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SPAIN University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona :: Overview
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, which is named after the first scholar to codify the Catalan language, is a young university with about 7,000 students. The Inequality program’s affiliates are the Department of Political and Social Sciences and the Department of Economics and Business. The Department of Political and Social Sciences consists of a unit on Political Science and Administration, and a unit on Sociology. The Department of Economics and Business specializes in theory, experimental economics, econometrics, economic history, and health economics. (Source: Katherine Newman and Katrin Križ’ site visit in spring 2004) Research areas at a glance Faculty research Department of Economics Enriqueta Camps González, Libertad Luna Güel, Maia Jiménez-Martin, Sergi Morató Cuadras, Xavier Department of Political and Social Sciences Astudillo Ruiz, Javier Baizán Muñoz, Pau Codina Bonilla, Lluís Esping Andersen, Gösta Ferrer Fons, Mariona Guiu i Payà, Jordi Jódar Martínez, Perez Jordana, Jacint López Hernández, Jaume Méndez Méndez, Elvira Nagel, Klaus-Jürgen Nazio, Tiziana Navarro López, Vicenç Notó i Brullés, Pere Obiols i Solà, Dolors Ortiz, Luis Pallarès Porta, Francesc Panyella i Roses, Magí Pau i Vall, Francesc Pedró Garcia, Francesc Ramió Matas, Carles Requejo Coll, Ferran Riba Romeva, Clara Sancho Royo, David Sarasa Urdiola, Sebastià Tàbara Villalba, Joan David Torcal Loriente, Mariano Virós Galtier, M. Rosa Zapata Barrero, Ricard Datasets Visit UPF’s library’s website for information on statistical databases available at UPF. Inequality Fellows are advised to email UPF’s reference librarians Xavier Martinez (Sociology) at xavier.martinez@upf.edu and Coro Pozuelo (Political Science) at coro.pozuelo@upf.es before their research placement to inquire what datasets are available to answer their research questions. Datasets that might be of interest for the study of social inequality in Spain (information provided by Xavier Martinez): - INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica) data, such as the EPA, the Spanish Labor Survey - CIS (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas) data - Data by other agencies, such as the Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales - Eurostat data, especially on Population and Social Conditions. Students who want to use the surveys of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), the main producer of surveys in Spain, will need to email Professor Mariano Torcal at mariano.torcal@upf.edu or Professor Sebastian Sarasa at sebastia.sarasa@cpis.upf.es to request access. If Inequality Fellows want to use the European Household Panel, they should email librarians about when they will need the data, so they will get a user card in time. Library access Before Fellows’ arrival in Barcelona, the Inequality program will contact Maite Viudes, Director of UPF’s Student Mobility and Reception Office (OMA), to inform her about Inequality Fellows’ arrival. Upon arrival in Barcelona, Fellows’ first stop should be OMA, where they can pick up their id and the code for wireless access in the library and access to the library datasets. OMA is located in the main hall of UPF’s Ciutadella Campus, Ramon Trias Fargas 25 (Metro: yellow line Ciutadella Villa-Olimpica). Please note that the id card/access code Inequality Fellows receive will not allow them to access library datasets from home. Fellows need to be physically in the library to get access. In order to set up Fellows’ connection to UPF’s Novell network, Fellows need to email their full names, date of birth and passport numbers to Joan Trench Rubal, a computer service technician, at joan.trench@upf.edu, after the Inequality Program has informed OMA of Fellows’ stay at UPF. Before arrival, Fellows are advised to visit OMA’s web site as well as the official web site of the city of Barcelona. Accommodation
Barcelona’s craigs list is called LoquoBarcelona. This site has numerous listings for apartments, and one of our Doctoral Fellows found and apartment (with dsl-connection) through this site for $ 750 per month (summer 2005). Please note that UPF cannot provide office space for Inequality Fellows. If Fellows prefer to work from home rather than in the library, they need to bring along their laptops to Spain and find an apartment with Internet connection. It is also advisable to rent an apartment with a phone, if at all possible, because using phone cards to call the U.S. may be costly. The University of Pompeu Fabra’s Student Mobility and Reception Office (OMA) at oma@upf.edu can help Inequality Fellows find housing, but they will need a note from the Inequality program’s main Pompeu Fabra contact confirming proof of acceptance at UPF. Barcelona Housing Service for Students Inequality Fellows can also look for accommodation through the Barcelona Housing Service for Students. Email: info@bcn-housing-students.com Phone: +34 93 483 84 28 “This is an accommodation service run jointly by all the universities in the Barcelona area. It offers several options: flat-sharing, rooms in shared flats and “bridging” (temporary) accommodation” (Source: Welcome to Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Residence Hall “La Ciutadella” Residencia Universitaria La Ciutadella (see photo tour) is located one block from Pompeu Fabra at Pg. Pujades 33-37. “Each apartment has its own bathroom. Fully equipped kitchen, telephone and free Internet connection, furniture and access to the hall’s communal services and amenities. There is a very limited number of places, so preference is given to those wishing to stay for a full year.” (Source: Welcome to Universitat Pompeu Fabra) The room rental period during the academic year is from September 15 to June 30, but there may also be space if students only come for one semester. The cost of a single room per academic year (9 month-period) was 300 euros per month in 2004, plus utilities. During the summer of 2004, a single room cost 600 euros per month. Contact: Monica Maeso Phone: + 34 93 394 32 00, email: ciutadella@resa.es For reservations for the period July 1 – August 31, call + 34 93 3943500 or email resa@resa.es by April/May. Health insurance The U.S. Department of State provides extensive information on health insurance for Americans traveling abroad. Office space and computer access Since Inequality Fellows will not have access to office space at Pompeu Fabra, they will need to bring their own laptop so they can work in the library. Timing UPF’s first term starts at the end of September and ends at the beginning of January. The second term runs from the beginning of January to mid-March, and the third term from mid-April to the end of June. Transportation A monthly metro and bus pass for Barcelona, called “T-Mes,” cost 37.65 euros in 2004. A 10-ride pass was 5.8 euros. For information on metro and buses, visit TMB. Renfe provides information on rail services in Spain. For a list of low-cost airlines operating in Europe, visit http://www.discountairfares.com/lcosteur.htm . To print out a location on a map, go to http://www.mappy.com./ Visa information US citizens staying in Spain as tourists for less than 90 days do not need a visa to enter the country. For the latest visa-related information, visit the websites of the U.S. Department of State and the Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC. (Source: Katherine Newman and Katrin Križ’ site visit in spring 2004; Ryan Moore’s and Traci Burch’s ENI reports, 2005) Overview...>>
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