Congratulations are in order! Our best wishes to the new PhDs from the International Doctorate in Economic Analysis (IDEA) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB and BSE) and the PhD Program in Economics, Finance, and Management at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF and BSE) who participated in this year’s highly competitive Economics job market.
Both PhD programs in the Barcelona School of Economics research community have a well-established track record of placements in Economics departments, central banks, and research institutions around the world, and this year is no exception.
Here are the results of the 2025-26 job market:
Ayah Bohsali (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Elisa Giannone (CREI and BSE) and Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF and BSE)
Placement: Universitat de Barcelona
Nathan Jones (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Dávid Nagy (CREI, UPF and BSE) and Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, UPF and BSE)
Placement: Banco de España
Manuel Lleonart (UAB and BSE)
Advisor: Pau Milán (UAB and BSE)
Placement: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Raquel Lorenzo (UPF and BSE)
Advisor: Alexander Frug (UPF and BSE)
Placement: University of Bonn (Post-doc) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Luis Menéndez (UAB and BSE)
Advisors: Hannes Mueller (IAE-CSIC and BSE) and Rosa Ferrer (UPF and BSE)
Placement: Universitat de Barcelona (Post-doc)
Elliot Motte (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Maria Petrova and Ruben Durante (NUS, UPF and BSE)
Placement: University of New South Wales (PostDoc) and CREST – ENSAI
Alejandro Rabano (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Isaac Baley (UPF and BSE) and Edouard Schaal (ICREA-CREI, UPF and BSE)
Placement: Banco de España
Yaping Wang (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Christian Brownlees (UPF and BSE)
Placement: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Martin Wiegand (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Albrecht Glitz (UPF and BSE) and Dávid Nagy (CREI, UPF and BSE)
Placement: RFBerlin – Rockwool Foundation (Post-doc)
Robert Wojciechowski (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Christian Brownlees (UPF and BSE) and Andrea Caggese (UPF and BSE)
Placement: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Simone Zanella (UPF and BSE)
Advisors: Isaac Baley (UPF and BSE), Elisa Giannone (CREI and BSE), and Edouard Schaal (ICREA-CREI, UPF and BSE)
Placement: Luiss University de Roma (Post-doc)
We look forward to seeing all of them at future BSE research events!
