Job Market Candidates list for 2025-2026

The list of Job Market Candidates for the 2025-2026 academic year is available on the UB School of Economics website. In recent years, our PhD students have obtained positions at top institutions and organizations. List of 2024-2025 Job Market Candidates placements:

Marianna Magagnoli: Postdoctoral Researcher, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).
Hamza Benazzi: Postdoctoral Researcher, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Abhinav Khemka: Postdoctoral Researcher, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Theodoros Saroglou: Postdoctoral Researcher, Interdisciplinary Transformation University of Austria.
Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes: Analyst, Ivàlua.

The Placement Officer for the 2025-2026 academic year is Dr Ció Patxot and the Placement Assistant is Jordi Roca Solanelles.

Our 2025-2026 candidates available for interviews are:

Osman Hakan Can

Contact: osman.hakan.can@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “The Long-Term Impact of Oil Spills on Ecosystem Recovery”— Advisors: François Cohen and Xavier Fageda. 
Research fields: Environmental Economics, Causal Impact Assessment and Geospatial Analysis.

Marta Curull

Contact: m.curullsentis@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Paternity Leave and Intimate Partner Violence”— Advisors: Lidia Farré and Laia Maynou.
Research fields: Labor Economics, Family Economics and Health Economics.

Gokhan Dilek

Contact: gokhan.dilek@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Power to the community: The local economic effects of renewable energy communities in the UK” — Advisors: Jordi Teixidó and Mònica Serrano.
Research fields: Environmental Economics, Energy Transition, Decarbonization, Energy Poverty, Policy Evaluation, Causal Inference and Input-Output Models.

Ragip Kaan Erdemli

Contact: rkerdemli@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Do Transparency Policies Work as Expected? Evidence from the Retail Gasoline Market” — Advisor: Joan Ramon Borrell. 
Research fields: Empirical Industrial Organization and Environmental Economics.

Daniel Favre

Contact: favredenoguera@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Do far-right mayors affect environmental policies? Evidence from Italian Municipalities” — Advisors: Albert Solé and Matteo Gamalerio. 
Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics and Political Economics.

Julia McGee

Contact: julia.mcgee@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Big Apple, Small Shops?” — Advisors: Elisabet Viladecans and Rosa Sanchis.
Research fields: Urban Economics, Economic Geography and Retail Agglomeration.

Alyvia McTague

Contact: alyvia.mctague95@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Firearms laws and violence against women” — Advisors: Judit Vall and Elisa Trujillo.
Research fields: Health Economics, Gender Economics and Crime.

Taha Nikkhah

Contact: taha.nikkhahghomi@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Exclusive Strategic Collaboration and Competition” — Advisors: Alessandro De Chiara and Esther Manna.
Research fields: Industrial Organization, Digital Economics, Competition Policy, and Regulation.

Witson Peña

Contact: witson.pena@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “U.S. Party Affiliation, Climate Policy Choices, and Electric Utility Lobbying” — Advisors: Daniel Albalate and Jordi Teixidó.
Research fields: Energy and Environmental Economics, Political Economy and Public Economics.

Alejandra Rivera

Contact: alejandrapaz.rivera@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Heatwaves and Health at Birth” — Advisor: Judit Vall. 
Research fields: Policy Evaluation, Health, Public and Environmental Economics and Applied Microeconomics.

Wilma Ticona Huanca

Contact: wilmaticona@ub.edu | Personal webpage
Job market paper: “Transport and Structural Change in Latin America – 1900-2020” — Advisors: Xavier Raurich and Hector Sala.
Research fields: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Structural Change and Development Economics.

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