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📱 The #UniBarcelona has decided to move away from X to foster a more positive and informative environment.
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🎓Last Friday, Andika Perdana defended her #PhD #thesis “Mental Health Over the Life Course: Evidence from Shocks and Interventions . (Advisors: Jordi Suriñach | @juditvall.bsky.social). Congratulations! 🎉
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🆕#WorkingPaper: “The shadow of polarization is long: trust in the government and independent institutions after 142 government changes” by Luis M. Guirola-Abenza and Gonzalo Rivero.

Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/cwwgiccmhh

#Economics #EconSky #Polarization @aqrirea.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Efficiency in Collective Decision-Making via Quadratic Transfers'

🗣️Dimitrios Xefteris (University of Cyprus)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 1037, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/micqwqusah
🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Self-equivalent voting rules'

🗣️Héctor Hermida-Rivera (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
⏰11:30 CET
📍Room 1037, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zjfiztnguh
🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Mobilizing Climate Action: The Behavioural Impact of Local Public Leadership'

🗣️Maite D. Laméris (University of Groningen)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 1030, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/hdovanmcwg
🗃️ GiM- OAP seminar

#EconSky #Economics
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Mental Health over the Life Course: evidence from Shocks and Interventions'

🗣️Andika Perdana @ub.edu 
⏰11:30 CET
📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ihroilbtho
🗃️ Thesis defence

#EconSky #Economics
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Workshop Industrial Change in Global Perspective, 19th–21st Centuries'

⏰14:00 CET
📍Online.
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/bhiropeufa
🗃️ Economic History seminar

#EconSky #Economics
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Data versus Information Sales under Financial Constraints'

🗣️Dmitry Orlov (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
⏰12:15 CET
📍In person. Room 2302, 696 Building.
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/gycuryjgcb
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar

#EconSky #Economics
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🗣️ #MasterThesisTalks with Yann Marx!
 
🎓 Yann, a 2025 MSc in #Economics graduate, and now studying his PhD at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, whote his master theses about the green transition.
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Inference based on the Continuously Updating Estimator and the Conditional Likelihood Ratio Test'

🗣️Marcelo Moreira (Getulio Vargas Foundation)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1029, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ezwereomks
🗃️ AQR-IREA seminar

#EconSky #Economics
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Our researcher Francesc Amat will take part tomorrow in the science outreach session “Institucions i ciutadania: una relació en revisió” at the UB’s Science Coffee!

#Economics #EconSky @ubdivulga.bsky.social @cescamat.bsky.social
📅 El 10 de desembre a les 18:30, a la Sala Assumpció Català de l'Edifici Històric de la @ub.edu, tindrà lloc la sessió: "Institucions i ciutadania: una relació en revisió".

📌Inscripció prèvia obligatòria, amb aforament limitat): https://web.ub.edu/ca/web/laubdivulga/institucions-i-ciutadania🧵🔚
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December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Our researcher Francesc Amat will take part tomorrow in the science outreach session “Institucions i ciutadania: una relació en revisió” at the UB’s Science Coffee!

#Economics #EconSky @ubdivulga.bsky.social @cescamat.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🗣️ On Wednesday, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB) delivered the BESTEPS Lecture 5, “Presentations: How to give an academic talk and how to benefit from one” 🧵👇🏼
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Residential Human Capital and Economic Spillovers'

🗣️@nicgc.bsky.social @mcgill.ca 
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/mkqgautuum
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
‼️We are thrilled to announce that applications for the MSc in Economics at @ub.edu is officially open!

🌍Join the globally recognized programme in Economics designed for aspiring Researchers, Economists, and Policy Leaders dedicated to understanding and shaping today’s economic challenges.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Ernest Lluch Seminar: 25 years later'

⏰12:00 CET
📍Hybrid. Sala de Graus, 690 Building.
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/mvzebjhwgc
🗃️ Other activities
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🇺🇾 Uruguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Gabriel Oddone, visited UB School of Economics last Friday to deliver the lecture “América del Sur ante los desafíos económicos y geopolíticos globales”.

🗣️ In this video, the minister gives a brief summary of the key points from his talk.
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Fiscal Legibility and State Development'

🗣️Francisco Garfias (Duke University)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/hsmnzcrqbf
🗃️IPERG seminar
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Network Origins of Carbon Pricing Regressivity'

🗣️Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira (Network Origins of Carbon Pricing Regressivity)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/pfzvzkzwqj
🗃️Economic Theory seminar
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Housing is the Financial Cycle: Evidence from 100 years of Local Building Permits'

🗣️@cslapoint.bsky.social @yale.edu 
⏰17:00 CET
📍Online
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/grppxugajs
🗃️ International Macro History Online Seminar (IMHOS) ‬seminar
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'The Long-Term Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Socialist East Germany'

🗣️Maria Waldinger (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
⏰14:00 CET
📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/pcgpamfdex
🗃️ Economic History seminar
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Undergraduate Course Allocation through Competitive Markets'

🗣️Alexey Kushnir (Moroccan Center for Game Theory)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/amouavpqlf
🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🙌🏾 Congratulations to our 11 PhD students who presented at the PhD in #Economics Workshop 2025, fantastic work from all of you!

🔍 Your research and insights showcased the strength and diversity of our PhD community. 
🏆 Best Paper Award winners will be announced soon… stay tuned!
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today's #seminar: 'What If You See It? Workers’ perceptions of and reactions to LLMs'

🗣️Monica Langella (Federico II University)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ouqqlghxwx
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Voting Restrictions, Education, and Poverty'

🗣️Luciene Pereira (FGV/SP)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ytjxrpjdnu
🗃️ Economic Theory ‬seminar
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM