PHD Students

ACROSS is a project supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (14302992).

Etienne Bacher

Graduated in November 2024, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: Data Analyst, Oxford University

Thesis Title: Cross-border Labor Mobility, Attitudes and Political Preferences (Supervisor: Michel Tenikue)

Thesis Start Date: 01-10-2020 / Thesis Defense: 26-11-2024

Previous diplomas: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Development Economics, Université Clermont Auvergne & CERDI, France

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Narcisse Cha'ngom

Graduated in October 2024, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: Research Analyst at LISER

Thesis Title: Revisiting the link between skill-biased migration and the geography of development (Supervisor: Frédéric DOCQUIER, Joel MACHADO)

Thesis Start Date: 01-11- 2020 / Thesis Defense: 21-10-2024

Previous diplomas: Specialized Master in International and Development Economics (UCLouvain and UNamur), Master in Public Finance (CERDI)

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Felix Stips

Graduated in December 2024, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: PostDoc in the Migration and International Labour Studies department at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Thesis Title: Essays in the Economics of Human Mobility and Labor Markets (Supervisor: Bertrand Verheyden)

Thesis Start Date: 01-11-2020 / Thesis Defense: 31-12-2024

Previous diplomas: MComm Economics and MA Development Economics from the Universities of Göttingen and Stellenbosch

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Lucas Vieira Magalhães

Graduated in December 2024, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: PostDoc at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Thesis Title: Essays on retail location modelling (Supervisor: Geoffrey Caruso)

Thesis Start Date: 01-11-2020 / Thesis Defense: 19-12-2024

Previous diplomas: MSc Geographic Information Science (Universiteit Twente / The Netherlands)

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Julio Garbers

Graduated in December 2025, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: PostDoc at LISER

Thesis Title: Immigration and Integration Policies (Supervisor: Christina Gathmann)

Thesis Start Date: 01-11-2021 / Thesis Defense: 01-12-2025

Previous diplomas: M.Sc. in Economics (University of Heidelberg)

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Ariane Gordan

Graduated in December 2025, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: On the Job Market

Thesis Title: Essays in Migration and Family Economics (Supervisor: Arnaud Dupuy)

Thesis Start Date: 15-10-2021 / Thesis Defense: 12-12-2025

Previous diplomas: M.Sc. International Economics and Economic Policy

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Raian Kudashev

Graduated in October 2025, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: PostDoc at VU Amsterdam

Thesis Title: Low Taxation Boosts Agglomeration? Evidence from Luxembourg and its Border Regions (Supervisor: Pierre M. Picard)

Thesis Start Date: 01-11-2021 / Thesis Defense: 29-10-2025

Previous diplomas: MScQEF: University of Luxembourg, MSc in Economics: Higher School of Economics, Russia (double degree)

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Aleksa Uljarevic

Graduated in November 2025, P.h.D. in Economics

Job placement: On the Job Market

Thesis Title: Essays in the economic analysis of human mobility (Supervisor: Michel Beine)

Thesis Start Date: 15-10-2021 / Thesis Defense: 25-11-2025

Previous diplomas: M.Sc. in Economics, LMU Munich

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Gauthier Fontanive

Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Job placement: Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Thesis Title: Conflict, natural resources, migration (Supervisor: Skerdilajda ZANAJ)

Thesis Start Date: 15-10-2022 / Thesis Defense: 2026-2027

Previous diplomas: M.A. Environmental Sciences and Management from Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Adrij Chakraborty

Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Job placement: Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Thesis Title: Immigration policy and migrant assimilation (Supervisor: Konstantinos Tatsiramos)

Thesis Start Date: 15-01-2023 / Thesis Defense: 2026-2027

Previous diplomas: M.Sc.in Finance, M.Sc. in Economics

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Aurélie Gillen

Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Job placement: Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Thesis Title: Analysis of cross-border human mobility (Supervisor: Luisito Bertinelli)

Thesis Start Date: 15-03-2023/ Thesis Defense: 2027

Previous diplomas: Master in Economics and Finance (University of Liège – HEC)

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Abilio Berticelli De Freitas

Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Job placement: Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2027)

Thesis Title: The behavioral economics of human mobility (Supervisor: Bertrand Verheyden)

Thesis Start Date: 15-11-2022 / Thesis Defense: 2026-2027

Previous diplomas: Master in Behavioural Economics and Decision-Making – University of Montpellier, France (2022)

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Javier Sanchez

Javier Sanchez Bachiller (ACROSS Research Fellow)

Job placement: Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2026/2027)

Thesis Title: Essays on the economics of migration and education (Supervisor: Michel Beine)

Thesis Start Date:15-10-2022 / Thesis Defense: 2026/2027

Previous diplomas: Master in Economics and Finance (CEMFI), Bachelor in Economics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

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Yann Marx (ACROSS Research Fellow)

Job placement: Thesis Ongoing (Graduation: 2029)

Thesis Title: Climate Change, Migration and Conflicts (Supervisor: Frédéric Docquier)

Thesis Start Date: 01-10-2025 / Thesis Defense: 2029

Previous diplomas: M.Sc. in Economics (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Yann MARX