Biosketch: Andreea Piriu is currently Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato RTD-A at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Formerly, Research Economist in the Resilience Dashboards Team at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Milan, and Economic Policy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Trained as an economist, Dr. Piriu champions evidence-based research and enjoys taking a lead role in strategic initiatives, with particular flair for building on common motivations to find purpose and deliver. She has extensive experience in large-scale complex projects in academia, international organizations and the private sector. Her project experience distinctly reflects her fundamental scientific contribution to central fields in the academic and policy contexts: for instance, as core team member of the European Commission Resilience Dashboards Team, JRC main scientific product on resilience featured in the EU main instrument for economic policy, the 2023 European Semester Country Reports; member of several national and European projects (Age-It, FutuRes, H2020 BATModel, Progetto Pilota Natalità - the Italian Project on Gender Equality, Fertility, Maternal Health, Family and Parenting Support); and member of a number of European, national and regional initiatives as well as local public policy actions. She combines academic research and policy experience with a proven professional track record in key public and private sector organisations across the European continent, namely central banks (financial stability, macroprudential, risk modelling), commercial and investment banking (transactions, anti-money laundering), pharma (project management, regulatory affairs and clinical statistics), relationship management, sustainable development private investment projects. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Milan (Italy) and an MA in Economics and Finance with First Class Honours from Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK). Her research interests are in the fields of Health Economics, Policy and Management; Labour; International Trade; and Applied Econometrics. Policy expertise in population and development studies, particularly health and ageing trajectories with interactions of work, education and migration; sustainable maternal health planning and work-family policies; regional innovation and crosscutting topics of resilience.
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Contacts: andreea.piriu@unibocconi.it
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/andreeapiriu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreeapiriu/
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