About Us
Our research
Our research lines include the study of the determinants of the strength of institutions and state; the determinants of conflict and social violence; the study of the role of media in protests’ organization, electoral contests, terrorism, political communication, digital inequality (digital divide), etc.; the analysis of inequality at very small geographical units; the mechanisms to strength human capital as a tool to dissolve social tensions and rewrite social contracts; the relative role of political leaders and institutions in political decisions, conflict, etc.; and the issue of the collateral effects of conflicts and civil wars and, in particular, refugees and illness spreading through massive population movement by malaria infested areas.
A Few Words About
Our Team
Our team includes researchers of the Department of Economics and Business of the UPF as well as ICREA researchers, doctoral students and own personnel
Direction
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Marta Reynal-Querol
Director
Heads of areas
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Ruben Enikolopov
Ph. D. Havard University ICREA R. Professor
Head, Political Economy of Mass Media
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Marta Reynal-Querol
Ph. D. LSE
ICREA R. Professor
Head, Political Economy of Conflict
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Jose G. Montalvo
Ph. D. Harvard University Professor (UPF)
Head, Inequality and Redistribution
Researchers
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Paula Bustos
Ph. D. Harvard University ICREA R. Professor
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Caterina Calsamiglia
Ph. D. Yale University ICREA R. Professor
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Antonio Ciccone
Ph. D. Stanford U. Professor, U. Mannheim
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Ruben Durante
Ph. D. Brown University ICREA R. Professor
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Aina Gallego
Ph. D. UAB
Associate Professor UB
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Albrecht Glitz
Ph. D. UCL
Associate Professor UPF
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Gianmarco Leon
Ph. D. UC Berkeley Associate Professor UPF
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Humberto Llavador
Ph.D. UC Davis
Associate Professor UPF
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Luigi Pascali
Ph. D. Boston College Associate Professor UPF
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Maria Petrova
Ph. D. Harvard University ICREA R. Professor
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Giacomo Ponzetto
Ph. D. Havard University Researcher - CREI
Post-docs
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Andreu Arenas
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María Calsamiglia
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