Carles Manera is Professor of Economic History at the Department of Applied Economics of the University of the Balearic Islands. He holds two PhDs, one in History from the University of the Balearic Islands (1987) and another in Economics from the University of Barcelona. The results of his formation deserved the Extraordinary Degree Award, the Extraordinary Doctorate Award, and the Catalonia Economics Award (2003). The ANECA 8th commission has recognized him for 6 six-year research periods and 1 six-year period of knowledge transfer. His work includes:
The leadership of 7 competitive projects (1987-2007) and 12 knowledge transfer projects with institutions and firms (1986-2017), and participation as a senior researcher in 4 competitive projects (2005-21).
Stages at other universities. It is worth mentioning stages as visiting researcher at the European University Institute of Florence (2018), The New School for Social Research in New York (2016, 2017), and the London School of Economics (2011, 2012). In addition, those as visiting professor at the Gdańsk University of Technology (2016) and the University of Barcelona.
The supervision of ten Ph.D. theses presented from 1995 to 2022. He is currently supervising another two theses, for imminent and mid-term presentations (2022-24).
Presentation of his research in several academic institutions. Among them, it is worth mentioning the European Economic and Social Committee (Brussels, 2019), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston (2018), the University of Bologna (2018), the New School for Social Research in New York (2016, 2017), the Polytechnic University of Marche in Ancona (2015), the XVII Economic History Congress in Kyoto (2015), the University of Florence (2009, 2014, 2015), the Technical University of Dresden (2014), the Michel de Montaigne University in Bordeaux (2013), and the London School of Economics (2011).
The publication of 10 books and over 200 researches in Applied Economics and Economic History, with 50 papers in JCR and Scopus impact journals, on the following research lines: economic growth, tourism economics, environmental economics, and the development of economic recessions. Two books compile some of the most important results in these areas. On the one hand, The Great Recession, A Subversive View (Sussex-London School of Economics, 2013) studies the consequences of economic policies, such as the expansive austerity, imposed during the Great Recession in Europe. On the other hand, La extensión de la desigualdad: austeridad y estancamiento (Libros de la Catarata, 2015) discusses the progress of inequality associated with economic globalization related to the negative consequences of the orthodox economic policies for middle classes and SMEs. Both books argue the need for decisive policies to increase investment and demand to avoid an intense economic depression. All these subjects deserved a more detailed analysis in several articles published in international flag-ship journals in Applied Economics and Economic History, such as Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Annals of Regional Science, Review of Keynesian Economics, European Journal of Tourism Research, Sustainability, Symphonie Emerging in Administration, Sistema, Applied Economics, Metroeconomica, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Economic History, Industrial Economics, Journal of Industrial History, Economic History Investigations, Journal of Worldwide Economics, Business History.
Former Vice Rector of Economic and Administrative Planning at the University of the Balearic Islands (1996-2003). After losing the rector’s election, he became Minister of Economy, Finance, and Innovation of the Government of the Balearic Islands (2007-2011) and President of the Economic and Social Council of the Balearic Islands (2017-20). Finally, he joined the Governing Council of the Bank of Spain in July 2020.