Dr
Ernil SabajProfile page
Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed)
Economics
ABOUT
I am an Assistant Professor (Teaching Focused) in Macroeconomics at the Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Exeter, UK.
I obtained an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Antwerp (Belgium), Staffordshire University (UK), Universidad de Cantabria (Spain), and Universidade de Brasília (Brazil).
Before my current role, I worked as an Economist in the Department of Macroeconomics at the Albanian Ministry of Finance and Economy.
I am a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. I also serve as a mentor for the FHEA APP EXP pathway at Warwick.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed)University of Warwick, Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom1 Aug 2025 - present
- Teaching FellowUniversity of Warwick, Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom18 Oct 2021 - 31 Jul 2025
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- MacroeconomistAlbanian Ministry of Finance, Department of Macroeconomy and Fiscal Policy, Tirana, Albania1 Feb 2013 - 30 Sep 2017
- European Fund for the Balkans FellowDeutsche Bundesbank, Economics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany1 Sep 2017 - 6 Oct 2017
DEGREES
- PhD in EconomicsUniversity of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom1 Sep 2017 - 7 Feb 2022
- MSc in Economics of Globalization and European IntegrationUniversity of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium1 Sep 2015 - 16 Oct 2016
- MA in European Economic StudiesUniversity of Tirana, Tirana, Albania1 Apr 2012 - 1 Apr 2014
- BScUniversity of Tirana, Tirana, Albania1 Sep 2007 - 16 Jul 2011
CERTIFICATIONS
- Fellow (FHEA)Advance HE18 Nov 2024 - present
- Associate FellowAdvance HEOct 2021 - present
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Causal Inference with VARsEABCN training school, Online10 Nov 2025 - 13 Nov 2025
- Local Projections for Applied EconomicsBank of Latvia, Riga, LatviaMay 2025 - May 2025
- Intensive Policy Training ProgrammeInstitute for Government, Coventry, United Kingdom13 Nov 2024 - 14 May 2025
- Mid- Career Workshop for Academic EconomistsEconomics Network, United KingdomApr 2025 - Apr 2025
- New Developments on Theoretical Models of Cryptocurrencies, Monetary Policy and Inflation DeterminationEABCN training school, OnlineMar 2025 - Mar 2025
- Introduction to Informing PolicyWarwick Policy Hub training, London, United Kingdom15 Oct 2024 - 15 Oct 2024
- Introduction to Parliament TrainingIndustry and Parliament Trust, London, United Kingdom20 Sep 2024 - 20 Sep 2024
- Difference-in-Differences and Event Study Estimators with Panel DataEABCN training school, OnlineMay 2024 - May 2024
- Trainings for Small Group Teaching, Large Lecture/Research Conference MasterclassesVox Coaching, University of Warwick, Coventry, United KingdomJan 2023 - Jan 2023
- Early Careers Workshop by the Economics NetworkEconomics Network, United KingdomJan 2022 - Jan 2022
- LTHE - Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Level 2University of Exeter, United KingdomAug 2021 - Aug 2021
- Tools for Macroeconomists: Esentials,London School of Economics Summer School, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2018 - 6 Sep 2018
- Empirical Time Series Methods for Macroeconomic AnalysisBarcelona Summer School, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Spain7 Jun 2018 - 13 Jun 2018
- Bayesian Time Series MethodsBarcelona Summer School, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain1 Jun 2018 - 6 Jun 2018
- Structural Vector Autoregressive AnalysisGerman Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany1 Apr 2018 - 10 Apr 2018
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis with DSGE ModelsInternational Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., United States1 Jun 2017 - 14 Jun 2017
- Macro-Financial SurveillanceJoint Vienna Institute and International Monetary Fund, Austria1 Aug 2015 - 14 Aug 2015
- Strengthening Fiscal InstitutionsCentre of Excellence in Finance, Slovenia1 Jun 2015 - 5 Jun 2015
- Macroeconomic DiagnosticsJoint Vienna Institute and International Monetary Fund, Austria1 Apr 2015 - 14 Apr 2015
- Sound Fiscal InstitutionsJoint Vienna Institute, Austria1 Feb 2015 - 7 Feb 2015
- Applied Economic Policy CourseJoint Vienna Institute and International Monetary Fund, Austria1 May 2014 - 1 Jul 2014
- Advanced Macroeconomic Forecasting ModelsJoint Vienna Institute and International Monetary Fund, Austria1 Apr 2014 - 14 Apr 2014
- Public Finance ManagementEcorys Academy and Dutch Ministry of Finance, Netherlands1 Mar 2014 - 10 Mar 2014
- Macroeconomic Policies in Times of High Capital MobilityJoint Vienna Institute, Austria1 Feb 2014 - 7 Feb 2014
- Macroeconomic Management and Fiscal PolicyJoint Vienna Institute and International Monetary Fund, Austria1 Jan 2014 - 14 Jan 2014
- Macroeconomic Forecasting ModelsJoint Vienna Institute and International Monetary Fund, Vienna, Austria1 Sep 2013 - 14 Sep 2013
LANGUAGES
- AlbanianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- ItalianCan read, write, speak and understand
- Spanish; CastilianCan read, write, speak and understand
- PortugueseCan read, write, speak and understand
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Career advice
- Industry Projects
- Media enquiries
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Mentoring (short-term)
- Mentoring (long-term)
- Teaching provision
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 13 Climate Action
- 4 Quality Education
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure