What is Muriel Casals i Couturier?
[[File:Via Catalana Barcelona Plaça Catalunya 92.jpg|thumb|Muriel Casals during [[Catalan Way]] in September 2013]] '''Muriel Casals i Couturier''' (April 6, 1945 &ndash; February 14, 2016) was a [[French people|French]]-born [[Spanish people|Spanish]] economist. She was an [[emeritus]] professor in the Department of Economics and Historical Economics in the [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]] (UAB). She was also vicedean of International Relations and Cooperation between 2002 and 2005. She specialized in industrial reconversions, the history of economic thought and [[Economy of Europe|European economics]]. Casals was also the representative of the UAB in the [[Xarxa Vives d'Universitats]] (Live University Networks) between 2002 and 2009. She had been a visiting professor at the [[University of Edinburgh]], the [[London School of Economics]] and the [[University of Wales]] at [[Bangor University|Bangor]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Viewpoints: Independence for Catalonia|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20407873|access-date=July 15, 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> She was born in [[Avignon]], [[France]] to Spanish parents. Couturier died on February 14, 2016 in [[Barcelona]]. She had been injured after being hit by a [[bicycle]]. She was aged 70. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Couturier, Muriel Casals i}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:French economists]] [[Category:Spanish scientists]] [[Category:People from Avignon]] [[Category:People from Barcelona]] [[Category:Autonomous University of Barcelona faculty]] {{bio-stub}}