PhD students

London School of Economics

• 2025

  Till Arne Meißner

  “Essays on global value chains and economic development”

  Co-supervised with Riccardo Crescenzi

• 2024

  Tea Gamtkitsulashvili

  “Global shocks and networks: firm-level evidence on productivity, FDI and trade”

  Co-supervised with Riccardo Crescenzi

• 2024

  Martina Pardy

  “Essays on regional inequalities, innovation and global connectivity”

  Now at LSE International Inequalities Institute

  Co-supervised with Riccardo Crescenzi

• 2023

  Beatriz Jambrina Canseco

  “Essays on inequality and political polarization: evidence from Spain”

  Now at University of Oxford

  Co-supervised with Neil Lee

• 2023

  Han Wang

  “The persistence of institutions in regions: shocks, public policies, and inequalities”

  Now at University of Southampton

  Co-supervised with Neil Lee

• 2023

  Juan Soto Díaz

  “Essays on globalization, commodities, and local economic development”

  Now at University of Queensland

  Co-supervised with Riccardo Crescenzi

• 2021

  Yohan Iddawela

  “Papers on institutional quality and economic development in African regions”

  Now at Asian Development Bank

  Co-supervised with Neil Lee

• 2020

  Alexandra Sotiriou

  “The effects of trade integration and outward foreign direct investment: a regional and industry-level empirical investigation”

  Now at University of Thessaly

  Co-supervised with Simona Iammarino

• 2019

  Eduardo Ibarra Olivo

  “The economic geography of foreign direct investment and human capital in Mexican regions”

  Now at University of Reading

  Co-supervised with Simona Iammarino

  Epainos Award, European Regional Science Association, 2019

• 2018

  Callum Wilkie

  “Promoting innovation and economic growth in less developed territories”

  Now at TDR Capital

  Co-supervised with Riccardo Crescenzi

• 2018

  Viola von Berlepsch

  “The long-term economic impact of migration and its significance for US prosperity”

  Now at Boston Consulting Group, Frankfurt

  Co-supervised with Neil Lee

  RSAI Czamanski Dissertation Award, 2018

• 2018

  Marco Di Cataldo

  “Regional and local development in Europe: public policies, investment strategies, institutions”

  Now at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

  Co-supervised with Riccardo Crescenzi

  Giorgio Leonardi Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Italian Regional Science Association, 2018

• 2017

  Susanne Frick

  “Urban structure, location of economic activity and aggregate growth: empirical evidence and policies”

  Now at Cardiff University

  Regional Studies Association PhD Student Award, 2017

• 2015

  Davide Luca

  “Essays on the political economy of development: elections, public investment and regional economic growth in post-2002 Turkey”

  Now at University of Cambridge

  Giorgio Leonardi Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Italian Regional Science Association

• 2012

  Eduardo Iván Palavicini Corona

  “Local economic development in Mexico. The contribution of the bottom-up approach”

  Now at Federal Ministry of the Economy, Mexico City

  International Prize for Local Development

• 2011

  Sylvia Tijmstra

  “Spaces of regionalism and the rescaling of government: a theoretical framework with British cases”

  Now at Streatham Youth and Community Trust, London

• 2011

  Neil Lee

  “Innovation, diversity and inequality. Papers in economic geography”

  Now at London School of Economics

• 2010

  Nicolás di Boscio

  “Mining enterprises and regional economic development: an exploratory analysis of the sustainable development model”

  Now at Ergo Strategy Group, London

• 2009

  Achilleas Tsamis

  “Science and technology parks in the less favoured regions of Europe: an evaluation of their performance and the parameters of success”

  Now at Ricardo Energy & Environment, Athens

• 2009

  Thomas Farole

  “Community, society, and adaptation: assessing the institutional factors behind long-run growth in the regional economy”

  Now at World Bank, Washington

  Co-supervised with Michael Storper

• 2008

  Bing Ho

  “The role of local government in China’s economic development”

  Now at JangDah Industrial Corp, Taiwan

• 2007

  Vassilis Tselios

  “Income and educational inequalities and regional economic growth in the European Union: the role of urbanisation, geography and institutions”

  Now at Panteion University, Athens

• 2006

  Jorge Vera García

  “Global challenge to local production systems: the transformation of Mexican clusters after the opening to trade”

  Now at CANACINTRA, Oaxaca

• 2005

  Beñat Bilbao-Osorio

  “R&D, innovation and economic growth in EU15: the role of technology centres, universities and public research organisations in the innovation systems of regions at the fringes of EU15”

  Now at European Commission, Brussels

• 2005

  Florian Klein

  “The implicit cost of environmental protection: pollution performance and chemical industries in the European Union”

  Now at Center for the Long View, Frankfurt am Main

• 2004

  Iris Hauswirth

  “Effective and efficient organisations? Trade fair support in Germany and the UK from an organisational economics perspective”

  Now at International Trade Centre, Geneva

• 2003

  Eduardo Rodríguez-Oreggia †

  “Growth and disparities in the Mexican regions: a study on the effects of public investment, human capital, and science and technology”

  Now at Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City

• 2003

  Javier Sánchez-Reaza

  “Trade, proximity and growth: the impact of economic integration on Mexico’s regional disparities”

  Now at World Bank, Washington

Other universities

Theses supervised or co-supervised at other institutions.

• 2024

  Xiangyu Quan

  “Sailing through uncertainty: the role of inter-organizational collaboration in addressing complex problems”

  Now at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

  Co-supervised with Marte C.W. Solheim

• 2021

  Jonathan Muringani

  “Institutions and regional development. A panel data study of EU regions”

  Now at University of Oslo

  Co-supervised with Rune Dahl Fitjar

  Paul Benneworth PhD Student Award, Regional Studies Association, 2021

• 2019

  Silje Haus-Reve

  “Exposure to diverse knowledge as a driver of innovation and productivity”

  Now at University of Stavanger

  Co-supervised with Rune Dahl Fitjar and Ragnar Tveterås

  North American Regional Science Conference Student-led Competition, 2019

• 2013

  Daniela Strube (Bond-Smith)

  “Essays on economic development and innovation”

  Now at University of Western Australia

  Co-supervised with Beatrice Weder di Mauro

• 2013

  Edna Villarreal Peralta

  “Human capital, externalities and innovation in Mexico”

  Now at Universidad de Sonora

  Co-supervised with Josep Lluís Raymond