Rate My Professor Jorge Díaz Lanchas

Jorge Díaz Lanchas serves as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics within the Business & Economics faculty at Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICADE. He obtained his MSc in International Economics in 2012 and PhD in Economics in 2016 from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, graduating summa cum laude with international distinction. His doctoral thesis, titled "Essays on city trade flows," was recognized by the Spanish Royal Academy of Doctors in 2017. With over five years of teaching experience at Comillas, he delivers courses in macroeconomics, international economics, and related fields across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including the Master in International Affairs and the Doctoral Program in Business and Territorial Competitiveness.

Díaz Lanchas specializes in international trade, regional economics, and urban economics, with extensive publications in leading international journals. Key works include "Constant price input-output and productivity surplus" (National Accounting Review, 2025, with D. Rognini and P. Lecca), "Trade spillover effects of transport infrastructure investments" (Regional Studies, 2025, with Y. Shevtsova and others), "National and foreign trade elasticities: a spatial econometrics approach" (Journal of Regional Science, 2025, with J.L. Zofío and others), "Rural depopulation in the 21st century: A systematic review of policy assessments" (Journal of Rural Studies, 2025, with D. Loras-Gimeno and G. Gómez-Bengoechea), and "Fiscal redistribution and the narrowing urban-rural income gap" (Journal of Rural Studies, 2024, with D. Loras-Gimeno and G. Gómez-Bengoechea). His research addresses critical issues such as infrastructure impacts on trade, rural-urban disparities, and economic policy in Europe. As a researcher at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), he contributes to interdisciplinary projects on socioeconomic transformations, co-directs the Observatorio Global Futures, and leads initiatives like "Proximidad entre países: dimensiones institucionales y comerciales." Díaz Lanchas actively engages in academic discourse through conference presentations, such as at the European Regional Science Association Congress, and public lectures on European economic integration and geopolitics.