Leadership

I build research teams around interdisciplinary environmental and behavioral questions. 

I have built an independent research programme at the intersection of environmental, behavioral and experimental economics. My research leadership combines competitive funding, international collaboration, interdisciplinary team development, researcher mentoring and policy engagement. 

Research leadership at a glance:

9M€+ in competitively funded research projects led or co-led (full list here).

7 projects as sole PI.

Personally managed ~2M€ in research funding.

Biodiversa+ PEACE: PI of the project part on Economic Experiments and Household Surveys.

International research leadership:

Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Affiliated Faculty since 2012.

2nd Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change
Coordinating Lead Author.

Chapter on navigating demand-side transformations towards net-zero.

Major national climate assessment involving more than 120 researchers and approximately 2M€ in funding. 

International scientific service
Scientific committees of EAERE, the Austrian Economic Association, and the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists.

Reviewer of grant applications 

European Commission, the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), and the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR).

Institutional Leadership:

Deputy Coordinator of the Research Center Innsbruck Decision Sciences, since 2023.

Deputy-Director of the Research Area Economics, Politics and Society (400+ members in social sciences), 2021–2023.

Faculty Tenure Commission representative, 2026–present.

Recognition:

2026: Honor mention to the Best Published Paper Award.
Spanish and Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists.

2025: Beatriz de Galindo Senior Category.
Ranked #15 nationally in Spain across all disciplines; position subsequently declined because of incompatibility with the starting timeline.

2022: Best Published Paper Award.
Spanish and Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists.

2017: Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award.
Government of the Balearic Islands.

2009: Gabriel Escarrer International Prize in Tourism Studies.
For work contributing to my PhD thesis.