Doctoral Research

Ciber PhD Opportunities

As part of the Ciber research strategy, we provide PhD opportunities. Ciber offers talented graduates the chance to join as PhD students. Being hosted and supervised by senior researchers of Ciber, these PhD students face challenges in several research fields: Ethics and Development, Finance and Accounting, Portfolio Management, Decision Systems, and Operational Research. The combination of senior and junior researchers drives the active research dynamics of the Ciber team.

We Offer
Experienced PhD supervision
Excellence in research
International dimension
We invite you to be part of the process
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Our PhD Students

Yaolong Cui
Yaolong Cui
PhD Researcher
Ana María Melo
Ana María Melo
PhD Researcher
Eduardo Miranda
Eduardo Miranda
PhD Researcher
Tiansong Zhu
Tiansong Zhu
PhD Researcher
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PhD Viva  2016–2026

PhD theses supervised by members of Ciber that have been defended in the last ten years. All were awarded with honours (Cum Laude).

2026
Mar
Dr. Adriana Serrano
“Startups and Sustainable Value Creation”
Cum Laude International Mention Supervised by Dr. José M. Moneva and Dr. Yolanda Fuertes
2026
Jan
Dr. Ana Lucía Remírez
“SRI Mutual funds in the UK”
Cum Laude Supervised by Dr. Mercedes Alda
2025
Dec
Dr. Juan Camón
“Economic and social valuation in public and community sectors: from SROI to multi-criteria methods”
Cum Laude Supervised by Dr. Beatriz Cuéllar and Dr. Yolanda Fuertes
2023
Apr
Dr. Beatrice Boumda
“Three essays on behavioural biases of mutual fund managers: overconfidence, disposition effect and tournaments”
Cum Laude International Mention Supervised by Dr. Cristina Ortiz and Dr. Luis Vicente
2022
Nov
Dr. Pablo Vilas
“Analysis of sustainability in financial markets from a quantitative approach”
Cum Laude International Mention Supervised by Dr. José Luis Sarto and Dr. Carlos Serrano
2021
Nov
Dr. Lidia Lobán
“Active management in mutual funds with concentrated benchmarks: a major dilemma to fulfill the EU directive on portfolio concentration limits”
Cum Laude International Mention Supervised by Dr. José Luis Sarto and Dr. Carlos Serrano
2021
Oct
Dr. Ruth Gimeno
“Three essays on fund managers’ abilities: learning, autonomy and divergent trading”
Cum Laude International Mention Supervised by Dr. José Luis Sarto
2019
May
Dr. Martha Bernate
“The relationship between the quality of accounting information, corporate bankruptcy and human development”
Cum Laude Supervised by Dr. Carlos Serrano-Cinca and Dr. Begoña Gutiérrez-Nieto
2017
Jun
Dr. Miguel Serrano
“Three essays about fund manager’s behaviour”
Cum Laude Supervised by Dr. Laura Andreu and Dr. José Luis Sarto