13 researchers join the UB School of Economics in 2021

The UB School of Economics has recruited 13 new researchers in 2021 – five postdoctoral researchers, six assistant professors and two associate professors. The new researchers hold PhD degrees from world-class institutions including CEMFI, Sao Paulo School of Economics, European University Institute, London School of Economics, and have previous experience in leading organisations such as the University of Oxford, Bocconi University, ETH Zurich and OECD.

Ata Atay: Ata joined the Department of Mathematical Economics, Finance, and Actuarial Sciences as a Serra Húnter assistant professor. He has previously worked at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Center for Research in Economics at the UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles and Center for Operations Research and Econometrics at the UCLouvain, and at UNED. He completed his PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona in 2017. His research fields are Game Theory, Mathematical Economics, and Operations Research.

Elisabetta Aurino: Elisabetta will join the Department of Economic History, Institutions and Policy and World Economy as an assistant professor. She has previously worked at the Department of Economics and Public Policy of the Imperial College Business School, and at the University of Oxford. She received her PhD in Development Economics from Roma Tre University in 2013. During the academic year 2020-2021, she has been a visiting scholar at the Department of Economics and Business at University Pompeu Fabra. She is working in the area of Health Economics.

Mattia Borsati: Mattia joined the UB Faculty of Economics and Business as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics. He received his PhD in Economics and Management from the University of Trentoin 2020. He has previously served as an academic fellow at Bocconi University. His main fields of research are Transport Economics, Regional Economics, and Policy Analysis.

Daniel Cetrà: Daniel is a Beatriu de Pinós postdoctoral researcher at the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG). He received his PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Edinburgh in 2016. Previously, he has been lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and guest lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. His main fields of research are Public Economics and Policy Analysis.

Cristina Lopez-Mayan Navarrete: Maria Cristina joined the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics as a Serra Húnter assistant professor. She has previously worked at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and at Euncet Business School (Polytechnic University of Catalonia). She received her PhD in Economics from CEMFI in 2010. Her research fields are Economics of Education, Labour & Demographic Economics, Public Economics, and Policy Analysis.

Caio Lorecchio: Caio will join the Department of Economics as a postdoctoral researcher. He received his PhD in Economics from Sao Paulo School of Economics – Fundação Getúlio Vargas. During the academic year 2019-2020 he was visiting PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin. His main field of research is Microeconomics and Game Theory.

Julio Martínez Galarraga: Julio is an associate professor at the Department of Economic History, Institutions and Policy and World Economy. He received his PhD in Economic History at the University of Barcelona in 2010. He has been associate professor at the University of Valencia from 2011 to 2021, his research interests being Economic history, Regional economics and economic geography, Education and inequality.

Laia Maynou Pujolras: Laia joined the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics as a Serra Húnter assistant professor. She is also a visiting fellow at the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science,  and associate researcher at the Centre for Health and Economics (CRES) at Pompeu Fabra University. She received her PhD in Law, Economics and Business from the University of Girona in 2013. Her main fields are Health Economics, Public Economics, and Policy Analysis.

Jenifer Ruiz Valenzuela: Jenifer is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics. She is also a researcher at the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), and research associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics (LSE). Previously, she worked at the Bank of Spain, at the Economics Department of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and at the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) and the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) of the LSE. She received her PhD in Economics from the European University Institute in 2014. Her research fields are Economics of Education, Labour & Demographic Economics, and Public Economics and Policy Analysis.

Oriol Sabaté Domingo: Oriol joined the Department of Economic History, Institutions and Politics, and World Economy as a Beatriu de Pinós Fellow. He has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University and the University of Leicester. He obtained his PhD in Economic History from the University of Barcelona in 2015. His main research interests are Economic History, Public Economics, and Political Economy.

Rosa Sanchis Guarner: Rosa joined the Department of Economics as a Serra Húnter assistant professor. She is also a research network member in Economics of Digitization Area at the CESifo Group Munich. Previously, she worked as a research fellow at the QMUL School of Economics and Finance, as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Imperial College Business School and as a research associate at the LSE Centre for Economic Performance Urban Programme. She received her PhD in Spatial and Urban Economics from the London School of Economics in 2012. Her research fields are Urban Economics, Labour & Demographic Economics, Public Economics and and Policy Analysis.

Rafael Serrano Quintero: Rafael is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Alicante in 2021. His main fields of research are Economic Growth, Trade and Spatial Economics, and Macroeconomics.

Oriol Tejada Pinyol: Oriol is an associate professor at the Department of Economic, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona in 2011. Oriol has been a postdoctoral researcher and senior assistant at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research interests are Behaviour, Games and Risk, Game Theory, Political Economy, and Public Economics and Policy Analysis.

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