UB Economics project will be presented next June 25th at 12pm at Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business. University of Oxford professor Anthony Venables will give the opening lecture ‘‘Why cities do well: understanding the urban economy’
EURIAS Fellowship Programme for international researcher mobility. The call to submit applications is open until next June 7th. More information on EURIAS website
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will host its second workshop on Urban Economics on the 4th and 5th June 2012. The aim of the workshop is to bring together original research in the area of urban economics. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. The accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions that will be complemented with three 3 plenary sessions. You can find more information here.
The Pasqual Maragall Chair of Economy and Territory opens the 2012 announcement of two Research grants for young researchers. Each grant is endowed with 5,000 euros. The deadline for submission of applications is May 21st, 2012 (inclusive). More information on http://ves.cat/ay4d
Universitat de Barcelona improves in 2011 its Tilburg University Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking. The Faculty of Economics and Business is among the Top 100 European Universities in economics. More information on Tilburg ranking website