Andre Groeger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Economic History at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and an Associate Research Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). He is also a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
His research agenda includes a range of interdisciplinary topics between the fields of Development, Environmental, and Labor Economics as well as the Economics of Migration. In his work, Groeger often combines novel micro survey data with remote sensing and/or machine learning approaches.
His articles have been published in some of the top journals in general science and Economics, and he has been head researcher of several research projects.
Awards, Grants, and Honors
ERC Proof of Concept Grant: “Monitoring War Destruction” (2025)
BSE Associate Research Professor appointment (2024-2029)
Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research – BBVA Foundation Award in the category “Best contribution in Statistics and Operations Research applied to Data Science and Big Data” for the paper, “Monitoring war destruction from space using machine learning” with Hannes Mueller, Jonathan Hersh, and Joan Serrat (2023)
ERC Starting Grant: “Rural Structural Transformation in Developing Countries” (2022)
BSE Seed Grants (2019, 2021)
BSE – “la Caixa” Foundation Research Grants on Socioeconomic Well-being (2017)
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