MOVE News
2010-01-13 MOVE hosts a meeting of the preparatory phase for the European Espallation Neutron Source (ESS).
MOVE Fellows Xavier Martínez-Giralt and David Pérez-Castrillo participate in the project.
On Thursday January 14, a meeting of a group of experts working for the preparatory phase of the ESS will take place at Casa Convalescència. MOVE Research Fellows Xavier Martínez-Giralt and David Pérez-Castrillo participate in the project developing the analysis of potential sources of ESS exploitation income, in particular, the research of actual and potential industrial uses and users as well as the pricing policies and a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of models of governance of presently functioning European science laboratories.
More info at http://ess-scandinavia.eu/.
2010-01-13 Inés Macho-Stadler, appointed appointed Advisory Editor for Games and Economic Behavior
Inés Macho-Stadler, MOVE Fellow, appointed Advisory Editor for Games and Economic Behavior. Games and Economic Behavior facilitates cross-fertilization between theories and applications of game theoretic reasoning. It consistently attracts the best quality and most creative papers in interdisciplinary studies within the social, biological, and mathematical sciences. Most readers recognize it as the leading journal in game theory.
2009-12-17 MOVE-Urrutia Elejalde Workshop on Judgement Aggregation
The MOVE-Urrutia Elejalde Foundation Workshop on Judgement aggregation was an opportunity to learn about this thriving field of research from a group of the most active contributors to the subject. An audience composed of experts and graduate students working on the subject or on related topics (voting, abstract aggregation, artificial intelligence) benefitted from the tutorials and contributed to the debate about interdisciplinary connections and future research directions.. At the same time, the workshop marked the start of a long term collaboration between MOVE and the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation, in pursuit of their common goals.
Read more and view some pictures...
2009-12-16 Excellence in Doctoral Studies Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation and MOVE.
Today is taking place the ceremony awarding the Excellence in Doctoral Studies Awards for the best IDEA Master students. The arwards will be given by Professor Juan Urrutia Elejalde, President of the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation and Professor Salvador Barberà Sández, Director of MOVE.
The Committee is pleased to announce the outcome of the judging. The awards went to:
- Nuno Alvim
- Tugce Cuhadaroglu
- Tatjana Dahlhaus
- Istvan Fazakas
- Jan Grobovsek
- David Jiménez
Congratulations to the winners! Decisions were tough to make as the candidates were all excellent.
The ceremony is held at 4.30pm in the "Sala de Graus" (Facultat d’Economia i Empresa). A cocktail will be served after the ceremony to celebrate the awards and upcoming Seasonal Holidays.
2009-11-23 Inés Macho-Stadler, appointed Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of "BC3"
Inés Macho-Stadler MOVE Fellow, will be joining the Scientific Advisory Board of the recently created Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
BC3 is "a key instrument of both the Basque Environmental Strategy of Sustainable Development and the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Plan". BC3 is currently building its team of researchers and shaping its internal organization, Inés is eager to participate and apply her expertise in the endeavor.
2009-11-23 MOVE Workshop on Prospective Payment and Healthcare Provision
The MOVE Workshop on Prospective Payment and Healthcare Provision has been a platform to present the latest achievements in the design of payment systems, both from a theoretical and empirical point of view, and to confront them with real life examples in Catalonia, Madrid and Portugal.
The workshop has been organized by Pau Olivella (UAB and MOVE). Check all relevant information on the workshop here.
View some pictures of the event...
2009-11-17 MOVE Workshop on R&D and Technology Transfer
Academics, policy makers and practitioners joined at Casa Convalescència, Barcelona, around the topic of Research, Development and Technology Transfer. 12 scientific papers were presented by distinguished junior and senior economists and a round table with policy makers, successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and TT experts updated the audience with the latest government strategies, recurring problems within the industry and best practices.
You can check the executive summary of the workshop here.
The workshop has been organized by David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB and MOVE), Stefano Trento (UAB and MOVE) and Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven).
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2009-10-27 MOVE's Fall 2009 workshops
MOVE is hosting three workshops on the topics of R&D and Technology Transfer, Prospective payment and healthcare provision and Judgement Aggregation.
MOVE researchers are organizing the three first MOVE scientific events on November and December 2009. The workshops will take place at the fantastic Casa de la Convalescència, part of the Hospital de Sant Pau modernist complex, in downtown Barcelona. Read more...
2009-06-29 1st Economic Perspectives Meeting
Eight talented juniors gathered in Barcelona to discuss and work in hot topics in economics last June.
The Meetings on Economic Perspectives aim to put in contact young researchers working in Barcelona with a group of young researchers in worldwide universities, sharing a relevant modern topic for Economics. Jon X. Egia (New York University), Raphaël Giraud (Université Franche-Comté), Yusufcan Masatlioglu (University of Michigan), Neslihan Uler (University of Michigan) have visited MOVE and the UAB for three weeks, participating in several activities that concluded with the I Meeting on Economics Perspectives. Read more...
2009-03-01 MOVE’s three Area Leaders awarded the ICREA Academia recognition prize
The ICREA-Academia awards ceremony took place on February 18th, in the Palau de la Generalitat, Barcelona.
Professors Juan Carlos Conesa, Jordi Massó and David Pérez-Castrillo, the leaders of the three research areas of MOVE, have been awarded the ICREA-Academia recognition prize. ICREA, the Catalan institution devoted to recruiting top scientists abroad for the Catalan R&D system, has introduced the ICREA Academia prizes to support researchers already working in Catalonia. This is the case of our three area leaders, who will recieve 250,000€ over five years to support their research. Forty scientists received the recognition prize in its first edition, only seven in the Social Sciences, it is an honor for MOVE to host three of them as a recognition of the high level of our research.
