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 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 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 Professor, 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