Hello and Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at IE University and IE Business School. I am also an associate fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), King’s College Business School, Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL Research), and UM6P. My research explores the linkages between macroeconomic theory and heterogeneity, asset pricing theory, climate change, and the distributional impacts of both environmental externalities and policy.

Interests

  • Macroeconomic theory and heterogeneity
  • Asset pricing theory
  • Climate change, uncertainty, and distributional impacts of both environmental externalities and policy.

Education

  • MSc, MPhil, and PhD (majoring in environmental and climate change economics)

    The London School of Economics and Political Science

  • MSc, MRes, and PhD (majoring in financial and monetary economics)

    PSL Research

  • MSc in Engineering of Information Systems

    Institut Mines - Telecom

  • BSc in Mathematics and Physics

    Classes Préparatoires Faidherbe

Publications

Work In Progress

Teaching

IE University and Business School

Lecturer

  • Introductory Macroeconomics (BSc Economics), Autumn Term, 2023, 2024.
  • Computational Macroeconomics (BSc Economics), Autumn Term, 2023, 2024.
  • Environmental and Climate Change Economics (BSc Economics), Autumn Term, 2023, 2024.

PSL Research – Université Paris Dauphine

Lecturer

  • Advanced Macroeconomics (MRes/PhD Quantitative Economics) – Bayesian Techniques, Autumn Term, 2023, 2024.

UM6P - FGSES

Lecturer

  • Advanced Topics in Development (MRes/PhD Economics), Autumn Term, 2024.
  • Macroeconomics II (MRes Quantitative Economics), Spring Term, 2025.

London School of Economics

Teaching Fellow

  • EC102 (Macroeconomics): Summer School 2023.
  • EC400 (Math for Micro and Macro): Michaelmas 2022.
  • EC1B3 (Macroeconomics): Lent 2021, 2022.
  • EC1B5 (Macroeconomics): Lent 2022.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

  • EC1A3 (Microeconomics): Michaelmas 2021, 2022.
  • EC102 (Economics B): Michaelmas and Lent 2019, 2020.

PSL Research – Paris Dauphine

Adjunct Lecturer

  • Econometrics II (Time Series): Michaelmas 2020, 2021, 2022.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Macroeconomics: Lent 2019, 2020, 2021.
  • Introduction to Economics: Michaelmas 2019.

University College London

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

  • ECON0001 (Economics of Financial Markets): Lent 2021.

Selected Awards

  • IE Excellence in Teaching Award (2024) - Environmental Economics.
  • IE Excellence in Teaching Award (2024) - Computational Macroeconomics.
  • IE Excellence in Teaching Award (2024) - Introduction to Macroeconomics.
  • QCGBF Best Young Economist Prize Runner-up (2022) – (1000 pounds).
  • LSE Department of Economics - Highly Commended Teaching Award (2022) – Amount undisclosed.
  • The European Finance Association Best Paper Prize in Responsible Finance Award (2021) - 3000 euros.
  • LSE Teaching Award - Nominated by students for both “Exceptional Teaching in an Unprecedented Year"and “Excellent Feedback and Communication” (2021).
  • LSE Department of Economics - Excellence in Teaching Award (2021) – Amount undisclosed.
  • EAERE - Young Scholar Grant (2021) – 1500 euros.
  • LSE Department of Economics - Excellence in Teaching Award (2020) – Amount undisclosed.
  • Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment - LSE PhD Scholarship (2019-2023).
  • PSL Research – University of Paris Dauphine Best MRes Economics Thesis (2017).
  • PSL Research – University of Paris Dauphine MRes Economics Best Overall Performance (2017).
  • Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research Graduates Honors Scholarship (2011-2014).
  • Institut Mines – Télécom Graduates Honors Scholarship (for the academic year of 2010-2011).

Useful Codes

Coming up soon!

Contact

  • ghassane[dot]benmir[at]ie[dot]edu or g[dot]benmir[at]lse[dot]ac[dot]uk