In September 2023, a new professor Shahir Safi joins NES. He began his education by studying economics at University of Alberta. He received his master's degree in Economics Toulouse School of Economics and then received a PhD in Economics degree at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
During the last five years, Shahir Safi was Postdoctoral Fellow at Aix-Marseille School of Economics and then Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics at Concordia University. His research interests include: applied micro theory, industrial organization, public economics. He already has two publications in Games and Economic Behavior.