Activities
Wednesday, January 31 2024
Dia · Setmana
10:00
Presentation Jon Mikel
Description:
On January 31, the presentation of Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia (Deusto Business School) will take place in the Seminar Department.
His research combines qualitative and quantitative methods. He has participated in several regional, national and international projects. He has also worked closely with different universities, research centres and other social actors.
As a result, he has published more than 60 scientific articles in the most prestigious journals related to innovation, as well as 15 book chapters, having also published two books. His research has received numerous awards and awards, having had a strong political impact. He has worked with supranational organisations such as the European Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Bank. Due to the impact of his research, he has been appointed a member of the Advisory Council of Science, Technology and Innovation (CACTI) of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the COTEC Foundation for Innovation in Spain, the Basque Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (Jakiunde) and the Working Group on Principles of Innovation Policy of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations.
Date: Wednesday 31, January2024 - 10:00h
End date: Wednesday 31, January2024 - 12:00h
12:00
Presentation Bjorn Brey
Description:
Next January 31 at 12:00, there will be a presentation by Bjorn Brey (University of Oxford and Université libre de Bruxelles) "The consequences of a trade collapse: Economics and politics in Weimar Germany"
Bjorn has been a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford and the Université libre de Bruxelles since September 2021. He is also an associate member of ECARES (Brussels) and Nuffield College (Oxford). He obtained his PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2021.His research interests are:
Primary: International Economy, Technology, Political Economy
Secondary: Economic History, Economic Growth, Development
Date: Wednesday 31, January2024 - 12:00h
End date: Wednesday 31, January2024 - 13:00h
Thursday, February 1, 2024
11:20
Science Carriage: let's talk about perinatal mental health
Description:
Lecturers Susanna Subirà and Estel Gelabert will sit in the Science Carriage expert's seat this week on the train going from Barcelona to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The train will leave at 11:28 a.m. from Plaça Catalunya. They will also be on the train leaving Sabadell Parc del Nord at 12:27 p.m. and travelling to the UAB.
Lecturers Subirà and Gelabert, both from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, will be chatting with train passengers on issures related to perinatal mental health affecting pregnant and post-partum women.
Both lecturers have participated in creating the Science Carriage podcasts, which can be consulted here.
Place: Science Carriage, FGC. UAB-BCN, 11:28 a.m. - Sabadell Parc del Nord-UAB 12:27 p.m.
Date: Thursday 1, February2024 - 11:20h
12:00
Presentation by Mikhail Freer
Description:
Next February 1 at 12:00, the presentation by Mikhail Freer (University of Essex) "Revealed Preference Analysis Under Limited Attention" will take place in the Sala de Graus.
Mikhail is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at ECARES of the University of Brussels and held a research associate position at the Department of Economics at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven). In addition, he was a member of the Group for the Advancement of Revealed Preferences (GARP).
His research interests are: experimental economics, behavioral economics, game theory and revealed preference theory.
Date: Thursday 1, February2024 - 12:00h
End date: Thursday 1, February2024 - 13:00h
Friday, February 2, 2024
12:00
Presentation Antoine Zerbini
Description:
Next February 2 at 12:00, the presentation by Antoine Zerbini (LSE) will take place "Segment and Rule: Modern Censorship in Authoritarian Regimes" in the Sala de Graus.
Antoine is a PhD student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He works on applied models of information economy and political economy and study of issues of technology and modern censorship, media and transparency and debugging in organizations.
Date: Friday 2, February2024 - 12:00h
End date: Friday 2, February2024 - 13:00h
Monday, February 5, 2024
12:00
Presentation David Koll
Description:
Next February 5 at 12:00 p.m., the presentation "Staying Together Forever? Life-cycle Effects of Overoptimistic Couples" will take place in the Sala de Graus
David Koll is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Mannheim and a member of the Collaborative Research Center TR 224. He also works as a research associate at the European University Institute with Philipp Kircher in his ERC project.
He obtained a PhD in Economics from the EUI in September 2020. His research fields are macroeconomics, labor and public economics.
Date: Monday 5, February2024 - 12:00h
End date: Monday 5, February2024 - 13:00h