Ashley Blair Simpson

Ashley Blair Simpson is a Research and Teaching Associate at the Institute for International Political Economy (IPE), Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her professional background includes roles at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, International Republican Institute, and Kimiya International, with research assistantships spanning human rights and financial politics.

Ashley holds the following qualifications from the University of Texas at Dallas:

• Bachelor's degree in International Political Economy
• Master's degree in International Political Economy
• Graduate Certificate in Economic and Demographic Data Analysis

She also completed the UT System Graduate Archer Fellowship and UT Dallas Connect Program, specializing in data analysis and policy evaluation.

Her research examines the political economy of debt and finance, emphasizing:

• Financial technologies (fintech) and their socioeconomic impacts
• Gender equality in economic systems
• Regulatory frameworks for sustainable finance
• Intersections of economic policy and social equity