• Nuffield College, Oxford (1994-96), D.Phil.
• European University Institute, Florence (1993-94), doctoral student.
• St. Antony's College, Oxford (1992-93), M.Sc. in Economic and Social History.
• Freiburg University (1989-91), student in Economics and History.
• Bonn University (1989), student in Economics, History and Philosophy.

Appointments

• ICREA Research Professor, Economics Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2005- ).
• Full Professor, Economics Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003- ).
• Research Associate, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) (2004- ).
• Visiting Professor, Economics Department, Stern School of Business-NYU (2004-05).
• Visiting Associate Professor, Economics Department, MIT (2001-02; 2003-04).
• Associate Professor (tenured),  Economics Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2001-2003).
• Assistant Professor,  Economics Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1998-2001).
• Associate Director, Centre for History and Economics, King's College, Cambridge (1999-2003).
• Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra (2000 and 2001).
• Official Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford (1999).
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Stanford University (1997/98).
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Science History Institute, Stanford University (1997/98).
• Research Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge (1995/96)

Distinctions

• Ramon y Cajal Fellowship, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education (partial teaching buyout, 2002-07).
• Philip Leverhulme Prize Fellowship for outstanding researchers under the age of 36 (2001-03).
• CEPR Research Fellow, International Macro Program  (2001- ).
• Gino Luzzatto Prize of the European Historical Economics Society (1999) for the best thesis. 
• Alexander Gershenkron Prize of the Economic History Association for the outstanding thesis in international economic history (1996).