Mut-Piña, Antoni (PhD), Assistant Professor in Financial Economics, Department of Business Economics, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB). antoni.mut@uib.cat, Office DB012, Edifici Melchor de Jovellanos

Biography

I am a researcher with a multidisciplinary profile spanning law, political science, and empirical methods. My work focuses on the empirical analysis of law — particularly consumer contracting in financial markets, consumer vulnerability, and the regulation of emerging technologies such as autonomous systems.

I completed my PhD in Law and Political Science at the Universitat de Barcelona (2024, cum laude, international mention), where my dissertation examined market transparency and vulnerable consumers in the financial sector. I subsequently joined Leiden University as a postdoctoral researcher within the ERC Starting Grant project Safe & Sound, focused on evidence-based regulation of healthcare robots.

Since September 2025 I hold a position as Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Business Economics, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), in the area of Financial Economics.

Education

• 2020–2024, PhD in Law and Political Science, Universitat de Barcelona, [Thesis]

• 2022–2023, Expert Diploma in Consumer Law, Universitat de Barcelona

• 2018–2020, Master in Political Analysis, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

• 2012–2017, Bachelor in Business Administration, Universitat de Barcelona

• 2012–2017, Law Degree, Universitat de Barcelona

Professional Experience

• 2025–2032, Assistant Lecturer with a PhD, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Department of Business Economics, Area of Financial Economics

• 2024–2025, Postdoctoral Researcher, Leiden University, The Netherlands, ERC Starting Grant project Safe & Sound (PI: Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga), Regulation of autonomous systems and European project management

• 2020–2024, Predoctoral Researcher (FPI-MINECO), Universitat de Barcelona, Research stays at the University of Amsterdam (2022) and KU Leuven (2024)

• 2018–2019, Junior Policy Officer, Govern de les Illes Balears — EU Regional Office, Brussels, Directorate-General for External Relations

• 2016–2017, Research Assistant, Universitat de Barcelona, Collaboration grant, Department of Private Law