Maria Perrotta Berlin

Maria Perrotta Berlin is an Assistant Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics and an affiliated researcher at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets. Her research focuses on development economics, gender studies, public policy, and political economy, with a particular emphasis on topics such as aid effectiveness, gender empowerment, corruption, and the socio-economic impacts of policies. She has contributed to studies on the Nordic Model’s spillover effects on sex tourism, the relationship between economic conditions and intimate partner violence, and the geopolitical implications of UN Security Council memberships on aid allocation.

Her work frequently intersects with real-world policy issues, as evidenced by her commentary on topics like Ukraine’s reconstruction, Russia’s economic challenges, and gender perspectives in development financing. She holds a doctoral thesis in the field and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. Links to her research page, lecture notes, and CV are available online.

Maria’s affiliations include SITE, a research hub focused on transition economies, and the Mistra Center, which addresses sustainable market dynamics. She has collaborated on projects related to aid effectiveness in post-communist regions and the hidden redistribution mechanisms in education systems.