Current Position
- Researcher, Fondazione Rodolfo De Benedetti, Milan
- Research visitor, Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII), Paris
Education
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
PhD in Economics, April 2008
Fields of Specialization: International Economics, Public Economics
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, the UK
Exchange Fellow, 2005
European Doctorate Group in Economics (EDGE) Exchange Program
Economics Education and Research Consortium, Kiev, Ukraine
MA in Economics, with honors, 2003
Francis Marion University, South Carolina, USA
Exchange Fellow, Freedom Support Act Undergraduate fellowship program, 2000-2001
National Academy of Management, Kiev, Ukraine
BA in Finance, with honors, 2001
BA in Law, with honors, 2001
Research Interests
• Primary fields: Economics of Migration, International Economics, Development Economics
• Secondary felds: Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics, Public Economics
Research Experience
Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti, in the project for the International Monetary Fund
- Reseacher. Assembling a database of flexicurity and minimum wages indicators. July 2007 - present
Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), London, UK, May 2008
- Research visitor, working on a project "Transit Migration Management"
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2006
- Research assistant for Eliana La Ferrara within the project “Detecting Illegal Arms Trade”
Politis: EC Project on Active Civic Participation of Immigrants, 2005-2007
Student research partner
- Participation to the summer schools in Delphi, Greece, 2005, and in Villigst, Germany, 2006
- Conduction, transcription and translation of qualitative interviews with civically active immigrants in Italy
- Participation to the Final Conference in Brussels, May 2007
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, the UK, 2005
- Research assistant for Pramila Krishnan
- Two-weeks field trip to Tanzania, August 2005
Teaching Experience
National Academy of Management, Kiev, Ukraine, Fall 2004
- Instructor: International Economics (second and third year undergraduate)
Non-Academic Experience
The World Bank Country Office in Ukraine, Human Development Sector Unit, Jul -Aug 2004
- Short term consultant
Analysis of the Ukrainian pension system in short and long-term perspective
European Union / TACIS Project on Improving Management of Accidents Social
Insurance Fund of Ukraine, Kiev and Donetsk, Ukraine, Dec 2002
- Research and logistics assistant
Career Development Center, National Academy of Management, Kiev, Ukraine, Jun - Sept 2001
- Human resources manager
Managed the foundation of the University Career Development center
Career Development Center, Francis Marion University, South Carolina, Jan - May 2001
- Human resources intern
Languages
Russian (native), Ukrainian (native), English (fluent), French (upper intermediate), Italian (intermediate)