Albert is Senior Economist at NESTA, where he joined in 2007. His work has been at the intersection of innovation and finance. His research projects have explored some of the drivers of innovation activity and venture capital performance, as a well as the contribution of firm dynamics and intangibles to productivity growth.
He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University, an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He is also guest professor at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and has been visiting economist at the OECD.