Overview

Laura Muñoz Blanco is an applied economist. She joined the University of Exeter Business School in 2023 after receiving her Ph.D. in Economics at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).

Laura’s research focuses on understanding the consequences of forced displacement and generating pieces of evidence on the interventions that could mitigate its effects. She is currently working on three main areas: intra-household dynamics, social cohesion, and health.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Economics (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

MSc in Development Economics (Université Paris-Est Créteil, France)

BSc in Business Administration (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)

BSc in Law (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)

Career

Between 2018 and 2022, Laura worked as a consultant leading research projects at the United Nations (UN) in Honduras and Costa Rica. Before starting her Ph.D she worked as a Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist at the UN (Honduras) and as a consultant at the OECD (France).

European Economic Association (EEA) Young Economist Award in 2022

Links

• Personal Research Webpage

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Research

Research interests

Laura’s research focuses on understanding the consequences of forced displacement and generating pieces of evidence on the interventions that could mitigate its effects. She is currently working on three main areas: intra-household dynamics, social cohesion, and health.

• Applied Microeconomics
•  Development Economics
•  Migration Economics
• Gender Economics

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Teaching

Modules

2023/24

• BEE2025 - Microeconomics II

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