.
BAGSS is a multidisciplinary Graduate School funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) seeking to stimulate and guide cutting-edge doctoral research on some of the most crucial challenges modern knowledge-based societies are facing. Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars: Pillar 1, Education, personal development and learning from early childhood to adulthood; Pillar 2, Education and social inequality across the entire life course; Pillar 3, Changes in human capital, labour…
Fundació Banc Sabadell is offering up to 5 grants to provide support for PhD student research projects and stages. Applications should be sent through THIS website. Deadline: March 31st 2014. More information HERE (in Spanish).
Research workshops on Trade and Macro, Economics and Psychology, Behavioural Economics and Labour Economics Gutenberg School of Management and Economics. The Department of Economics of the Gutenberg University Mainz is proud to host four outstanding research workshops on issues ranging from trade to psychology. These workshops are made possible due to generous funding by the Gutenberg Research Council. These 2014 workshops continue the tradition of high-profile research workshops that has…
The University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) has launched its Annual Call for Proposals 2014. In this year’s call for proposals, USIAS welcomes applications from both excellent advanced researchers and promising young scholars with new ideas. Applicants from outside of Strasbourg, wishing to carry out research in collaboration with researchers in Strasbourg and/or using a Strasbourg facility, are particularly welcome to apply. Applications can be submitted via the online…
From June 9th to 10th the IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics) organizes the III Workshop on Urban Economics. The deadline for submission of papers will be next March 21st, 2014. You will find all the information HERE.
Next March 19th (2.30 pm) at Sala de Graus of the Faculty of Economics and Business of UB Sharon T. Freeman, presidenta i directora executiva de l’All American Small Business Exporters Association (AASBEA) President and Executive Director, will giver a conference about “Economic Impact of the Future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)”. AASBEA is an organization that helps small and medium enterprise (SME) to export, particularly active among the…