José Antonio Belso Cervantes

Jose Antonio is a PhD student in Economic Geography at LSE. His research looks at how Large Research Infrastructures, such as CERN, affect the firms that supply them. Using public procurement data, he examines this from two angles, the buyers that purchase from these firms and the products they sell, and what it means for regional innovation and economic development.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Jose Antonio earned an MSc in Local Economic Development at LSE. He also holds a BSc in Geography with Economics from LSE. After finishing his MSc studies, he gained experience by working as a Strategy Consultant at KPMG in Madrid for two years, where he developed strategic analyses, recommended process improvements, and created methods to measure customer value for organizational decision-making.

Research interests

• Clustering
• Agglomeration Economies
• Regional Economic Disparities
• Political Economy
• Populist Movements

Scholarships and awards
LSE ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship
LSE Collaborative Studentship with CERN

Supervisors
Prof Riccardo Crescenzi
Prof Vassilis Monastiriotis