Ramon Xifré

Ramon Xifré Oliva is a lecturer at ESCI-UPF and researcher at the Public-Private Sector Research Centre at IESE. He has led a number of research projects on policies to promote competitiveness (international business, innovation and entrepreneurial drive) in Spain and the EU, and he works with the ECB on its research group on competitiveness. Between 2009 and 2011 he was an advisory member to the Spanish Prime Minister’s economic office. He sat on the board of directors at ICEX.

EDUCATION

• 2005 PhD Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• 2003 "Marie Curie" Research Fellow, University of Munich (LMU)
• 1998 MSc Economics and Philosophy, London School of Economics
• 1997 BA Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• 2007 Spanish Social and Economic Council, Research Prize
• 2005 Spanish Ministry of Education, Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the LSE
• 2002 “Marie Curie” Research Fellow, University of Munich (LMU)

CURRENT POSITIONS

• 2005 – present ESCI - UPF, Associate Professor; since 2014, Research Director.
• 2013 – present UPF Barcelona School of Management, Faculty Member
• 2013 – present Public-Private Research Center - IESE Business School, Policy Research Fellow

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

• 2014 – present COTEC Foundation for Innovation, The 100 Experts Panel, Member
• 2014 – present FUNCAS Regular Contributor
• 2013 – 2018 Founder and Academic Coordinator, SpanishReforms project.

BOOKS

• Competitividad y evolución de la balanza por cuenta corriente en España, with Xavier Cuadras and Jordi Puig. Colección Estudios, 216, Ed. Consejo Económico y Social, 2009.