Univ.-Prof. Alejandro Cuñat, PhD

Curriculum vitae:

born 1969 in Valencia, Spain
1992 Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Honors Degree, Universidad de Valencia
1994-1996 Fundación Ramón Areces, Scholarship for Studies Abroad
1996-1999 Banco de España, Scholarship for Studies Abroad
1997 M.A. in Economics, Harvard University
1999-2001 Research Fellow, IGIER, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi
2000 Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University
2001-2004 Temporary Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics
2001-2004 Organizer of LSE’s International Economics seminar
2002-2005 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, Research Grant: "Business Cycles and Growth in EMU"
2004-2008 Lecturer in Economics (with tenure), University of Essex
2007 Guest Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics
2007-2008 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, Research Grant "Business Cycles and Growth in EMU"
2007-2009 Deputy Director of Graduate Studies in Economics (Essex)
2008-2009 Visiting Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics
2008-2011 Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, Research Grant "Open-Economy Dynamic General Equilibrium Models"
2009-2011 Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Vienna
since 2010 President of the Curricular Committee of Development Studies (Vienna)
2011-2014 FWF (Austrian Science Foundation), Research Grant: "International Trade, Resource Abundance, Development and Production Structures"
since September 2011 Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics and Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna

Research Areas:

* International trade
* International finance
* Economic growth and development
* Macroeconomics