Hi,
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Edinburgh.
My research investigates economic and social policies in a changing world of work. Examples focus on unemployment, inequality, and wages.
I completed my PhD at the University of Oxford in 2024 and studied at MIT, UC Berkeley, LSE, and WU Vienna. Previously, I worked for the OECD Chief Economist and the ILO.
My research was recognized by several awards including the Upjohn Institute Dissertation Prize, the LERA Best Dissertation Award, and the ESRC Prize for Outstanding Early Career Impact. My work has appeared across print, radio, and TV, including The New Yorker, Financial Times, BBC, CNN, and Nature.
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My research was recognized by several awards including the Best Paper Award in Social Policy at the University of Oxford and the ESRC Prize for Outstanding Early Career Impact. My work has been featured by The New Yorker, Financial Times, CNN and Nature in print and by ARTE, ARD, and ZDF on TV. an associate with the University of Oxford and WU Vienna. Previously, I was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and at MIT, and worked at the OECD and the International Labour Organization. In 2020, I founded the Oxford Supertracker to understand policy responses to the pandemic. Twitter –>