VICENTE ROYUELA
I am Full Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Barcelona (Spain). I am a member of the Board of Directors of the AQR Research Group and serve as Editor of Global Challenges and Regional Science and Editor of Springer’s book series Footprints of Regional Science. I also sit on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. My research focuses on Regional Science and Urban Economics, and I am actively involved in national and international research projects, including Spanish, Italian, EU Horizon 2020, and OECD programmes.
MY LATEST RESEARCH
Ritter, S., Royuela, V., Marx, Y. (2026) Will the green transition deepen regional divides? Evidence from mobility intentions across European regions Annals of Regional Science. in press.
Royuela, V., García-Ruiz, M., Moreno, M. (2026) A new regional rural European typology based on social exclusion. European Planning Studies. in press.
Malekzadeh, M., Väisänen, T., Panori, A., Royuela, V., & Järv, O. (2026) How regional characteristics drive various human mobility types across Europe. Nature Communications. 17, Article number: 6667.
Panori, A., Järv, O., Royuela, V. (2026) A framework for analysin spatial mobility in the green and digital transition Societal Impacts.
Royuela, V. (2026) Book review: Todd A. KnoopUnderstanding Economic Inequality: Bigger Pies
and Just Deserts. Regional Science, Policy and Practice.
Sebastián Ritter, Vicente Royuela. 2026. The geography of the green transition: Performance, vulnerabilities and opportunities. Papers in Regional Science. 105(3), 100150.
Vicente Royuela, Anastasia Panori & Jordi López-Tamayo. 2026. The role of regional readiness for green and digital transitions in shaping attractiveness: a composite index approach. The Annals of Regional Science, 2026, 75, article number 54.
David Castells-Quintana, Carlos Gradín and Vicente Royuela. 2025. Concentration of income and human
development: the role of the middle class. Oxford Economic Papers, 2025, 77(3), pp. 703-723.
Jaime Llorca, Vicente Royuela, Christopher Evans, Albert Diaz-Guilera & Raul Ramos. 2025. Fostering interdisciplinarity and collaboration: the role of challenge-driven research in European University Alliances through the CHARM-EU
experience. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12, 479
Prioritising infrastructure investments based on agglomeration externalities: A methodological framework with evidence from Peru (2025) Pedro Herrera-Catalán, Coro Chasco and Vicente Royuela
Papers in Regional Science, 104, 100104
Just reallocated? Robots displacement, and job
quality (2024) Liliana Cuccu and Vicente Royuela
British Journal of International Relations, 62(4), 705-731