Gino Gancia

Biography

EDUCATION: 2003 STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY (Stockholm, Sweden) Ph.D. in Economics, May 2003 2001-2003 on leave (MIT, Economics Department, Cambridge, MA, USA) From 1999 at IIES, Stockholm University 1996 BOCCONI UNIVERSITY (Milan, Italy) Laurea in Economics and Social Sciences, Summa Cum Laude PAST POSITIONS: 2003-2009 CREI, JUNIOR RESEARCHER (Barcelona, Spain) 2001-2003 VISITING SCHOLAR, MIT Department of Economics (Cambridge, MA, USA) 1998 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Bocconi University 1997 Mandatory Military Service (Italy) TEACHING: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Advanced Macroeconomics I (PhD, 2008-2016) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, International Trade (PhD, 2004-2011) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Topics in International Economics (PhD, 2015-2016) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Economic Growth (PhD, 2008) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Economic Development (PhD, 2007) CREI and Barcelona GSE, BMSS, Economic Growth and Inequality (Master, 2016) CREI, BMSS, International Trade and Macroeconomics (Master, 2013-2014) CREI, BMSS, Globalization, Technology and Inequality (Master, 2012) CREI, BMSS, Macroeconomic Effects of Globalization (Master, 2011) Barcelona GSE, Advanced International Trade (ITFD Master, 2012-2016) Kiel Institute, ASP, Economic Growth (Master and PhD, 2011, 2015) Zurich University, Globalization and Trade (BA, advanced, 2008) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Organizer of the CREI-Macroeconomics Seminar Series at UPF, 2004-2007 CREI Junior Faculty Recruitment, 2003- SED, 15th Annual Meeting (Florence, 2004), member of program committee EEA, 19th Annual Congress (Madrid, 2004), member of program committee EEA, 27th Annual Congress (Malaga, 2012), member of program committee EEA, 28th Annual Congress (Gothenburg, 2013), member of program committee EEA, 29th Annual Congress (Toulouse, 2014), member of program committee EEA, 31st Annual Congress (Geneva, 2016), member of program committee EEA, 32nd Annual Congress (Lisbon, 2017), member of program committee, area coordinator for Macroeconomics ESEM (Barcelona, 2009), member of program committee ESEM (Oslo, 2011), member of program committee XXXVII SAEe (Vigo, 2012), member of program committee XXXVIII SAEe (Santander, 2013), member of program committee “The Economic Consequences of Globalization” CREI-Sohmen conference, (Barcelona, 2008), co-organizer Workshop “Institutions, Contracts and Growth,” (Barcelona, 2009), co-organizer CEPR Workshop “Politics, Information and the Macroeconomy,” (Barcelona, 2011), organizer CEPR European Research Workshop in International Trade (Barcelona, 2012), coorganizer Workshop “Trade, Growth and Income Distribution,” Barcelona GSE Summer Forum (2013, 2014, 2015) organizer Workshop “Geography, Trade and Growth,” Barcelona GSE Summer Forum 2017, co-organizer Workshop “Political Economy of Globalization,” Barcelona GSE Summer Forum 2017, co-organizer Review of Economic Studies Tour 2015, Barcelona, local co-organizer Reviewer for the European Research Council ANEP Reviewer (Plan Nacional I+D) Reviewer for the French National Research Agency (ANR) Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation PhD thesis committee: Philip Sauré (UPF), Daria Denti (EUI), Adolfo Cristóbal Campoamor (Carlos III, Madrid), Ana Cusolito (UPF), Ines Buono (UPF), Harald Fadinger (UPF), Chiara Forlati (UPF), Pablo Fleiss (UPF), Stefan Berger (UPF), Robert Zymek (UPF), Milan Lisicky (LSE), Roberto Ramos (CEMFI), Tolga Aksoy (Bocconi), Ramezan Marvi (Bocconi), Tom Schmitz (UPF).

Research Interest

Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, International Trade, Political Economy