Aleda Kushta

Aleda is a Project Manager at CITCEA-UPC and a Trainer and Professor in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Research Methodologies, Environmental and Ecological Economics, Treasury and Cash Management, and Financial Modelling at SSMB and LPC since November 2022. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Economics, specializing in three areas: Public Economics, Growth and Trade, and Regional and Urban Economics. Additionally, she has earned a postgraduate degree in Big Data for Mobility and Transportation and completed a specialized professional course in Digital Twins for Smart Mobility. Throughout her studies, she received several scholarships and awards.

She is a native Albanian speaker and is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and Turkish. She also has a basic knowledge of German and an intermediate level of Catalan.

Aleda began her career in Tirana, Albania, at Deloitte Albania and Kosovo in 2018 as a Forensic Consultant and later as an Associate in the Valuation and Modelling Department. From 2019 to 2022, she worked as a Project Assistant at GIZ Albania on two regional projects focused on preventing and combating human trafficking and providing social rights to vulnerable groups, with a particular emphasis on gender equality. These projects were implemented across Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

Between 2014 and 2017, she held various positions in Barcelona, Spain, including Teaching Assistant at the University of Barcelona (UB School of Economics), Accountant Assistant at Proyecto Tempo S.L., and Interpreter for Albanian, Spanish, and English at the Sindic de Greuges de Catalunya.

Aleda joined ISASS-SSM as a Lecturer in November 2023. She also supports students with their theses and business ideas, providing financial projections as part of their final requirements.