PhD Supervision

LSE

Han Wang (PhD LSE, 2023, placed at the London School of Economics, London)

Thesis title: "The Persistence of Institutions in Regions: Shocks, Public Policies, and Inequalities"

Co-director: Neil Lee
Juan Soto Díaz (PhD LSE, 2023, placed at the Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta)

Thesis title: "Essays on Globalization, Commodities, and Local Economic Development"

Co-director: Riccardo Crescenzi
Yohan Iddawela (PhD LSE, 2021, placed at 505 Economics, London)

Thesis title: "Papers on institutional quality and economic development in African regions"

Co-director: Neil Lee
Alexandra Sotiriou (PhD LSE, 2020, placed at the University of Thessaly)

Thesis title: "The effects of trade integration and outward foreign direct investment: a regional and industry-level empirical investigation"

Co-director: Simona Iammarino
Eduardo Ibarra Olivo (PhD LSE, 2019, placed at the University of Reading)

Thesis title: "The economic geography of foreign direct investment and human capital in Mexican regions"

Co-director: Simona Iammarino
Winner of the 2019 Epainos Award of the 2018 European Regional Science Association. This award is given to the best paper presented at the ERSA congress by a young researcher.
Callum Wilkie (PhD LSE, 2018, placed at TDR Capital)

Thesis title: "Promoting innovation and economic growth in less developed territories"

Co-director: Riccardo Crescenzi
Viola von Berlepsch (PhD LSE, 2018, placed at the Boston Consulting Group)

Thesis title: "The long-term economic impact of migration and its significance for US prosperity"

Co-director: Neil Lee
Winner of the 2018 RSAI Czamanski Dissertation Award
Marco Di Cataldo (PhD LSE, 2018, placed at the University of Venice)

Thesis title: "Regional and local development in Europe: Public policies investment strategies, institutions"

Co-director: Riccardo Crescenzi
Winner of the 2018 Giorgio Leonardi Doctoral Prize of the Italian Regional Science Association
Susanne Frick (PhD LSE, 2017, placed at the University of Oxford)

Thesis title: "Urban structure, location of economic activity and aggregate growth: empirical evidence and policies"
Winner of the Regional Studies Association's 2017 PhD Student Award
Davide Luca (PhD LSE, 2015, placed at the University of Cambridge)

Thesis title: "Essays on the political economy of development: elections, public investment and regional economic growth in post-2002 Turkey"
Winner of the 2016 Giorgio Leonardi Best Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Italian Regional Science Association
Eduardo Iván Palavicini Corona (PhD LSE, 2012, placed at CEIDIR, Mexico City)

Thesis title: "Local economic development in Mexico. The contribution of the bottom-up approach"
Winner of the 2013 International Prize for Local Development
Sylvia Tijmstra (PhD LSE, 2011, placed at St Mungo's, London)

Thesis title: "Spaces of regionalism and the rescaling of government; A theoretical framework with British cases"
Neil Lee (PhD LSE, 2011, placed at the London School of Economics, London)

Thesis title: "Papers on innovation, diversity and urban inequality"
Nicolás di Boscio (PhD LSE 2010, placed at Ergo Strategy Group, London)

Thesis title: "Mining enterprises and regional economic development: an exploratory analysis of the sustainable development model"
Achilleas Tsamis (PhD LSE 2009, placed at Ricardo-AEA, London)

Thesis title: "Science and Technology Parks in the less favoured regions of Europe: an evaluation of their performance and the parameters of success"
Thomas Farole (PhD LSE 2009, placed at the World Bank, Washington)

Thesis title: "Community, society, and adaptation: assessing the institutional factors behind long-run growth in the regional economy"
Bing Ho (PhD LSE 2008, placed at JangDah Industrial Corp, Taiwan)

Thesis title: "The role of local government in China's economic development"
Vassilis Tselios (PhD LSE 2007, placed at Panteion University, Athens)

Thesis Title: "Income and educational inequalities and regional economic growth in the European Union: The role of urbanisation, geography and institutions"
Jorge Vera García (PhD LSE 2006, placed at Mezcal Convite, Oaxaca)

Thesis Title: "Global challenge to local production systems: The transformation of Mexican clusters after the opening to trade"
Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (PhD LSE 2005, placed at the European Commission, Brussels)

Thesis Title: "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"
Florian Klein (PhD LSE 2005, placed at Deloitte, Frankfurt)

Thesis Title: "The implicit cost of environmental protection: pollution performance and chemical industries in the European Union"
Iris Hauswirth (PhD LSE 2004, placed at ITC UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva)

Thesis Title: "Effective and efficient organisations? Trade fair support in Germany and the UK from an organisational economics perspective"
Eduardo Rodríguez-Oreggia† (PhD LSE 2003, placed at Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City)

Thesis Title: "Growth and disparities in the Mexican regions: a study on the effects of public investment, human capital, and science and technology"
Javier Sánchez-Reaza (PhD LSE 2003, placed at the World Bank, Washington)

Thesis Title: "Trade, proximity and growth: The impact of economic integration on Mexico's regional disparities"

External students (exceptional cases)

Jonathan Muringani (PhD PhD University of Stavanger, 2021, placed at the University of Oslo)

Thesis title: "Institutions and Regional Development. A panel data study of EU regions"

Co-director: Rune Dahl Fitjar

Winner of the 2021 Regional Studies Association Paul Benneworth PhD Student Award for best PhD paper

Silje Haus-Reve (PhD University of Stavanger, 2019, placed at the University of Stavanger)

Thesis title: "Exposure to diverse knowledge as a driver of innovation and productivity"

Co-directors: Rune Dahl Fitjar and Ragnar Tveterås
Winner of the 2019 North American Regional Science Conference Student-led Competition
Daniela Strube (Bond-Smith) (PhD University of Mainz, 2013, placed at the University of Hawai'i)

Thesis title: "Essays on Economic Development and Innovation"

Co-director: Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Edna Villarreal Peralta (PhD Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2013, placed at the Universidad de Sonora)

Thesis title: "Human capital, externalities and innovation in Mexico"

Co-director: Josep Lluis Raymond

ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ-POSE

Princesa de Asturias Chair

Director of the LSE-Cañada Blanch Centre

Professor of Economic Geography

PhD Supervision

LSE

External students (exceptional cases)