Role
Tenured Full Professor of International Economics in the Department of International Economics of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland
Bio
After graduating in Economics from the University of Turin in 2002, she furthered her education with a Master's degree from Northwestern University and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007. She was subsequently selected as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government) and worked as an economist at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics before joining the faculty of the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Throughout her academic career, she has specialized in international economics, economic development, labor economics, and public policy, focusing on topics of international public policy relevance, including labor markets, artificial intelligence, education systems, and international migration.
His research findings have been published in leading international journals. He is a faculty associate at Harvard University's Center for International Development, a Research Affiliate at the Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a fellow of leading research networks, including the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and the Center for Economic Studies (CESifo). For his academic and professional contributions, he has received numerous international awards, including Newton International Fellowship from the British Academy, the Royal Society, and the Royal Academy of Engineering, election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, nomination as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship.
He currently holds senior institutional and scientific advisory positions, including: member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics; member of the Evaluation Committee of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) for Economic Cooperation and Development; member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Leading House on the Economics of Education, Firm Behavior and Training Policies, coordinated and funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI); and Senior Expert of the European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE), coordinated and funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture.