Professor Jordi Pons, appointed member of the Bank of Spain

News | Institutional
(16/09/2024)

Jordi Pons, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona, has been appointed as a member of the Bank of Spain.

​​​​​​​Jordi Pons holds a PhD in Economics and is a professor of Applied Economics at the UB. Between January 2007 and February 2022, Pons was a trustee of the Public Audit Office of Catalonia (Sindicatura de Comptes de Catalunya), an external audit body that oversees the accounts, economic management and financial control of the public sector in Catalonia.

News | Institutional
16/09/2024

Jordi Pons, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona, has been appointed as a member of the Bank of Spain.

​​​​​​​Jordi Pons holds a PhD in Economics and is a professor of Applied Economics at the UB. Between January 2007 and February 2022, Pons was a trustee of the Public Audit Office of Catalonia (Sindicatura de Comptes de Catalunya), an external audit body that oversees the accounts, economic management and financial control of the public sector in Catalonia.

His research activity has focused, firstly, on the analysis of time series, economic indicators and forecasting methods and, secondly, on the analysis of the consequences of globalization on social inequalities and the welfare state. The results of the work he has carried out have been published in books and scientific journals such as the Journal of Economic Geography; Cliometrica, the Journal of Forecasting; the Journal of Regional Science; Regional Studies; the Journal of Economic History; Health Economics and the Journal of Urban Technology.

He has participated, as a member of the team and also as principal investigator, in several projects funded by competitive public calls, in Catalonia, Spain and around Europe.

The Spanish Government has also appointed Soledad Núñez as Deputy Governor and Lucía Rodríguez as a member to the Bank of Spain.