➡️ This appointment strengthens the UB School of Economics presence in one of the country’s main forums for debate and the promotion of economic research. In addition, professor and researcher @epaluzieub.bsky.social continues in her role as secretary and treasurer of the Society.
🔹Our researcher @juditvall.bsky.social, has been appointed president of the @sce.iec.cat, a branch of the @iec.cat.
Call for expressions of interest: Beatriu de Pinós Postdocs
📍Deadline: January 26
Fields: industrial organization, microeconomics, behavioural, environmental, political economy, health, population & family economics, trade & spatial economics
www.ub.edu/caeps/2026/0...
Call for expressions of interest: Juan de la Cierva Postdocs
📍Deadline: December 3
Fields: industrial organization, microeconomics, behavioural, environmental, political economy, health, population & family economics, trade & spatial economics
⏳NOW HIRING! Call for expressions of interest for Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor positions:
📁All fields of economics
🔴Deadline: 1 December 2025
🗓️Starting date: September 2026
🔗https://shorturl.at/s7rEC
🚨 Meet our 2025-2026 PhD Job Market Candidates!
Learn more about the candidates & their research here👇🏽🧵
Cities surrounded by expensive farmland are denser and agricultural productivity growth has lowered urban density over time in France. Our multi-region structural change framework can explain it.
New paper by Coeurdacier, Teignier & @floswald.bsky.social
www.restud.com/structural-c...
#econsky
Very interesting round table on "The state of democracies today" to launch the new research centre on Institutions and Political Economy at @ub.edu, IPERC, with Susan Stokes, Massimo Morelli and @carlesboix.bsky.social
www.ub.edu/iperg/
La Universitat de Barcelona escala posicions i manté el lideratge estatal en els World University Rankings - Actualitat - Universitat de Barcelona web.ub.edu/web/actualit...
#InauguracióUB | 🎓 Coincidint amb el 575è aniversari de la #UniBarcelona, hem acollit la inauguració del curs del sistema universitari, amb presència de representants de totes les universitats catalanes i de les principals autoritats.
✨ Un acte carregat de simbolisme i compromís amb el futur.
Lectura per part dels rectors i rectores de les universitats catalanes de la lliçó inaugural del curs 1612-1613 a la @ub de l'escocès John Leslie, "Sophomachia Lacònica", en la inauguració avui del curs universitari català i del 575è aniversari de la Universitat de Barcelona.
Special issue of "Health economics, policy and law" edited by @jcosta-font.bsky.social, in tribute to Joan Rovira i Forns, who was a senior lecturer at the Department of Economic Theory @ub.edu and researcher at CAEPS.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#UBalsRànquings | La #UniBarcelona, l’única de l’Estat entre les 200 millors universitats del món en el #ShanghaiRanking #ARWU
🌐 Estem en el rang 151-200 de les millors universitats del món
📈 Lideren el rànquing @harvard.edu, @stanforduniversity.bsky.social i @mit.edu
👉 web.ub.edu/web/actualit...
Developing a framework to examine how beneficial transport infrastructure investments are, as well as other transport policies, from Dave Donaldson https://www.nber.org/papers/w34096
Comunicat de la Universitat de Barcelona sobre les greus acusacions contra l'entorn del grup CREA - Actualitat - Universitat de Barcelona web.ub.edu/web/actualit...
Hoy publico en @rtvenoticias.rtve.es uno de los casos más graves de la universidad en los últimos años, en mi opinión 👇
Catorce mujeres denuncian ante la Universidad de Barcelona a un catedrático por mantener relaciones sexuales con becarias www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
⬛️⬜️ @assembleacat.bsky.social former president and @unpointl.bsky.social VP @epaluzieub.bsky.social, and UNPO’s Sec Gen Mercè Monje participated in the Formal Briefing with NGO's of the Human Rights Committee 144th Session to denounce Spain’s violations of the ICCPR & of the rights of Catalans.
Tomorrow, Friday 27, don't miss the UB Fourth Microeconomics workshop organised by @beat-ub.bsky.social, @caeps.bsky.social and CREB at the @ubeconomics.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/ubmicro...
Keynote speech by Alessandro Bonatti
Very happy to share the program for the 3rd edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.
Taking place at the University of Barcelona on June 30th and July 1st.
Really looking forward to it!
Cc: @didacqueralt.bsky.social
Alessandro Bonatti from @mitsloan.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speech in the UB Fourth Microeconomics Workshop organised by @beat-ub.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/ubmicro...
📍Fourth Microeconomics Workshop at UB, June 27th
sites.google.com/view/ubmicro...
Register before June 20!
#UBalsMitjans | 📉 Dos professors de @economiaempresaub.bsky.social analitzen els efectes de la pujada d’aranzels dels EUA en dos articles publicats a @es.theconversation.com.
@sbasco.bsky.social parla del final de la globalització econòmica tal com l’hem conegut fins ara.
🌊 Sempre plou sobre mullat. Després de la DANA de València (2024), el nostre exalumne del doctorat en #Economia Pierre Magontier analitza a @5centims.bsky.social com les inundacions no només destrueixen ciutats, sinó que, paradoxalment, també poden impulsar-ne el creixement. 🧵👇
US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart
US tariffs on exports from China are around 42%.
US tariffs on exports from the rest of the world are almost 4%.
Check out our US-China Trade War #PIIECharts on where tariffs are right now that will be up-to-date for the next *checks notes* few hours: www.piie.com/research/pii...
📢 Last Thursday, @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social (UPF & BSE) kicked off #BESTEPS Lecture 1, “Starting a Feasible Project: Ideas, Literature, and Exploratory Analysis,” sharing key steps for identifying and developing research ideas, engaging with the literature, and conducting exploratory analysis.🧵👇🏼
Premi Taula de Canvi de la @sce.iec.cat a @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social entregat per la presidenta, Ada Ferrer i Carbonell.
Cerimònia d’entrega del #Premi Taula de Canvi a @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social, doctora en #Economia per la Universitat de Northwestern i professora al Departament d’Economia i Empresa de la @upf.edu i BSE.
sce.iec.cat/cerimonia-de...
Which US imports from Mexico would be hit the hardest under the 25 percent tariff?
Which imports from Canada would be hit the hardest under the 25% tariff?
Here are the imports from Mexico & Canada that will be hit the hardest by the 25% tariffs.
From Mexico: transport equipment, fruits & vegetables, electronics, & machinery
From Canada: wood products, metals, fuels, food products, & transport equipment
Learn more: www.piie.com/research/pii...
📜 How unequal was rural Catalonia after 1714? Our researchers Julio Martinez-Galarraga and Marc Prat explores economic disparities in the early 18th century, using tax records from the Patiño Cadastre in the latest post in 5centims.cat.
