Joan Monràs is a professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and an Associate Research Professor of the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). He is also Research Affiliate at CEPR, IZA, and CReAM, and an Associate Researcher at CREI.

Professor Monràs has been a Research Advisor to the United States Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a Kenen Fellow at Princeton University, and a professor of Economics at CEMFI and Sciences Po.

His research interests include Labor Economics, Urban Economics, and International Trade.

Monràs holds a BA in Mathematics from Universitat de Barcelona, an MSc in History and Theory of International Relations from the London School of Economics, and an MA in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra.