“The core of the Barcelona School of Economics is composed of world-class economists who could be in any other center of Economics in the world, but have chosen Catalonia, specifically Barcelona, as their base.”
Robert Solow (1924-2023)
Nobel Laureate and BSE Scientific Council Member
Modern crises and emerging challenges have called established economic models into question. In 2006, as thought leaders in countries all over the globe were re-examining our understanding of economic science, a group of highly renowned professors and economists envisioned the need for a graduate school that could produce research and trained professionals with the preparation and expertise to tackle these complex issues.
The Barcelona School of Economics (formerly Barcelona GSE) was founded as an institution for scientific cooperation between four existing academic and research units with a long tradition of collaboration:
We enjoy close collaboration with our academic units in teaching and research as well as in the shared use of resources. Our affiliated professors, the core of the BSE academic community, are all tenured or tenure-track faculty members of the academic units.
The Barcelona School of Economics is a community of researchers, professors, students, and alumni who all share the School’s core spirit: to create value for society with rigorous work and social responsibility through pioneering research and education.
We seek outstanding, motivated students and provide them with a top-notch education and values that will make them exceptional global experts with intellectual rigor and critical thinking skills. During their time with us, our students have direct contact with professors and practitioners whose insights from academia and industry are part of the curriculum.
At BSE, education and research are closely linked. Key factors for the continued top performance of our researchers have been: the co-organization of the PhD programs in Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the development of new research activities such as the Summer Forum; and the achievement of competitive funding programs such as the Severo Ochoa Research Excellence Distinction.
In addition to the many grants and awards that our faculty receive, the quality and quantity of the scientific production among the entire BSE research community positions us well in international research rankings such as RePEC.
Such ambitious objectives would not be possible without the support and partnership of institutions and companies that have collaborated with the School from day one: our Scientific Council, our Board of Trustees, and our sponsors.
The Barcelona School of Economics (founded as the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics) is a private foundation and has been recognized by the Government of Catalonia as a University Research Institute attached to the UPF and to the UAB. The founder and first chair of the board was Andreu Mas-Colell. The current chair is Paulina Beato.
Teresa Garcia-Milà is the Director of the Barcelona School of Economics. Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell is the Deputy Director for Academic Programs, and Alberto Martin is the Deputy Director for Research.
The following groups work with the Director, Deputy Directors, and Chair to ensure the quality of our programs and shape the future of the Barcelona School of Economics:
The Scientific Council is composed of more than 30 leading academics – including several Nobel Laureates in Economics – who forge and enhance relationships between the Barcelona School of Economics and the wider academic community.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall direction of the school, guiding and drawing up rules for governance. It adopts the budget and appoints an Honorary President and a Chair, who serve as Trustees, and further names the Director and the Academic Committee.
The Units Committee guides the development of the school's research initiatives for scientific cooperation. It is composed of the directors of the BSE academic units and chaired by the School's Director.
Javier Fernández-Blanco
Flip Klijn
Daniel Serra
Jaume Ventura
The Academic Programs Committee validates the master programs and follows their development. It also deals with the academic affairs of the school. The committee is composed of BSE Affiliated Professors and chaired by the School's Director.
Fernando Broner
Jordi Caballé
Davide Debortoli
Gábor Lugosi
Inés Macho-Stadler
Laura Mayoral
The Research Committee supports the Director and Deputy Director for Research in assessing and improving the research activities developed by the Barcelona School of Economics, as well as proposing and designing new research activities that may be of interest to our community.
Larbi Alaoui
José García-Montalvo
Flip Klijn
Joan Llull
Albert Marcet
David Pérez-Castrillo
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