🎓Yesterday, Natasha Cáceres defended her #PhD #thesis “Essays on Capital Allocation and Regulation in Digital Finance”. (Advisors: @joancalzada.bsky.social and Ester Manna).  Congratulations! 🎉

🔹Our researcher @juditvall.bsky.social, has been appointed president of the @sce.iec.cat, a branch of the @iec.cat.

#DoctoratUB | 🗣️ T’apassiona la divulgació? Accepta el repte del @coimbragroup.bsky.social i explica la teva tesi en 3️⃣ minuts i en anglès al certamen internacional #3MT. ⏳ Inscripcions a la fase #UB fins al 6 de març! 👉 web.ub.edu/ca/web/laubd... @ubdivulga.bsky.social

🆕AQR-IREA Working Paper: "A Light Bulb Goes On: Religiosity and the Adoption of electrical Technologies in 19th century France" by Tsiachtsiras, G.; Petralia, S.; Miguelez, E.; Moreno, R. 👉bit.ly/46RwHIc @ubeconomics.bsky.social

Today's #seminar: 'Intergroup Contact, Empathy Education, and Refugee-Native Integration: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lebanon' 🗣️Alexandra Scacco (WZB) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/erbnojdqnz 🗃️IPERG seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Essays on Capital Allocation and Regulation in Digital Finance' 🗣️Natasha Cáceres (Universitat de Barcelona) ⏰11:00 CET 📍Room 2019, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/colhaecvdl 🗃️Thesis defence #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'The role of firms in shaping the work, study, and graduation choices of student employees' 🗣️Domnisoru Ciprian (Aalto University) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zkffvckyza 🗃️IEB Seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Firm Characteristics, Climate Policy Shocks, and Climate Risk Exposures: Evidence of Feedback Loops from a Quasi-Experiment in GCC Countries' 🗣️Hanh Le Hong (RMIT Vietnam University) ⏰14:00 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/bbwemaypzt 🗃️IEB seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Why Do Parties Support Direct Democracy?' 🗣️Lucas Leemann (Zurich University) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1020, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ytpbyncycb 🗃️IPERG seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'The Geopolitical Determinants of Economic Growth, 1960-2024' 🗣️Tianyu Fan (Yale University) ⏰17:00 CET 📍Online. 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/tpvycahjhk 🗃️IMHOS Economic History seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Spousal and intergenerational effects of survivor benefit reductions' 🗣️Maartje van Wijhe (Erasmus University of Rotterdam) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/vqupvsyczv 🗃️AQR-IREA seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Epistemic Authority at an Age of Economics Fragmentation' 🗣️Angela Ambrosino (University of Turin) ⏰14:00 CET 📍Room 1012, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ddzsyznarb 🗃️Economic History Seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Immigration and Social Capital: Evidence from the European Union Enlargement' 🗣️Luigi Minale (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/boiiaoyxyc 🗃️IEB Seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Spatial Wage Inequality in North America and Western Europe since the 1970s' 🗣️Luis Bauluz (CUNEF) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 2302, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/juvobjaopm 🗃️Economic Theory Seminar #EconSky #Economics

📘 In a recent study, our researcher Joan Gil, alongside with Alessio Gaggero (Universidad de Granada) and Dolores Jiménez-Rubio (Universidad de Granada) examine how genetic predisposition to ADHD affects health and wellbeing later in life, and whether these effects extend to partners.

Congratulations to our researcher Mikel Álvarez-Mozos on his appointment as the new Director of the #MSc in #Economics.   We also want to sincerely thank @vahagnj.bsky.social for his dedication over the years.

⏳NOW HIRING! Call for expressions of interest for a Postoctoral Researcher position: 📁 Energy Economics 🔴 Deadline: 15 March 2026 🗓️ Starting date: 15 Sept 2026 🏠 The Chair of Energy Sustainability (@fundacioieb.bsky.social; @ub.edu) 🔗 shorturl.at/DQLVu

Curious about the MSc in Economics at the University of Barcelona? Here’s your chance to get all your questions answered directly from Mikel Álvarez, Programme Director.

Today's #seminar: 'Decentralization and Local Capture in Pharmaceutical Procurement' 🗣️Philippe Gagnepain (Paris School of Economics) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/iswlrjtfjo 🗃️IEB Seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Winning the prescription: competitive tenders vs. decentralised competition' 🗣️Odd Rune Straume (University of Minho) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 2302, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/vvwhfedije 🗃️Economic Theory Seminar #EconSky #Economics

🦠 In a recent article published in SERIEs, our researcher Rafael Serrano-Quintero, alongside with Fidel Pérez Sebastián (Universitat d'Alacant) analyze how economic integration shaped the spread of COVID-19 during the first wave in Europe.

Today's #seminar: 'Optimal Public Transport Prices: the Case of Barcelona' 🗣️Daniel Ruiz @uab.cat#seminar:⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/vrsvwgkcob 🗃️Job Market seminar #EconSky #Economics

🌴 Applications are now open for the UB School of Economics Summer School Seeing Through the Algorithms: Machine Learning & AI for Economists, taking place from July 6 to 10, 2026! 📍 Location: @economiaempresaub.bsky.social, @ub.edu

♀️ This February 11th, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we advocate for real and effective equality, especially in the scientific field.

🎓Discover the MSc in Economics at the @ub.edu, a 2-year program designed to provide a strong foundation in economic research. 🔹Study at the leading university in Spain. 🔹Benefit from the expertise of top researchers at UB. 🔹Experience Barcelona, a hub of culture and innovation.

Today's #seminar: 'The Effect of Alcohol, Speeding and Sex on the Unconditional Distribution of Motor Injury Counts in Spain' 🗣️Abhijit Sharma (University of Huddersfield) ⏰12:00 CET 📍Room 4224, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zrxoytqyhz 🗃️Riskcenter seminar #EconSky #Economics

🔹 Our researcher @matteogamalerio.bsky.social, together with Massimo Morelli (Bocconi University) and Margherita Negri (University of St Andrews), examines how electoral rules influence both the emergence of anti-immigrant candidates and the immigration policies that governments ultimately adopt.

🎉 Kudos to Karolina Kacprzak for winning the Best Presentation Award at the 3-Minute Thesis Competition, organized by the MSc in Economics for her presentation "The Role of Gender Inclusion in Green Innovation". Well-deserved recognition for an insightful proposal! 👏🌱

Today's #seminar: 'Going Local: Decentralization, Bureaucratic Capacity and Public Spending Efficiency' 🗣️Costanza Giannantoni (Sapienza University of Rome) ⏰15:00 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/afbforwocf 🗃️Job Market seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Welfare Effects of Congestion in Luxembourg and the Greater Region' 🗣️Pierre Picard (University of Luxembourg) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/qbzgpwxdvt 🗃️IEB Seminar #EconSky #Economics

🆕#WorkingPaper: “The ability to detect and likelihood to disseminate fake headlines across four EU countries” by Daniel Montolio and @griambau.bsky.social    Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/wexcnzfehr #Economics #EconSky #FakeNews #Disinformation #SocialNetworks @fundacioieb.bsky.social

🎓 Today, Carlos Raúl León Gómez defended his #PhD #thesis "Essays in Transport Economics and Regulations" (Advisors: Daniel Albalate and @jordijteixido.bsky.social#PhD#thesis Congratulations! 🎉

⏳NOW HIRING! Call for applications for three Assistant Professor positions: 📁History & Economic Institutions; Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business 🔴Deadline 2 March, 14:00 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/bkikpnwizk Serra Húnter Programme by Research & Universities Department, Generalitat de Catalunya

Today's #seminar: 'Essays in Transport Economics and Regulations' 🗣️ Carlos Raúl León Gómez @ub.edu  ⏰11:30 CET 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/yzqpdqlyvz 🗃️Thesis defence #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Simplified Market Mechanisms: Evidence from the Italian Electricity Market' 🗣️Christoph Graf (New York University) ⏰14:00 CET 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/mlrmyojwit 🗃️IEB Seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'The Economics of Ancient Mediterranean Slavery: Prices, Profits, and Productivity' 🗣️Walter Scheidel (Stanford University) ⏰14:00 CET 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/iinctlweii 🗃️Other activities #EconSky #Economics

Check out the editorial that @lidiafarre.bsky.social and I wrote as guest editors for forthcoming SERIEs special issue “Gender Economics: Life Trajectories and Policy Perspectives.” The issue includes 12 excellent papers! Stay tuned for the publication of the issue! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🆕#WorkingPaper: “The Price of Silence” by @mmagagno.bsky.social and @filippot7.bsky.social Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/rtxyajtgjd #Economics #EconSky #Noise #Pollution @fundacioieb.bsky.social

Today's #seminar: 'The Interaction between Minimum Wages and Collective Bargaining: Explaining Wage Spillovers' 🗣️Marc Riudavets (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 2016, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/yhczeyaynq 🗃️AQR-IREA seminar #EconSky #Economics

🎓Last Friday, Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes defended his PhD thesis "Essays on Education Economics". (Advisor: Andreu Arenas Jal | Daniel Montolio). Congratulations! 🎉

Today's #seminar: 'Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling Decisions, and Labor-Market Conditions' 🗣️Joaquim Vidiella-Martin (University of Oxford) ⏰15:00 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/xnnjpsfeve 🗃️Job Market seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Declining Teen Employment: Causes and Consequences' 🗣️Alexander Würdinger (University of Minnesota) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 2016, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/jkwnwwxlbk 🗃️Job Market seminar #EconSky #Economics

🎓Last Friday, Wilma Ticona Huanca defended her #PhD #thesis "Essays on the Dynamics of Macroeconomics, Structural Change and Economic Growth". (Advisor: Hector Sala @uab.cat | Xavier Raurich @ub.edu#PhD#thesis Congratulations! 🎉

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Language of Instruction, Bilingualism, and Neighbourhood Quality: Do Local Language Skills Matter?” by Antonio Di Paolo. Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/yrsxbohmki #Economics #EconSky #Bilingualism #Language

🌍 Grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for research stays abroad for senior academic staff (2025) 🎓 Boost your research and strengthen your international profile ✈️ Research stays at leading universities and research centres abroad

⏳ Only 2 days left! Submit your paper to the Workshop on Economics of Ageing @ubeconomics.bsky.social 📍 Universitat de Barcelona | 📅 17 Apr 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 31 Jan 2026 🔗 www.ub.edu/oap/activita...

Today's #seminar: 'Essays on Education Economics' 🗣️ Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes @ub.edu  ⏰16:00 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/kijisyusvc 🗃️Thesis defence #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Essays on the Dynamics of Macroeconomics, Structural Change and Economic Growth' 🗣️ Wilma Ticona Huanca @ub.edu  ⏰11:30 CET 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/gznfvuzjws 🗃️Thesis defence #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'From Scripts to Workflows: Writing Better Stata Code' 🗣️@nsuppa.bsky.social  @ub.edu  ⏰9:30 CET 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/yxlwhricln 🗃️GiM-OAP seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'The consequences of grassroots human rights: Mass grave exhumations in Spain' 🗣️Francisco Villamil @uc3m.es  ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/hdxgkwkmzd 🗃️ IPERG seminar #EconSky #Economics