Professor Manuel García-Santana (PhD CEMFI) is a tenured Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University, Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, CREI Research Associate and CEPR Research Fellow. Since 2024 he is co-leader of CEPR-STEG Theme 5: The Role of the Public Sector. At present he serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of the Spanish Economic Association.

He is an applied macroeconomist with interests in trade, growth and development. His research focuses on understanding how trade, government policies, and market distortions affect aggregate productivity and welfare by changing the way resources are allocated across firms.