David Castells-Quintana

David Castells-Quintana is PhD in Economics by the University of Barcelona (UB) and currently works as (Serra Hunter) Lecturer Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), and as adjunct lecturer at the UAB Fundation (FUAB). He also collaborates with several national and international universities and research groups, including Paris-Sorbonne, Science-Po Aix-en-Provence, Universidad Javeriana, Universidad del Norte, AQR-IREA at the UB, ESADE Foundation, and the IBEI. He is also part of the Spanish Network of Development Studies (REEDES).

He has been part of the research team of several regional, national and international research projects. His research interests are focused on Economic Geography, Urban and Development Economics, and he is currently working on issues related to urbanisation, inequalities and the interplay between climate change and socio-economic dynamics.

He has recently published "Our Elusive Quest for Prosperity: A Brief History of Economic Thought" (Ediciones UAB 2021).

Research interests

• Inequality
• Development Economics
• Urban Economics

Selected publications

• Castells-Quintana, David; Dienesch, Elisa; Krausec, Melanie.2021.Air pollution in an urban world: A global view on density, cities and emissions.Ecological Economics,189
• Castells-Quintana, David; Krause, Melanie; McDermott, Thomas K J.2021.The urbanising force of global warming: the role of climate change in the spatial distribution of population.Journal of Economic Geography,21 (4):531-556
• Castells-Quintana, David; Lopez-Uribe, Maria del Pilar; McDermott, Thomas K J.2018.Adaptation to climate change: a review through a development economics lens.World Development,104:183-196
• Castells-Quintana, David.2017.Malthus living in a slum: Urban concentration, infrastructure and economic growth.Journal of Urban Economics,98:158-173

Companies

• Profesor Lector (Lecturer) Serra Húnter Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2020)
• Profesor Asociado (Assistant Professor) Fundación Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (2011)
• Visiting Professor UAB - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2015 — 2020)
• Asistente de Investigación (PhD Research Fellow) Universidad de Barcelona (2010 — 2015)
• Visiting Research Assistant at the Grantham Institute The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2014 — 2014)
• Investigador Fundación NoVA (2009 — 2009)
• Store manager Desigual (2009 — 2009)
• Responsable de Unidad de Negocio y Monitor Nacional Decathlon (2006 — 2009)
• prácticas Escola d´Administració Pública. Generalitat de Catalunya (2005 — 2005)

Education

• Doctorado Universitat de Barcelona (2011 — 2015)
• Master Universitat de Barcelona (2009 — 2011)
• Master Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2004 — 2006)
• Postgrado Escola d´Administració Publica (2005 — 2005)
• Licenciatura Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2000 — 2004)
• Erasmus University of Reading (2001 — 2002)
• Universidad de Los Andes (1998 — 2000)