David Escamilla-Guerrero
Education
London School of Economics
Ph.D., 2020
University of Essex
M.Sc. with Distinction, 2015
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
M.Sc. with Distinction, 2011
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - UNAM
B.Sc. summa cum laude, 2010
Academic Positions
University of St Andrews
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, since 2020
University of California, Davis
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics - Global Migration Center, Fall 2025
University of Oxford
Rokos Junior Research Fellow in Economics, Pembroke College, 2019-2020
Affiliations
IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Research Affiliate, since 2023
London School of Economics
Research Affiliate, Historical Economic Demography Group, since 2023
University of Oxford
Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic and Social History, since 2019
Academic Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
-
The Society of Labor Economists, Research Mentoring Program, 2023
-
Dissertation Prize Finalist, International Economic History Association, 2022
-
Arthur H. Cole Grant, Economic History Association, 2021
-
Carnevali Research Grant, Economic History Society, 2020
-
Doctoral Scholarship, London School of Economics, 2018-2019
-
Ph.D. Research Fellowship, World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2018
-
Ph.D. Research Fellowship, Economic Research Directorate, Banco de México, 2018
-
Poster Prize Winner, International Economic History Association, 2018
-
New Researcher Poster Prize, Economic History Society, 2018
-
Graduate Research Fund, Economic History Society, 2017
-
Pre-Dissertation Exploratory Grant, Economic History Association, 2017
-
The Radwan Travel and Discovery Fund, London School of Economics, 2016
-
Doctoral Scholarship, Mexico Ministry of Education, 2015-2016
-
Doctoral Scholarship, CONACYT/London School of Economics, 2015-2018
-
Eastern Academic Research Consortium Ph.D. Scholarship (declined), Essex University, 2015
-
Erasmus Mundus European Scholarship (declined), Lund University, 2011
-
Graduate Scholarship, CONACYT/Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2010-2011
-
Academic Excellence Scholarship, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2005-2010