Albert is the founding director at the Innovation Growth Lab (IGL).
Since joining Nesta in 2007, his work has been at the intersection of innovation, growth and finance.
Prior to setting up the Innovation Growth Lab, he was senior economist and led two of Nesta’s major research programmes in this area, one exploring business growth dynamics and its drivers in the UK and internationally, the other examining the contribution of intangible assets to productivity growth.
Among others, his research has also looked at the drivers of venture capital performance, the linkages between financial institutions and innovative performance, and the effectiveness of innovation policy.
Albert holds a PhD and AM in Economics from Harvard University, an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He is Research Fellow at the Barcelona School of Economics and Visiting Fellow at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. He has also been visiting economist at the OECD, consultant for the World Bank and member of the UK Cross-Government Trials Advice Panel.