Associate Professor of EconomicsUniversitat de Girona

I am a poverty scholar at heart and an applied economist by training. Currently, I am an Associate Professor (tenured) at the Department of Economics at the Universitat de Girona (Spain). I obtained my PhD at the Applied Economics Department at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2009. Previously, I graduated from a MSc in European Social Policy at the London School of Economics and I hold a BSc in Economics and another one in Journalism at UAB.

Most of my research focuses on the Economics of Poverty and Inequality, Economics of the Family, Labour Economics, Health Economics and Applied Microeconometrics.

I am an IZA Research Fellow and a member of the research group EQUALITAS.

Appointments and policy engagement

• 2026– Member of the Technical Committee for the Analysis of Statistics on level, quality and living conditions in Spain, Higher Statistical Council.
• 2026– Scientific director of the Sectorial Campus on "Cohesion and Social Commitment", Universitat de Girona.
• 2025– Member of the Committee of Experts for the Transformation and Social Innovation (CETIS), Department of Social Rights and Inclusion, Generalitat de Catalunya.
• 2024– Expert member of the Advisory Committee of the Strategy for the Fight against Child Poverty in Catalonia 2024–2030, Generalitat de Catalunya.
• 2023– Associate Editor, Applied Economic Analysis.

Upcoming talks

• December 2026: Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (SAEe), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
• January 2027: Invited seminar, Maastricht University, ROA.