PhD candidates on the job market
During the final year of the program, Esade's Careers Service provides support to candidates interested in pursuing an academic career.
For PhD candidates seeking a career in academe, being in the job market can be exciting but also very stressful. Esade helps them to prepare their portfolio in order to enhance their opportunities for inclusion in relevant conferences and associations and the related job market.
2022-2023
Ali Abu-Yasein
Job market process
Rocío Alcázar
Adjunct Lecturer
ISEM Fashion Business School – Universidad de Navarra
Obaid Amjad
Job market process
Averill Campion
Job market process
Nathania Chua
Postdoc researcher
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Andreas Georgiou
Lecturer in Sustainable Entrepreneurship
University of Exeter
María Hincapie
Assistant Professor
Universidad de los Andes’ School of Management
Jorge Vinicio Murillo
Research associate
INCAE Business School
Ferran Torres
Assistant professor
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Career Placement
Esade Business School PhD Program prepares its Candidates to join leading Academic & Research Institutions around the world. Find the initial jobs they have got after their PhD at Esade Business School.
Most of our PhD Graduates pursue an academic or research positions in well reputed institutions.
2021-2022
Natalia Mityushina
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brock University
Yuqian Qiu
Lecturer in Marketing
Newcastle University Business School
Julius Schildbach
Job market process
Carlos Carrasco
Asssitant Professor
Toulouse Business School
Toulouse, France
2020-2021
Pooja Mohanty
Job market
Esteban Koberg
Lecturer
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
esteban.koberg@uai.cl
Asier Pereda
Job market
Aman Asija
Assistant Professor of Strategy
Nova School of Business & Economics, Lisbon
Adrià Bronchal
Assistant Professor
University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance
adria.bronchal@uibk.ac.at
Eleunthia Wong Ellinger
La Salle – Universitat Ramon LLull
eleunthia.ellinger@salle.url.edu
Nonyelum Lina Eze
Post – doc researcher
Esade Entrepreneurship institute
Esade -Universitat Ramon LLull
Julia Elisabeth Von Schuckmann
Post doctoral researcher Chair of Marketing
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Management
julia.vonschuckmann@tum.de
Lucie Madeleine Baudoin
Assistant Professor
Excelia Business School, la Rochelle, France.
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
PhD Thesis & Publications derived from the PhD Thesis
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PhD Dissertations
2022-2023
The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Leadership Perception and Selection
PhD Dissertation Defense by Sayantani Chakravarty (2023-2024)
September 18th at 12:00PM CET
Director: Dr. Pedro Rey, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Tamyko Ysa, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull
Secretary: Dr Daniel Navarro, Associate Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Member: Dr Loukas Balafoutas, Professor, University of Exeter
Alternates:
Dr Anna Bayona, Associate Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull;
Dr Jordi Brandts, Professor, Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC
Organizations, state, and power struggles in the age of digitalization and datafication
PhD Dissertation Defense by Obaid Amjad
August 28th at 11:00AM CET
Director: Dr David Murillo, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Daniel Arenas, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull
Secretary: Dr Yuliya Shymko, Professor, Audencia Business School
Member: Dr Mikkel Flyverbom, Professor, Copenhagen Business School
Alternates:
Dr Zlatko Bodrožić, Associate Professor, University of Leeds
Dr. Ignasi Martí, Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon Llull
Changed for Good: The Social-Symbolic Work of Agents of Change
PhD Dissertation Defense by Nathania Chua
July 28th at 12:00PM CET
Director: Dr Ignasi Martí, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Daniel Arenas, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull
Secretary: Dr Renate Meyer, Professor, WU Viena
Member: Dr Tom Lawrence, Professor, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
Alternates:
Dr Cristina Jiménez, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull;
Dr Mar Perzts, Professor, Emlyon Business School
Information Communication Technologies as Alternative Spatial Organizational Tools of the Disempowered in Authoritative Contexts
PhD Dissertation Defense by Ali Abu-Yasein
July 27th at 11:00AM CET
Director: Dr Ignasi Martí, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr David Courpasson, Professor, Professor at Emlyon Business School
Secretary: Dr Carine Farias, Associate professor, IESEG School of Management
Member: Dr Samer Abdelnour, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh Business School
Alternates:
Dr Daniel Arenas, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull;
Dr Vicenta Sierra, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Unpacking the many natures of organizational paradox: From transformative dynamics to bundles of paradoxes in grand challenges
PhD Dissertation Defense by Ferrán Torres
July 26th at 15:30PM CET
Director: Dr Lisa Hehenberger, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull & Tobias Hahn, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Miguel Pina e Cunha, Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics
Secretary: Dr Wendy Smith, Professor, University of Delaware
Member: Dr. Fabrizio Ferraro, Professor, IESE Business School – Universidad de Navarra
Alternates:
Dr Daniel Arenas, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull;
Dr Jonatan Pinkse, Professor, University of Manchester
Understanding collaborative success: the adoption of algorithms and data in regional and local government
PhD Dissertation Defense by Averil Campion
July 12th at 11:30AM CET
Director: Dr Marc Esteve, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull & Dr Angel Saz, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Tamyko Ysa, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull
Secretary: Dr Emilio José de la Higuera Molina, Professor, Universidad de Granada
Member: Dr Xavier Fernández-i-Marín
Research fellow, Universitat de Barcelona
Alternates:
Dr Vicenta Sierra, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull;
Dr Germà Bel, Professor, Universitat de Barcelona
Communities, organizations and collective entrepreneurship: an institutional perspective
PhD Dissertation Defense by Andreas Georgiou
March 31st at 10:30AM CET
Director: Dr Daniel Arenas, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Ignasi Marti, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon LLull
Secretary: Dr Matthew Grimes, Professor, Cambridge Judge Business School
Member: Dr Helen Salavou, Associate Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
Alternates:
Dr Laura Albareda, Professor, LUT University;
Dr Tobias Hahn, Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon LLull
Understanding split family expatriations: an exploratory study with multiple stakeholder views
PhD Dissertation Defense by Rocío Alcázar
February 22nd at 08:30AM CET
Director: Dr Daniela Noethen, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull & Dr Jaime Bonache, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Committee:
President: Dr Kate Hutchings, Full Professor, Griffith University
Secretary: Dr Jordi Trullen, Associate Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon LLull
Member: Dr Mihaela Dimitrova, Associate professor, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Alternates:
Dr Luisa Ferreira Pinto, Associate professor, Universidade de Porto;
Dr Vicenta Sierra, Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon LLull
The role of business incubators and accelerators in the development of firms
PhD Dissertation Defense by Jorge Vinicio Murillo
December 13th at 16:30PM CET
Director: Dr Jan Brinckmann, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr John C. Denker, Professor, Northeastern University
Secretary: Dr Lisa Hehenberger, Associate Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Member: Dr Sebastian Kortmann, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
Alternates:
Dr George Chondrakis, Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon Llull;
Dr Carsten Zimmermann, Associate Professor, University of California San Diego
Advancing Research on Virtual Collaboration
PhD Dissertation Defense by María Hincapie
October 19th at 16:30PM CET
Director: Dr Joan Manel Batista, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Robert Emmerling, Adjunt faculty, Rutgers University
Secretary: Dr Mariano Gentilin, Associate Professor, Universidad EAFIT
Member: Dr Patrícia Costa, Assistant Professor, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa ISCTE
Alternates:
Dr Ruth Aguilera, Professor, Northeastern University;
Dr Vicenta Sierra, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
2021-2022
Infipats. Why do they stay and how does it influence cross border knowledge transfer?
PhD Dissertation Defense by Julius Schildbach
August 31st at 18:30PM CET
Director: Dr. Daniela Noethen, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull & Dr. Jaime Bonache, Carlos III University
Committee:
President: Dr. Mila Lazarova, Full Professor, Simon Fraser University
Secretary: Dr. Cristina Sancha, Associate Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon Llull
Member: Dr. Luisa Helena Pinto, Associate Professor, University of Porto
Alternates:
Dr. Anne Burmeister, Assistant Professor, Erasmus University;
Dr. Vicenta Sierra, Professor, Esade – Universitat Ramon Llull
Practitioner-Policymaker Interplay and Field Governance: Conceptual and Empirical Studies Using the Case of the European Impact Investing Field of Practice
PhD Dissertation Defense by Natalia Mityushina
July 22nd at 10:00AM CET
Director: Dr Lisa Hehenberger, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull & Dr Jonathan Wareham, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Santi Furnari, Professor, City, University of London
Secretary: Dr Ignasi Marti, Professor, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Member: Dr Danielle Logue, Associate Professor, UTS University
Alternates:
Dr Fabrizio Ferraro, Professor, IESE Business School - Universidad de Navarra;
Dr Tobias Hahn, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Uncovering the Dynamic, Cognitive, and Linguistic Strategies of Misinformation
PhD Dissertation Defense by Carlos Carrasco
July 15th at 10:00AM CET
Director: Dr. Uri Simonsohn, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull
Committee:
President: Dr Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Professor, St. Gallen University
Secretary: Dr Samuel Fosso Wamba, Professor, Toulouse Business School
Member: Dr Daniele Quercia, Professor, King’s College London
Alternates:
Dr Sandra Sieber, Professor, IESE - Universidad de Navarra;
Dr Inés Alegre Tort-Martorell, Assistant Professor, IESE - Universidad de Navarra
Co-creation and CSR: The Two Key Pillars Towards a Paradigm Shift in Corporate Brand Management
PhD Dissertation Defense by Yuqian Qiu
July 20th at 15:30PM CET
Director: Dr Oriol Iglesias, Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull & Dr Stefan Markovic, Copenhagen Business School
Committee:
President: Dr Holger J. Schmidt, Professor, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences
Secretary: Dr Francisco Guzmán, Professor, G. Brint Ryan College of Business. University of North Texas
Member: Dr Joana Machado, Assistant Professor, Católica Porto Business School
Alternates:
Dr Joan Llonch Andreu, Professor Titular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona;
Dr Mònica Casabayó Bonás, Professora Titular Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull