Short biography
I am an
ICREA Research Professor and group leader of the Computational Social Science and Humanities unti at the
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), where I also lead the Welfare and Equity Group. My work integrates AI and data-intensive solutions into public policy, with a particular focus on market design and education policy. I hold a PhD in Economics from
Yale University and conduct research that spans theoretical, experimental, and empirical approaches. Together with an interdisciplinary team, I have developed
Pentabilities, a methodology for fostering socioemotional learning by integrating behavioral feedback collected in classrooms. Between September 2022 and March 2024, I led the design and implementation of four large-scale RCTs in Catalunya, Andalucía, Ceuta, and Melilla. Three were implemented through
Fundació Bofill's Suport Educatiu program, and the fourth through
Fundesplai's Hedera program. I am affiliated with the
Human Capital and Economic Opportunity group, the
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