PhD Students

Jorge Andrés Muñoz Mendoza

MSc in Finance at University of Chile | MSc in Economics at University of Concepcion | MSc in Statistics at University of Concepcion

Contact: jmunozme67@alumnes.ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Helena Chuliá | Jorge Mario Uribe |

Research fields: Financial Econometrics | Macroeconomics | Risk and Insurance |

Elisa Muscarella

MsC in Economics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Contact: elisa.muscarella@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Daniel Montolio | Matteo Gamalerio |

Research fields: Political Economy | Public Economics |

Taha Nikkhah

MSc in Economics at University of Warwick

Contact: taha.nikkhahghomi@ub.edu | Personal webpage

Advisor/s: Alessandro De Chiara | Ester Manna |

Research fields: Game Theory | Industrial Organization |

Enoch Ntsiful

Master in Economics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), 2022

Contact: enoch.ntsiful@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: François Cohen | Jordi Teixidó |

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics |

Juan Pascual Torres

MSc in Economics at Barcelona School of Economics

Contact: juanpascual@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Daniel Montolio | Jenifer Ruiz |

Research fields: Economics of Education | Health Economics | Public Economics |

Witson Peña

MSc in Economics, Regulation, and Competition in Public Services at the Universitat de Barcelona

Contact: witson.pena@ub.edu | Personal webpage

Advisor/s: Daniel Albalate | Jordi Teixidó-Figueras |

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Political Economy | Public Economics |

Albert Pierres Tejada

MSc in Specialised Economic Analysis at the Barcelona School of Economics

Contact: apierrte7@alumnes.ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Sergi Basco |

Research fields: Economic Growth | Labour & Demographic Economics | Macroeconomics | Public Economics |

Nicandro Quiros

MSc Economics at Universitat de Barcelona, MSc in Economics at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Contact: quiros.nicandro@gmail.com |

Advisor/s: Daniel Daví Arderius | José García-Quevedo |

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Public Economics | Regulation Economics |

María Cecilia Ramírez Michelena

MA in Economics at University of Washington | MEd in Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Washington

Contact: mcramirezmichelena@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Andreu Arenas | Lídia Farre |

Research fields: Economics of Education | Public Economics |

Sebastian Ritter

MSc in Economics at the Universitat de Barcelona

Contact: sebastianritter@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Luis Ortiz Gracia | Vicente Royuela |

Research fields: Regional Economics | Urban Economics |

Alejandra Rivera

MSc in Economics at Lund University

Contact: alejandrapaz.rivera@ub.edu | Personal webpage

Advisor/s: Judit Vall Castelló |

Research fields: Health Economics | Public Economics |

Jesús Rodríguez Ayona

MSc in Institutions and Political Economy at Universitat de Barcelona, MSc in Economics at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Contact: jra116@gmail.com |

Advisor/s: Francesc Amat |

Research fields: Economic History | Political Economy | Public Economics |

Mariana Rodríguez Vivas

MSc in Economics at Universidad de la República

Contact: mrodriguezvivas@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Jaime Millán-Quijano | Javier Vázquez-Grenno |

Research fields: Economics of Education | Labour & Demographic Economics | Public Economics |

Víctor Antonio Romero Ramírez

MSc in Economic and Business Analysis at Universidad de Málaga

Contact: vromerra7@alumnes.ub.edu | Personal webpage

Advisor/s: Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre |

Research fields: Economics of Education | Public Economics |

Roger Sabater Mezquita

MsC in Economics of Public Policy at Barcelona School of Economics

Contact: rsabatme124@alumnes.ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Alexandrina Stoyanova | Laia Maynou |

Research fields: Health Economics | Public Economics |

Priyanka Sachdeva

MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets at Barcelona School of Economics (2025), MA in Economics at Gokhale institute of Politics and Economics (2013)

Contact: priyankasachdeva511@gmail.com |

Advisor/s: Bruno Ricardo Delalibera | Luca Gambetti |

Research fields: Macroeconomics |

Florencia Saravia

Program in Economics at University of Montevideo | MSc in Economics at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics

Contact: saravia.florencia@gmail.com |

Advisor/s: Marc Teignier |

Research fields: Economic Growth | International Trade | Macroeconomics |

Darío Serrano-Puente

MSc in Economics at Mannheim University

Contact: dario.serrano@ub.edu | Personal webpage

Advisor/s: Dirk Foremny | Miguel Almunia |

Research fields: Public Economics |

Aayushi Sharma

Master of Arts in Economics at Amity University

Contact: aayushi_sharma@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Jordi Teixidó-Figueras | Laia Maynou |

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Health Economics | Public Economics |

Yannik Stuka

MSc in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University

Contact: yannikjosef.stuka@unive.it |

Advisor/s: Enrica de Cian | François Cohen |

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Political Economy |

Pere Antoni Taberner

MSc in Economics at Universitat de Barcelona

Contact: peretaberner@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Daniel Montolio |

Research fields: Economics of Education | Public Economics | Regional Economics |

Jingwen Tan

MSc in Economics at University of Copenhagen

Contact: jtan@ub.edu | Personal webpage

Advisor/s: Luiz Brotherhood |

Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Macroeconomics |

Thompson Ogajah Tawiah

MSc in Quantitative Economics, Universitat d'Alacant (2024); MSc in Phil. Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2022)

Contact: thompsontawiah@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Antonio Di Paolo | Ernest Miguelez |

Research fields: Development Economics | Economics of Education | Regional Economics |

Nestor Adolfo Torres-Betanco

Master in Applied Economics Macroeconomics (2019) at thePontifical Catholic University of Chile

Contact: nestortorres@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Bruno Ricardo Delalibera | Josep Ll. Carrión |

Research fields: Development Economics | Economic Growth | Macroeconomics |

Paris Trokkos

MSc in Economics, Barcelona School of Economics (2022)

Contact: ptrokktr193@alumnes.ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Dimitrios Xefteris (University of Cyprus) | Oriol Tejada Pinyol |

Research fields: Behavioral and Experimental Economics | Game Theory | Political Economy |

Aitana Vallina Camporro

MSc Economics at Universitat de Barcelona

Contact: aitana.vallina@ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Jaume Freire | Julia de Frutos Cachorro |

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Game Theory | Mathematical Economics |

Sarah Vella

MSc in Economics at University of Exeter; MSc in Professional Accountancy (ACCA) at University of London & ACCA

Contact: svellave57@alumnes.ub.edu |

Advisor/s: Maria Chiara Iannino (University of St Andrews) | Sergi Basco |

Research fields: Economic Growth | Financial Stability | International Finance | Macroeconomics |

José Ángel Vicente Gómez

MSc in Health Economics at University of Oslo

Contact: joseangel.vicgom@gmail.com | Personal webpage