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Francesc Amat

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Ramon y Cajal & Deputy Director of IPERG http://www.ub.edu/iperg/. Advancing https://www.ub.edu/mipe/ at University of Barcelona https://sites.google.com/site/cescamat

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πŸ”ΉLa professora i investigadora de la #FEE de la @ub.eduΒ @juditvall.bsky.socialΒ ha estat nomenada presidenta de la @sce.iec.cat, filial de l’@iec.cat.

06.03.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Please forward to your colleagues!

04.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to have Alex Scacco today giving an IPERG Seminar at Universitat de Barcelona @ub.edu

Seminar at the usual time, 2.30pm

Everyone welcomed!

@cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubeconomics.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social

05.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alexandra Scacco (WZB): Intergroup Contact, Empathy Education, and Refugee-Native Integration: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lebanon – IPERG

πŸ“’ IPERC Research Seminar | Mar 5, 14:30

🎀 Alexandra Scacco (WZB) presents
πŸ“„ Intergroup Contact, Empathy Education, and Refugee Native Integration: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lebanon

πŸ“ Sala de Recepcions @ubeconomics.bsky.social www.ub.edu/iperg/events...

04.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to have @Lucasleemann.bsky.social today giving an IPERG Seminar at the University of Barcelona @ub.edu

Seminar at usual time 2.30pm

Note the change in the Seminar Room, is not the usual one.

@ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social

26.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Oxford Abstracts Delegate Registration

πŸ“’ Registration Reminder for EPSS Belfast 2026

If you haven't registered already, please note that the registration deadline for the EPSS Belfast Conference is Friday, 13 March πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

Register here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

25.02.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT: β€œ.. Wherever you look in financial markets, you see signs that global investors are going out of their way to avoid Donald Trump’s America.”

@financialtimes.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/cfdc...

25.02.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 1596 πŸ” 701 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 54
Lucas Leemann (Zurich): Parties and the People: Why Do Parties Support Direct Democracy? – IPERG

πŸ“’ Seminari IPERC-UB | 26 Feb 2026, 14:30 @ubeconomics.bsky.social

🎀 Lucas Leeman @lucasleemann.bsky.social (Zurich) presents
πŸ“„ Parties and the People: Why Do Parties Support Direct Democracy?

πŸ“Facultat d’Economia i Empresa, UB, room 1020 tuit.cat/fS6Li

25.02.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ›οΈ IV Catalonia Workshop in Political Theory

πŸ“’ Call for Abstracts
πŸ“ University of Girona (UdG) @univgirona.bsky.social
πŸ—“ 11 June 2026

πŸ“š Identity, self determination, justice, crisis, solidarity, equality, freedom, protest, conflict, war...

⏳ Deadline to submit an abstract: 31 March 2026

17.02.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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⏰ Friendly reminder!
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@politiquesupf.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesuab.bsky.social @ibei.org

10.02.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday Walter Sheidel gave us an interesting talk about his research on slavery as part of the launch of the doctoral programme in economic history at the University of Barcelona.

06.02.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β˜€οΈβ˜€οΈ Exciting news in Madrid!

We are VERY happy to officially announce the creation of the Instituto Juan Linz (aka β€œIJL”).
ijlinz.es

The IJL ("Juan Linz Institute" in English) is dedicated to cutting-edge research and teaching in political science, sociology, economic history and more.
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05.02.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Molt content amb la concessiΓ³ de la ConsolidaciΓ³n Investigadora 2025. πŸŽ‰

Really happy with this grant. Stay tuned β€” calls on HPE will be out soon! 😊

03.02.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to welcome today Fran Villamil @uc3m.es at IPERG.

Seminar at the usual time, 2.30pm.

Seminar Room 1038.

29.01.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Francisco Villamil (UC3M): The consequences of grassroots human rights: Mass grave exhumations in Spain – IPERG

πŸ“’ IPERC Seminar | Jan 29, 2:30 PM @ubeconomics.bsky.social

🎀 Francisco Villamil (UC3M) @franvillamil.bsky.social presents
πŸ“„ The consequences of grassroots human rights: Mass grave exhumations in Spain

πŸ“ Sala de Seminaris 1038, Facultat d’Economia i Empresa, UB

www.ub.edu/iperg/events...

28.01.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Studentships in Political Economy at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Programme - PhD Studentships in Political Economy at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

Are you about to complete a MA/MSc in social sciences? Do you have a very good idea to write a PhD? If so, please consider applying for one of the 5 doctoral studentships that @kcl-spe.bsky.social and @kingsqpe.bsky.social are currently advertising. All details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

15.01.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #seminar: 'The Seniority Ceiling: Why Some Immigrants Struggle to Rise in Political Office'

πŸ—£οΈOlle Folke (Uppsala University)
⏰14:30 CET
πŸ“Room 1038, 690 Building
πŸ”—https://f.mtr.cool/oukkcznctn
πŸ—ƒοΈ IPERG seminar

#EconSky #Economics

15.01.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’ Last week to submit proposals to the 2026 Yale-UB HPE workshop. Programs from past editions can be found at www.didacqueralt.com/yale-ub-hpew

14.01.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just one week to go! The deadline is next Wednesday, January 21. Send us your proposals.

14.01.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ πŸ“’ Call for Papers

IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop

Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social

🎀 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford)

πŸ“ University of Barcelona
πŸ—“ June 29–30, 2026

Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026:
shorturl.at/oZTNy

#pleaseRT

02.12.2025 09:20 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the title to browse this issue

The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

11.12.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

#psjminfo: 2 x 3-year PostDoc positions, deadline Jan 4. We'll study the effects of border change, in ways that overlap with many subfields in CompPol and IR: e.g., HPE, PE of development, state formation, pol. geography, identity, ethnic politics. Also lots of (new) methods (ML, GIS, CausalInf...)!

15.12.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Research Officer Research Officer, , <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...

🚨Jobs!🚨

3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!

Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

06.12.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
Goethe-UniversitΓ€t β€” FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften Die Goethe-UniversitΓ€t ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europΓ€ischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als StiftungsuniversitΓ€t ein einzigartiges Maß an E...

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure

www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

17.12.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Jane Austen – Virginia Woolf Retrat de Jane Austen del recull Β«EscriptoresΒ» de Virginia Woolf. TraducciΓ³ de Carme Camacho en ediciΓ³ de Marina Porras. De la Ela Geminada.

Jane Austen per Virginia Woolf. En traducciΓ³ de Carme Camacho a @laelageminada.bsky.social.

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Noon panels! πŸ””

After the coffee break πŸ₯β˜• and the BaNPS presentation πŸš€

πŸ‘‰πŸ» Join us in room 24.S01 for a panel on Democracies & Rights, in room 24.019 for a panel on Territory & Europe and in room 24.021 for one on Political identities!

10.12.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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L'aula plena per la presentaciΓ³ de la Barcelona Network of Political Science (BaNPS) per part de Jordi MuΓ±oz @jordimunoz.bsky.social i Marc Guinjoan @mguinjoan.bsky.social

πŸ‘‰πŸ» www.banps.cat

10.12.2025 10:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Good morning and welcome to the JCPOP 2025! 🌞

We kick off in 15 minutes πŸŽ‰ Check out the programme πŸ‘‰πŸ» sites.google.com/view/jcpop

Looking forward to seeing you at the different panels, the keynote @evaanduiza.bsky.social and the presentation of BaNPS! πŸ‘€

With @politiquesupf.bsky.social @ibei.org

10.12.2025 08:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Institucions i ciutadania - La UB Divulga - UB

πŸ“… El 10 de desembre a les 18:30, a la Sala AssumpciΓ³ CatalΓ  de l'Edifici HistΓ²ric de la @ub.edu, tindrΓ  lloc la sessiΓ³: "Institucions i ciutadania: una relaciΓ³ en revisiΓ³".

πŸ“ŒInscripciΓ³ prΓ¨via obligatΓ²ria, amb aforament limitat): https://web.ub.edu/ca/web/laubdivulga/institucions-i-ciutadaniaπŸ§΅πŸ”š

09.12.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Admissions are now open for the MSc in Institutions and Political Economy at the UB @ub.edu!

Check it out if you are interested in the intersection of political science, applied economics and economic history.

It's a two-year research-oriented and highly internationalized master.

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