Biography

    Spoken Languages

    German (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
    English (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
    Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency)·
    French (Limited work proficiency)·
    Portuguese (Limited work proficiency)·

    Career

    Professionnal Experience

    • Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

      Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) (Établissement Public)

      • Research Program Leader Crossing Borders & Migration
      • 2026 until today
    • Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) (Établissement Public)

      • Senior Researcher
      • 2024 until today
    • Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) (Établissement Public)

      • Associate Professor of Economics (tenured), Department of Economics and Economic History
      • 2022 until today
    • Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) (Établissement Public)

      • Associate Research Professor, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Spain, on leave
      • 2024 until today
    • Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin)

      • Research Fellow
      • 2025 until today
    • Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

      • Research Affiliate
      • 2024 until today
    • Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain

      • Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow
      • 2023 - 2024
    • Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

      • Serra-Húnter Lecturer
      • 2021 - 2022
    • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

      • Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic History
      • 2017 - 2022

    Associations

    Professional associations

    • German Economic Association

      • Member, Research Committee on Development Economics
      • 2024 until today

    Education & Honors

    Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main)

    • Doctorate in Economics
    • 2012 - 2016

    Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main)

    • Double Diplom Degree Economics/ Political Sciences (eq. M.Sc.)
    • 2004 - 2011

    Contact

    • Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
    • Campus Belval - Maison des Sciences Humaines | 5ème étage- 5th floor ~ 11, porte des Sciences, L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
    • www.liser.lu