Juan Sebastián Ivars

Juan Sebastián Ivars is currently a Visiting Professor (tenure-track) at the Department of Applied Economics, University of Balearic Islands (UIB). He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Sciences Po under the supervision of Jeanne Hagenbach.

Academic Appointments

• University of Balearic Islands (UIB): Visiting Professor (tenure-track), Department of Applied Economics (2026--)
• Sciences Po, Paris: Taught Mathematics for Economists (2021,2022,2024), Microeconomics III (2022-2024), Microeconomics II (2023-2025), and Behavioral Policy (2021)
• National University of La Plata, Argentina: Teaching Assistant for Industrial Organization (2017)
• National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina: Teaching Assistant for International Economics (2017-2018) and Linear Algebra (2011-2012)

Research Interests

His research focuses on applied microeconomic theory, specifically contract theory, industrial organization, and organizational economics. He employs both theoretical and empirical tools to investigate economic problems, with working papers addressing public procurement manipulation, competitive incentive design, and moral hazard in organizational hierarchies.