Agenda

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Lecturers Roser Nadal, Silvia Fuentes and Bernat Soler will occupy the expert's seat in this week's Science Carriage, which makes the journey from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, departing at 10:42 am to Plaça Catalunya. You will also find them on the return journey from Plaça Catalunya, departing at 12:28 p.m. until arriving at the university.

Nadal and Fuentes, who hold degrees in Psychology and are lecturers in the Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, together with Soler, lecturer in the Department of Physics at the UAB, will talk to train passengers about individual differences when confronted with stress.

All three lecturers have participated in the podcasts of the Science Carriage, which can be consulted at this link.

Place: Science Carriage, FGC. UAB-BCN, 10:42 a.m. - BCN-UAB 12:28 h

Date: Thursday 25, January2024 - 10:40h

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Next January 26 at 12:00, Francesco Ferlenga's presentation "Symbols of Oppression: The Role of Confederate Monuments in the Great Migration" will take place in the Sala de Graus

His research interests are in the fields of political economy, public finance and economic history. His research investigates the functioning of electoral institutions and the factors that facilitate intergroup integration in diverse societies.

Date: Friday 26, January2024 - 12:00h

End date: Friday 26, January2024 - 13:00h

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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

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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

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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

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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