The total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 will be a once in a lifetime event, and the URV has turned it into a scientific outreach opportunity by organising events that explore the phenomenon in a way that cuts across disciplines and highlights different ways of understanding the world
It hasn’t happened in over a century. The last total eclipse visible from Catalonia was in 1905, and it will happen again on 12 August 2026. From 19.35,
El canvi climàtic, una de les grans preocupacions actuals a nivell mundial, s’aborda a la URV des de tots els àmbits relacionats i afectats, amb grups de recerca que incideixen en el territori i que són referents internacionals. L’IU-Rescat és qui coordina, canalitza i optimitza tota aquesta feina multidisciplinar clau en la transició energètica i cap a la sostenibilitat.
The researcher from the Department of Economics, Josep Maria Arauzo, reflects on the clocks going back. He believes that a change is need at European-level to address problems that call into question the energy savings that are the main reason for changing the time
The study demonstrates the need to improve policies that encourage the green economy in order to avoid environmental risks, monopolies or a lack of investment
Stanford University has updated its list of leading researchers with data from the year 2022. The URV ranks third in Spain and Catalonia in terms of the percentage of researchers among the permanent teaching and research staff
Faculty members of ECO-SOS (URV) acknowledge the contributions of women to economics, from the early days of the discipline to the present. These contributions include the work of women who excelled in a male-dominated academy, those who hold managerial positions, and those who have disseminated knowledge from social movements
Charalampos Papadakis, international student at the Faculty of Business and Economics, awarded a grant by Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral Programme
A critic of orthodox neoclassical economic thinking, her use of the gender perspective in economic analysis led to changes in the National Accounts System and in development policies
At times of high political, institutional or military uncertainty, prices become highly volatile (often rising) and the stock markets go into turmoil, as has happened with the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Public administration actions that provide technological services to urban areas specialising in knowledge-intensive sectors help to attract new companies, improve the efficiency of existing ones and enhance the prestige of these areas
URV-led research analyses the relationship between high-growth companies, internationalization and the impact of digital technologies in the 27 member states of the EU and the United Kingdom.
María José Hernández is doing her research on elicitation of preference and shared decision making in screening programs, as part of the PhD programme at Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Improving the communication skills of healthcare professionals and increasing the time they can devote to patients is a prerequisite for introducing shared decision-making in screening programmes. A proactive attitude from both sides would also facilitate its implementation
A study carried out by URV researchers in various districts of Barcelona confirms that the impact of the virus depends on the characteristics of each area
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson for their advances in auction theory and for inventing new auction formats to the benefit of buyers, sellers and contributors around the world
It is an environmental distribution method that aims to prevent the more influential countries from conditioning the climate change negotiations
Sebastiano Cattaruzzo, awarded a grant by Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral Fellowship Programme, is writing his thesis about finance, R&D and automation of manufacturing industries
During their stay they combine training activities, workshops and cultural visits
The doctoral student, who is part of the Martí i Franquès COFUND programme, has received the award for the best communication presented in the framework of this international meeting, which was held from the 13 to 16 March in the Slovak town of Low Tatras
During the second edition of the Study Abroad programme, engineering students have learnt about business management and administration