I am an economist working on child and adolescent development in low-resource settings. I am passionate and committed to research that can contribute to positive societal change through better food security, health, and education for all children.
I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics. I am a Jacobs Foundation Fellow (2022-2025), a European Research Council Starting grantee (2023-2028). I am a J-PAL invited researcher and a Research Associate at the Barcelona Institute of Economics. As child development is highly complex, my work is highly interdisciplinary, lying at the intersection of economics, global health, education, and developmental psychology. I very much enjoy collaborating with a wide range of experts in these fields as well as policy-makers to develop contextual evidence that can support effective policies for children. Prior to my appointment at the University of Barcelona, I worked at Imperial College, the University of Oxford (at the Young Lives study), and I spent one year visiting the Econ department at the University Pompeu Fabra. I also consulted on issues related to child development for the University of Pennsylvania, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, International Fund for Agriculture Development, World Food Program and the European Commission, among others. |
July 2024: New working paper and two grants! I got two grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science, to expand my ERC project in new directions.
Also, here is our new working paper presenting a new conceptual framework and literature review on public works and climate resilience January 2024: New working paper! A ‘smart buy' for all? Unequal and unintended consequences of a messaging program for child education - UB Economics WP series August 2023: New papers out! - The Rise and Fall of SES gradients in Height around the World - Journal of Health Economics - Improving learning in low and middle income countries - Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis |
