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Welcome to the new BSE Alumni Hubs!The BSE Alumni Community is growing, and so are the ways to stay connected, inspired, and involved. We’re excited to launch a new way to stay connected with your professional or academic field and fellow alumni: the BSE Alumni Hubs!The BSE Alumni Hubs are topic-based communities for knowledge-sharing, events with experts from the professional and academic fields,

Katrina Walker '17 (Data Science) is the Founder and CEO of CodeOp, a venture-backed social enterprise created in 2018 to address the gender disparity in tech. CodeOp helps tech companies like Bumble and NGOs like the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, tap into new pools of technical talent. Fuelled by a vision to lead the charge in changing the culture of tech worldwide, Cod

BSE alumni Gavin Jackson '12 (Economics) is a lead writer for the Financial Times, specialising in economics, business and public policy. In his recently published book, "Money in One Lesson" (Pan Macmillan, 2022), he answers the most important questions to clarify for the reader what money is and how it shapes our societies. Money in One Lesson demystifies the world of finance and explains how so

Naomi Fink '13 (Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets) has been appointed Chair of the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s (EBRI’s) Retirement Security Research Center (RSRC), a leading think tank for data-driven analyses of the current state of retirement planning and spending.Naomi is a retirement economist at Capital Group focusing on institutional retirement. She has 24 years of financi

The day has arrived! Barcelona GSE is now Barcelona School of Economics. From now on, please refer to Barcelona School of Economics when you talk about our alumni community or your Master’s degree. Please take a moment to update our name on your CV, personal website, etc.  Your cooperation will help ensure that Barcelona School of Economics preserves the reputation and name recognition that our co

The Barcelona GSE Class of 2021 had their graduation ceremony on July 9  — Welcome to the alumni community, Class of 2021!The ceremony was pre-recorded and included messages from five of our chapter ambassadors: Sílvia Ariza '15 (Data Science), Data Scientist at DiDi Chiara Borra '16 (Economics of Public Policy), Supervision Analyst at ECB Mónica Gambarín '16 (Economics of Public Policy), Consulta

90% of the Barcelona GSE Master's Class of 2020 seeking a job or entry to a PhD program reported success within six months of graduating.In what has surely been one of the most unusual and difficult years for making a career move, 152 out of 169 graduates from the Barcelona GSE Class of 2020 (90% of those seeking placement) have been hired for a professional position related to their Master's stud

The 13th cohort of Barcelona GSE Master's students graduated in a virtual ceremony on July 10, 2020 that included a keynote by Economics Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo. Rewatch and catch appearances by professors, alumni, and some very special guests!In his closing remarks during the ceremony, our founder Andreu Mas-Colell invited the Class of 2020 to return to the Barcelona GSE in 10 years' time to

During January and February, Barcelona GSE and alumni community organized different events. We started the year with the second term Welcome Soirée, where Barcelona GSE community enjoyed a few drinks after the Christmas holidays. Moreover, the first edition of the Alumni & Friends Merit Award has just closed with 7251€ in donations from the community, which is a great result that we are excited to

The first edition of the Alumni & Friends Merit Award has just closed with 7251€ in donations from the community. This is a great result that we are excited to build on! Thank you to all of you who contributed to the Award.The selection process will now begin for the Class of 2021 recipient, who will receive a full tuition scholarship funded by your donations and the Barcelona GSE. Our team will s

Here’s a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during November and December 2019:3rd get-together event in Mexico | Nov 28Christmas get-together event in Luxembourg | Dec 13Barcelona GSE London Winter Social | Dec 14Christmas Dinner Madrid | Dec 19We also had some other alumni events in Barcelona and Berlin but unfortunately, we don't have pictures t

Here's a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during September and October 2019:The main event this fall was the Global Alumni Meeting held in Barcelona. Over 100 alumni participated in academic, professional, sports, and social activities. Current students joined in for a networking cocktail as well. The event raised 2715€ for the Alumni & Friends

Here's a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during Summer 2019:Social events Barcelona: Pre-graduation concert by Arroz con Pollo and The Bad Axes, Rooftop party at Ciutadella Campus, Beach Volleyball Berlin: After-work Bogota: Dinner with Professor Rosa Ferrer Lima: Dinners with Professor Gianmarco León (June) and Omiros Papaspiliopoulos (August)

This year we kicked off the graduation festivities with a concert by the student/alumni band Arroz con Pollo and faculty group The Bad Axes. It was the world premiere for Arroz, while the Bad Axes are veterans on the Barcelona GSE community scene (alumni may remember some of their past concerts).Arroz con Pollo are 9 students and 1 alum: Adriano Amati '19 (guitar), Esteban Braganza ‘19 (guitar), L

Here's a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during May:Fideuà in Barcelona | May 8Alumni / Career Services networking in Lima | May 14Alumni / Career Services networking in Bogotà | May 16Barcelona GSE Lecture | May 16Alumni get-together in Kigali, Rwanda | May 18Alumni get-together in Madrid | May 23Barcelona GSE PhD Jamboree | May 23-24London pi

Here's a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during April:Second annual calçotada and winery tour | Apr 7See photos from the calçotada!Alumni get-together in Rome | Apr 9Alumni in Mexico City | Apr 10Alumni afterwork in Berlin | Apr 11First meet-up in Luxembourg | Apr 25Upcoming Barcelona GSE community events May 8: Fideuà in Barcelona May 13: Alum

Report by Barcelona GSE Trailwalker team member Sebastián Alvarez Schlegel '19 (Finance)The Trailwalker was a full experience for us. From raising the money to walking the 100K. There were a few moments that we really put all our efforts to make it happen. One of them was the party we organized. We were surprised of how much support we received from all our fellow students and the big party we had

Here's a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during February and March:Trailwalker fundraiser party in Barcelona | Feb 8Support the Barcelona GSE team as they walk 100km for Oxfam Intermon!Bowling in Madrid | Feb 10Chamartín was the spot for some bowling with the Madrid ChapterAnnual futsal tournament in Barcelona | Feb 24The alumni team were the b

The Career Services department at the Barcelona GSE recently announced that 94% of the Class of 2018 has been placed within 6 months of graduation. Congratulations!This is a fantastic achievement for our alumni community and means that from the last three cohorts at the Barcelona GSE, 93% of students have been placed within 6 months of graduation.94% of the Barcelona GSE Class of 2018 has been pla

Here's a recap of the community activities organized by the Barcelona GSE and alumni community during December and January:Wine tasting in Paris | Dec 1Christmas dinners in Barcelona and Madrid | Dec 11Student trip to Frankfurt and alumni meetup | Jan 10 23 students traveled to Frankfurt with Barcelona GSE Career Services to visit the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Insurance and Occu