Last days to apply! Deadline is June 5.

WORKSHOP ALERT 🚨 Interested in the political economy of Spain? The 1st SPEIN Workshop will bring to London economists and political scientists working on the foundations of modern Spain: conflict, authoritarianism, democratic transition, and their legacies. June 15-16, @kcl-spe.bsky.social

Very happy to have Paula Rettl (Harvard Business School) giving an IPERG Seminar today at @ub.edu. Seminar at the usual time, 2.30pm. Seminar Roon 1038. @ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social

🏠 University of Barcelona – Department of Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy (IPERG) 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/fwlhmuuqwa #Economics #PoliticalEconomy

⏳ NOW HIRING! Call for expressions of interest for a Postdoctoral Researcher position: 📁 Historical Political Economy 🔴 Deadline: 5 June 2026 🗓️ Starting date: Fall 2026 (Sept/Oct)

📢 Postdoc opportunity at @UB-IPERG (University of Barcelona) 1-year position in Historical Political Economy. 💶 €35–40k | Start: Fall 2026 🗓️ Deadline for Expressions of Interest: June 5, 2026 All the info: 🔗 www.ub.edu/iperg/postdo...

⏰ Avui enviem un nou número de la newsletter de BANPS 🎉 No et perdis seminaris, esdeveniments i oportunitats de Ciència Política a tota la xarxa. 👉 Subscriu-t’hi aquí: tuit.cat/mVnFa

📢 Research Seminar | Apr 30, 2:30 PM 🎤 David Carter (UWSTL) presents 📄 Associational Membership, Ethnicity and Social Trust in Mali 📍 Seminar Room 1038 www.ub.edu/iperg/activi... @ubeconomics.bsky.social

The special issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social “Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies”, co-edited by myself and Isabela Mares, was just published. The issue includes 8 articles, many of which set new research agendas. A🧵w/overview 1/10 journals.sagepub.com/toc/CPS/curr...

🚨 EPSS 2026 Conference updates 🚨 The programme is now live. You can access the programme here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/... 🧵

🔔 Avui faig #5cèntims sobre "Règims autoritaris i fragilitat financera: la fallida del Banc de Catalunya". Moltes gràcies als amics de @5centims.bsky.social i @sce.iec.cat per convidar-me a compartir els resultats de la meva recerca amb tots vosaltres.💸 www.5centims.cat/regims-autor...

ASREC Europe Venice 🇮🇹 Fri/Sat 25/26 Sep 2026 co-organized with @valerueda.bsky.social 3 keynotes: Mara Squicciarini 🎉 @saumjha.bsky.social 🎉 Joel Mokyr 🎉 Submit here by 30 April 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Looking forward to it!

Molt content amb la posada en marxa del nou Dual Degree entre la Universitat de Barcelona @ub.edu i Kings’ College @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social a Londres. Tota la informació aquí: www.ub.edu/mipe/#dual 1/7 👇

We are launching the dual degree between our Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona @ubmipe.bsky.social and King's College London www.ub.edu/mipe/#dual @ub.edu

I'm very excited that you all can now read about Itinerant Rule in the Holy Roman Empire from 919-1519 in the @ajpseditor.bsky.social! Thank you @claranw.bsky.social, @andrejkokkonen.bsky.social and Jørgen Møller for a great collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

✨ What makes this programme stand out? ✔ Build a strong academic and professional profile ✔ Earn two official Master’s degrees ✔ Prepare for international careers or PhD programmes ✔ Experience Barcelona + London   Applications are now open 🔗

Study across two global cities. Complete your first year in Barcelona and your second in London, choosing from: — MA Political Economy — MA Public Policy — MSc Economics & Public Policy

🎓 UB School of Economics + @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social    Take your academic journey further with the Master in Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) Dual Degree: a unique pathway that connects us with KCL.

🚨 BIG NEWS: Starting in 2026–2027, the Master in Institutions and Political Economy @ubmipe.bsky.social at the University of Barcelona launches a brand-new Dual Degree with King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social One year in Barcelona. One year in London. 👇

Happy to see our paper "The Church as Arbiter" with @cboix.bsky.social now available online at @thejop.bsky.social. Here 👇 A Thread

I completely forgot I made this... a big list of English judicial records, 1500 to 1800, published and often online!

🎓 We are launching a call to recruit 6 predoctoral researchers in Madrid and Barcelona. We welcome highly motivated applicants with a strong interest in economic research, AI, or data science. We offer a predoctoral employment contract of 1-4 years (approx. €43,000/year). www.bde.es/wbe/en/sobre...

Very happy to have Gabriel Leon-Ablan (King's College London) today at @ub.edu giving an IPERG Seminar. Seminar at the usual time, 2.30pm. @ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social @ub.edu

🔹La professora i investigadora de la #FEE de la @ub.edu @juditvall.bsky.social ha estat nomenada presidenta de la @sce.iec.cat, filial de l’@iec.cat#FEE

Please forward to your colleagues!

Very happy to have Alex Scacco today giving an IPERG Seminar at Universitat de Barcelona @ub.edu Seminar at the usual time, 2.30pm Everyone welcomed! @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubeconomics.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social

📢 IPERC Research Seminar | Mar 5, 14:30 🎤 Alexandra Scacco (WZB) presents 📄 Intergroup Contact, Empathy Education, and Refugee Native Integration: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lebanon 📍 Sala de Recepcions @ubeconomics.bsky.social www.ub.edu/iperg/events...

Very happy to have @Lucasleemann.bsky.social today giving an IPERG Seminar at the University of Barcelona @ub.edu Seminar at usual time 2.30pm Note the change in the Seminar Room, is not the usual one. @ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social

📢 Registration Reminder for EPSS Belfast 2026 If you haven't registered already, please note that the registration deadline for the EPSS Belfast Conference is Friday, 13 March 👇🏼 Register here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

FT: “.. Wherever you look in financial markets, you see signs that global investors are going out of their way to avoid Donald Trump’s America.” @financialtimes.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/cfdc...

📢 Seminari IPERC-UB | 26 Feb 2026, 14:30 @ubeconomics.bsky.social 🎤 Lucas Leeman @lucasleemann.bsky.social (Zurich) presents 📄 Parties and the People: Why Do Parties Support Direct Democracy? 📍Facultat d’Economia i Empresa, UB, room 1020 tuit.cat/fS6Li

🏛️ IV Catalonia Workshop in Political Theory 📢 Call for Abstracts 📍 University of Girona (UdG) @univgirona.bsky.social 🗓 11 June 2026 📚 Identity, self determination, justice, crisis, solidarity, equality, freedom, protest, conflict, war... ⏳ Deadline to submit an abstract: 31 March 2026

⏰ Friendly reminder! Our first BANPS newsletter is launching very soon 🎉 Don’t miss updates on Political Science seminars, events and opportunities across the network. 👉 Subscribe here: tuit.cat/mVnFa @politiquesupf.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesuab.bsky.social @ibei.org

Yesterday Walter Sheidel gave us an interesting talk about his research on slavery as part of the launch of the doctoral programme in economic history at the University of Barcelona.

☀️☀️ Exciting news in Madrid! We are VERY happy to officially announce the creation of the Instituto Juan Linz (aka “IJL”). ijlinz.es The IJL ("Juan Linz Institute" in English) is dedicated to cutting-edge research and teaching in political science, sociology, economic history and more. thread 1/12

Molt content amb la concessió de la Consolidación Investigadora 2025. 🎉 Really happy with this grant. Stay tuned — calls on HPE will be out soon! 😊

Very happy to welcome today Fran Villamil @uc3m.es at IPERG. Seminar at the usual time, 2.30pm. Seminar Room 1038.

📢 IPERC Seminar | Jan 29, 2:30 PM @ubeconomics.bsky.social 🎤 Francisco Villamil (UC3M) @franvillamil.bsky.social presents 📄 The consequences of grassroots human rights: Mass grave exhumations in Spain 📍 Sala de Seminaris 1038, Facultat d’Economia i Empresa, UB www.ub.edu/iperg/events...

Are you about to complete a MA/MSc in social sciences? Do you have a very good idea to write a PhD? If so, please consider applying for one of the 5 doctoral studentships that @kcl-spe.bsky.social and @kingsqpe.bsky.social are currently advertising. All details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Today's #seminar: 'The Seniority Ceiling: Why Some Immigrants Struggle to Rise in Political Office' 🗣️Olle Folke (Uppsala University) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/oukkcznctn 🗃️ IPERG seminar #EconSky #Economics

📢 Last week to submit proposals to the 2026 Yale-UB HPE workshop. Programs from past editions can be found at www.didacqueralt.com/yale-ub-hpew

Just one week to go! The deadline is next Wednesday, January 21. Send us your proposals.

📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #pleaseRT

The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

#psjminfo: 2 x 3-year PostDoc positions, deadline Jan 4. We'll study the effects of border change, in ways that overlap with many subfields in CompPol and IR: e.g., HPE, PE of development, state formation, pol. geography, identity, ethnic politics. Also lots of (new) methods (ML, GIS, CausalInf...)!

🚨Jobs!🚨 3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you! Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

Jane Austen per Virginia Woolf. En traducció de Carme Camacho a @laelageminada.bsky.social.

Noon panels! 🔔 After the coffee break 🥐☕ and the BaNPS presentation 🚀 👉🏻 Join us in room 24.S01 for a panel on Democracies & Rights, in room 24.019 for a panel on Territory & Europe and in room 24.021 for one on Political identities!