Research interests

Education
Labor
Public Policy

Teaching at the Barcelona School of Economics

Ursula Mello is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Insper – Institute of Education and Research in São Paulo, Brazil and a Research Affiliate at IAE-CSIC and IZA. She is an applied economist interested in Education, Labor, and Public Policy.

Ursula completed her PhD at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2019. During her doctoral studies, she visited the Department of Economics of Duke University, the International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth and worked as a Consultant for the World Bank Development Research Group. She is also currently involved in the analysis of educational projects of the World Bank office in Brazil.