Iñaki Aliende

Dr. Iñaki Aliende is an Assistant Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and Business and the Department of Applied Economics, Public Economics, and Economic Policy. He serves as Visiting Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and is a member of the UCM Research Group No. 940051 on Data Analysis in Social Studies and the Institute of Statistics and Data Science. His academic roles include co-directing UCM's Permanent Training Certificate in Behavioral Economics, editing the Handbook on Behavioral Economics, and teaching in master's programs, summer schools, and postgraduate courses across multiple institutions.

• Education
  • Bachelor's in Economics, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
  • PhD in Data Science (cum laude, International Mention), UCM

Dr. Aliende's research focuses on applying Data Science to Economics, Social Studies, and Behavioral Economics. His work explores football refereeing career dynamics, automation's impact on labor markets, corporate reputation strategies, and econometric teaching tools. Publications span journals like Economics Letters, PLOS ONE, and International Journal for Applied Behavioral Economics, emphasizing empirical analysis, survival models, and behavioral policy frameworks.

Recent research trends include:

• Climate change financial disclosures in energy sectors
• Behavioral economics in sports officiating
• Automation's long-term labor market effects
• Corporate reputation analytics
• Interactive econometric teaching systems (SADMER)
• Football referee retention strategies

He supervises doctoral theses and undergraduate/masters dissertations at UCM while maintaining a popular YouTube channel for economics and data science education. His professional experience as a consultant includes projects with the World Bank and Grupo Cegos, focusing on Business & People Analytics.