Marta Reynal-Querol (PhD, London School of Economics) is an ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), a Research Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), and the Director of the Institute of Political Economy and Governance (IPEG).

Professor Reynal-Querol is also a Research Fellow at CEPR and CEsifo, and a Full Member of the European Development Network (EUDN). She is a Fellow of the European Economic Association (EEA) and was a member of the Council of the EEA between 2011 and 2015. She is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution and in the past of the European Journal of Political Economy.

Her research focuses on the causes of civil wars and genocides, conflict resolution and the aftermath of conflict; leaders and institutional reforms; aid effectiveness, and the economics of institutions. She has published in The American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, the European Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Economic Letters among others.

She is the Director of the BSE Master’s Program in Economics.