The Third IFPU Doctoral Summer Seminar will be held at Charles University of Prague from 16th to 21st of June 2013 under the title of ‘Global Health in the 21st Century’. The University of Barcelona will select a maximum of two top candidates to participate in this summer seminar. UB will cover the travelling expenses and Charles University will cover the inscription fees and accommodation costs. The deadline for applications…
The Fourth LERU Doctoral Summer School will be held at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris from July 8th to July 12th, 2013. The chosen theme for this year’s summer school is Development of Leadership Skills for Employment in Enterprise, Government and Academia. The top candidate from each LERU university is guaranteed a place in the summer school. UB will cover the registration fees and accommodation costs from…
The Centre for Macroeconomics and the London School of Economics are hosting the 2013 edition of the European Workshop in Macroeconomics on June 20 and 21 in London. The conference is primarily intended for advanced graduate students who would like to benefit from presenting in front of an international audience before entering the job market. Young post-docs are also encouraged to apply. Theoretical and empirical papers from all areas of…
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) offers 2 PhD Scholarships for 3 years, starting September 2013. The yearly amount of the stipend is 15.000€. This shcolarship call is for students who have graduated after 2009 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 2013 and fulfil the admission requirements of the PhD program…
The ‘X Jornadas de Economia Laboral’ of the ‘Asociación Española de Economia del Trabajo (AEET)’ will be held in Madrid next July 11-12, 2013. The deadline for submission of papers will be next March 23th, 2013. You will find all the information HERE.
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to be responsible for the whole ‘UB Economics’ project. This position will be directly reporting to the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business of Universitat de Barcelona (UB). You can submit your application until March 22nd. More information HERE.
The 62nd Annual Meeting of the French Economic Association (Association Française de Science Economique, AFSE) will be held in Aix-en-Provence next June 24-28, 2013. The deadline for submission of papers will be next March 15th, 2013. You will find all the information HERE.
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers a student collaboration scholarship at the UB Economics project. If you would like to participate in our project and gain valuable work experience in marketing and internationalization of graduate programmes and dissemination of research activities the application deadline is March 15, 2013. What we ask for and what we offer? You can find all the information and the online application HERE.
Next March 13th will take place the Workshop on Telecommunications Economics organized by Joan Calzada (Universitat de Barcelona) and Iñigo Herguera (Comisión del Mercado de Telecomunicaciones). You will find all the information and how to register HERE.
‘Globalization and Economic Growth in Economic History: A Short Course’. This course presents some selected topics in the long-run history of globalization. There are two main questions: How do we measure integration in commodity and capital markets? Why does integration matter? INSTRUCTOR: Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis, NBER. More information HERE.