Speakers

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Matthias Rodemeier

University of Münster

I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Münster, and a visiting research associate at the University of Chicago. Previously, I studied economics and management at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, University of Münster, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, and Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico. My research addresses questions at the intersection of public finance and behavioral economics, with applications to environmental policy.

Alessio Romarri

Universitat de Barcelona (UB) - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)

Alessio is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB) - Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB). In fall 2020, he will be visiting researcher at the CLEAN (Crime: Law and Economic Analysis) unit, hosted by Bocconi University. He obtained an M.Sc. in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University and he worked as a resident researcher for the Luca D'Agliano Study Center. His research interests are in the field of Public and Political Economics. In his works, he investigates the causes and consequences of the political success of far-right parties, the effects of new media on social and political outcomes and, more broadly, the determinants of local and national government efficiency

Maddalena Ronchi

Queen Mary University of London

I am currently a 5th year PhD candidate in Economics at Queen Mary University of London and a Research Affiliate at IZA. I obtained a B.A. and a M.Sc. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan. My research interests lie in labour economics, personnel economics, and corporate finance. I am currently working on Danish registry data to explore the impact of managers' gender norms on labour market outcomes

Svetlana Rujin

ECB

After finishing my PhD in economics at the RUB, I joined the Business Cycle Analysis Division of the ECB. Previously, I worked as a researcher in the Macroeconomics and Public Finance Division at RWI. My research field is empirical macroeconomics with a focus on policy-related research questions in international macroeconomics. Currently, I analyze the cross-country macroeconomic effects of technological innovations and their transmission channels using structural VAR models.

Ana Isabel Sá

FEP, University of Porto

Ana Isabel Sá is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics and teaching assistant at the University of Porto, and a visiting researcher at Banco de Portugal. After working ten years in the banking industry, mainly in risk and regulatory offices, she enrolled in the Ph.D. course with the financial support of FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and Banco de Portugal. Her main interests are Banking, Finance, and Monetary Policy. She expects to get her degree by the end of 2020.

Lorien Sabatino

Polytechnic University of Turin

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin (DIGEP). I received my Ph.D. in economics from the Vilfredo Pareto Doctorate in Economics held by the University of Turin & Collegio Carlo Alberto. My research interests are Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Market Regulation & Competition Policy, and Digital Economics.

Maria Sandström

Uppsala University

Maria Sandström is a Ph.D. student at Uppsala University. Her research area is macroeconomics and she has a particular interest in the role of intangible capital. She is also interested in understanding how globalization and intangible capital pose challenges to economic measurement. Maria Sandström previously worked for the European Central Bank and Sveriges Riksbank.

Sid Sanghi

Washington University in St. Louis

Sid is a PhD Candidate in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He works on broad topics of Macro and Labor Economics. His dissertation looks at dynamic investment decisions in human capital, health and entrepreneurship using rich models and micro-datasets.

Aurélien Saussay

London School of Economics

Aurélien Saussay is a Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on the economic consequences of the transition to a low carbon economy, in order to identify the social and political acceptance challenges that hamper the implementation of effective decarbonisation. More specifically, he aims to estimate the impacts of climate change mitigation on economic agents empirically to help improve the design of decarbonisation policies.

Tobias Schlegel

University of Zurich

Tobias completed his Bachelor's and Master's studies in Economics at the University of Zurich with an exchange semester in Lyon (France). During his studies, he specialized in empirical labor economics. Before joining our team in September 2017, Tobias worked as a Junior Fellow at the economic think tank Avenir Suisse in Zurich (since 2015) and as an intern at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in Bern (2014).