Insights and Motivations Behind Choosing Esade’s PhD
Bingjie Ding, an Industrial PhD candidate at Esade, shares her personal experience and motivations behind choosing the Industrial PhD program. She provides an overview of her time at Esade, detailing how the program has contributed to her academic development and research expertise. Bingjie also reflects on the key takeaways from her journey and how Esade has supported her throughout the process.
PhD Candidates 2025-26
Academic Background
PHD Statistics updated October 2025.
PhD candidates enrolled in 2025-26
Esade PhD Candidates are organized according to the Esade PhD Program Research Lines.
CSR, Business Ethics, and Corporate Values
Shahzeb Abdali
GRRSE
Supervisor: Dr Tobias Hahn
Bonnie Brown
GRRSE
Supervisor: Dr Tobías Hahn
Zunaira Fatimah
GRRSE
Supervisor: Dr Ignasi Marti
Alessandra Schmidt
GRRSE
Supervisor: Dr Ignasi Marti
Ellina Watanabe
GRRSE
Supervisor: Dr Ignasi Marti
Jon Echeverría Plazaola
GRRSE
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Arenas
Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Raana Bagheri
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr George Chondrakis
Juan Pablo Casadiego
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr Alfred Vernis
Jacobus Cilliers
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr Dimo Ringov
Yuchen Hu
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr Annelore Huyghe
Yuqi Liu
GRIE
Supervisors: Dr Laura Guillen & Dr François Collet
Xinli Shen
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr George Chondrakis
Fatima Talahoui
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr Jan Brinckmann
Jabar Torkaman
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr Jan Brinckmann
Economics & Finance
Vicente Corral
GREF
Co-supervisor: Dr Ioanna Schiopu
Salma Lemkhente
GREF
Supervisors: Dr Ariadna Dumitrescu & Carolina Villegas
Sameh Marei
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Carolina Villegas
Sahand Mostafazadehdavani
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Ariadna Dumitrescu
Zhenchao Xu
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Carolina Villegas
Yuqian Zhao
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Marti Guasch
Maosen Wang
GREF
Supervisors: Dr Omar Rachedi & Dr Dante Amengual
Christoph Zimmermann
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Carmen Ansotegui
Niccolò Bagnoli
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Carlo Sala
Theodoros Gavriilidis
GREF
Supervisor: Dr Santiago Forte
Yahao Yao
GREF
Supervisors: Dr Giulia Redigolo & Dr Marti Guasch
Yuhan Ji
GREF
Supervisors: Dr Josep Bisbe & Dr Martí Guasch
Leadership and Competences Development
Afonso Ferro Serrano
GLEAD
Supervisor: Dr Laura Guillen
Zhe (Katy) Liu
GLEAD
Co- supervisor: Dr Jordi Trullen
Yuqi Liu
GLEAD
Supervisors: Dr Laura Guillen & Dr François Collet
Yipeng Wang
GLEAD
Supervisor: Dr Laura Guillen
Marcelo Zilberberg
GLEAD
Supervisor: Dr Jordi Quoidbach
Ha Chu Thi
GRRSE/GRIE
Supervisors : Dr François Collet & Dr Jan Hohberger
Innovation Management
Arnau Bueno Tricas
EsadeD3
Supervisor: Dr Jose A. Rodríguez-Serrano
Alireza Mahmoodzadeh
IIK
Supervisor: Dr Ivanka Visnjic
Daniel Martinez
IIK
Supervisor: Dr Esteve Almirall
Xueyang Liu
IIK & BUNED
Supervisor: Dr Joren Gijsbrechts
Elimar Vasconcellos
IIK
Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Wareham
Sadaf Zarrin
BUNED
Supervisor: Dr Joren Gijsbrechts
Daniel Schlegel
BUNED
Supervisor: Dr Annachiara Longoni
Xikun Zhang
BUNED
Supervisors: Dr Frank Wiengarten & Dr Annachiara Longoni
Guanda Zhou
BUNED
Supervisor: Dr Frank Wiengarten
Artificial Intelligence for Decision-Making
Pietro Fronte
JUICE
Supervisors: Dr Núria Agell & Dr Marc Torrens
Bernat Salbanya Rovira
JUICE
Supervisor: Dr Jordi Nin
Branding, Consumer Behavior, and Pricing
Edmond Kozah
JUICE
Supervisors: Dr Kate Barasz & Dr Ana Valenzuela
Bita Ziarati
EsadeD3
Supervisor: Dr Ana Valenzuela
Human Resources
Chao Wang
GLEAD
Supervisor: Dr Katharina Schmid
Public Management & Geopolitics
Carmen Cardenas Elvira
GLIGP
Supervisor: Dr Angel Saz
Pedro Espaillat Tavarez
GLIGP
Supervisor: Dr Marc Esteve
Verónica Gonzales Stuva
GLIGP
Supervisor: Dr Pedro Rey
Daniel Martín
GLIGP
Supervisor: Dr Pedro Rey
Family Business
Lucas Pinheiro
GRIE
Supervisor: Dr Maria Jose Parada
Strategy and General Management
Erin Parsons
Esade Geo
Supervisor: Dr Angel Saz
Xiaomang (Aiden) Niu
Esade Geo
Supervisor: Dr Angel Saz
People Management and Organisation
Lorenzo de Gregori
GLEAD
Supervisor: Dr Namrata Goyal
Visiting PhD Candidates 2024-2025
Outgoing
Esade PhD Candidates visiting other universities during 2024-25 academic year.
| PhD Candidate | University | Period |
| Alessandra Gerson Schmidt | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark | 31st October – 31st December, 2024 |
| Salma Lemkhente | McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University | January 27th, 2025 – July 31st, 2025 |
| Yuqi Liu | University of Amsterdam | March 24 - June 31st 2025 |
Incoming
PhD Candidates from other Universities coming to Esade during 2024-25 academic year.
| PhD Candidate | Home University | Visiting Period | Supervisor |
| Mr. Wanja Öhler | University Southern Denmark | 1st September to 30th November 2024 | Dra. Annachiara Longoni |
| Niccolo' Marcarini | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | 1st October 2024 to1st June 2025 | Dra. Giulia Redigolo |
| Valeriia Skliarenko | Politecnico di Milano | November 01, 2024 to January 31, 2025 & May 01, 2025 to July 31, 2025 | Dr Ivanka Visnjic |
| Luis Hillebrand | Université de Gèneve | November 01, 2024 to January 31, 2025 | Dr Ivanka Visnjic |
| Marco Crestani | Università di Padova | 1st January – 30 April 2025 | Dr Valentina Di Marchi |
| Alexia Faus | Utrecht University, The Netherlands - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) | 3 March– 30 May 2025 | Dr Marc Esteve |