Recent NEWS!
- Dec 2025: BESTEPS Closing Lecture with Diego Puga + Closure Celebration (16th)
- Sep 2025: The BESTEPS Guide, expert-led lectures on doing an Econ PhD, is out.
- Jul 2025: In Beijing for the Camphor Seedling Program (香樟青苗) (19-31th)
- Jun 2025: Find me presenting at the 15th IWAEE in Italy (15-17th)
- Jun 2025: Find me in Naples presenting at the ESPE 2025 (12-14th)
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), working with Andreu Arenas and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela since 2023. From 2024 to 2025, I was also in the PhD Course Program in Economics of Education at the University of Zurich.
Research fields:
- Applied Microeconomics (topics: education, culture, labour)
- Urban Economics
- Causal Inference Methods
Complementing research, I initiate and organize activities targeting young researchers, and write public-facing econ articles.
Prior to Barcelona, I worked in policy consultancy at the China Development Institute (Public Policy Center) and was a book translator. I obtained my MSc in Economics (with Distinction) from The University of Edinburgh.
My name "Mengwei"(孟蔚) has two parts: meng (孟 ) & wei (蔚, like "way")