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News from the past 12 months

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ENTER Jamboree 2022 hosted by UAB

The 2022 ENTER Jamboree will take place at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona on June 20 and 21, 2022. The European Network For Training in Economic Research (ENTER) is a cooperative venture between eight leading European Economics Departments, that aims at fostering internationally competitive research of the highest possible quality, by broadening the base for competent supervision and intensive interaction towards research in Economics.

The Coalition Theory Network (CTN) is an association of nine high-level scientific institutions whose aim is the advancement and diffusion of research in the area of network theory and coalition formation. This year's Workshop will be organized around three main research topics: coalition formation, matching, and networks.
This year we have 10 candidates on the academic and professional job market. Click here to check out the complete list of our excellent candidates on the job market this year!

The Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) has elected professors Jordi Massó and David Pérez-Castrillo as new Economic Theory Fellows in 2021. Economic Theory Fellows are selected for their scientific excellence, originality, and leadership; high ethical standards; and scholarly and creative achievement.

The Coalition Theory Network (CTN) is an association of nine high-level scientific institutions whose aim is the advancement and diffusion of research in the area of network theory and coalition formation. This year's Workshop will be organized around three main research topics: coalition formation, matching, and networks.

Welcome to our New Faculty Members

We are very happy to welcome our two new faculty members. Fernando Payró-Chew joins us from BU as a new Assistant Professor and Anna Gibert joins us from Bocconi as a new Beatriu de Pinós PostDoc at MOVE.

VI Calvo-Armengol International Prize Ceremony

The VI Calvo-Armengol International prize in Economics was awarded tp Ben Golub (Northwestern). Professor Golub delivered a talk on "Complexity Fragility and Policy in Economic Networks" on November 9, 2021 at the Cercle d'Economia in Barcelona.

Matt Jackson Appointed Chair of BSE Scientific Council

The Board of Trustees of the Barcelona School of Economics has appointed Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University) Chair of the BSE Scientific Council after Hugo Sonnenschein, who chaired the group since 2008, passed away earlier this year.

The Barcelona GSE is now the Barcelona School of Economics

The Barcelona Graduate School of Economics has changed its name to the Barcelona School of Economics. This change went into effect at the beginning of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Find more details in the following link: GSE is now BSE


BSE Welcomes New Researchers at 19th Trobada

The 19th Barcelona School of Economics "Trobada" took place at UAB Casa Convalescència on October 1, 2021. This BSE tradition is the first research event of the academic year that brings together Affiliated Professors, post-docs, and PhD students from all of the BSE academic units:

The community welcomed three new BSE Affiliated Professors. Find more details at the following link: 19th BSE Trobada