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Elizabeth LinosView profile

Associate Professor

• Public Policy
• Behavioral Science
• Social Policy
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Dr. Elizabeth Linos is the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Faculty Director of The People Lab. Her work bridges behavioral science and public management to improve government operations and services. Prior roles include Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, VP and Head of Research at Behavioral Insights Team North America, and policy advisor to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou Founded The People Lab (2017), which collaborates with government agencies to address real-time challenges Research focuses on government workforce recruitment, resident-state interactions, and evidence-based policymaking Her research explores behavioral interventions in public sector contexts, with significant contributions to understanding stigma in social programs , organizational inertia in evidence adoption , and intersectional workplace dynamics . Recent work investigates cost-effective nudge strategies for anti-poverty benefits and international healthcare recruitment . Notable scientific awards include the David N. Kershaw Award (2023), recognition as a top 10 local government influencer by ELGL, and inclusion in Apolitical's 100 most influential academics in government. Her sponsored projects address evidence adoption, healthcare recruitment, and benefits take-up barriers. She has served on advisory boards for the American Heart Association , OECD , and Democracy Forward Foundation , and her work has been featured in Nature Human Behaviour , Econometrica , and Harvard Business Review .

Saurabh BhargavaView profile

Visiting Associate Professor

• Behavioral Economics
• Decision-Making
• Health Insurance
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Saurabh Bhargava is a Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business , The University of Chicago , and a former Associate Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University . He is also an academic affiliate of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at Masachusetts Institute of Technology . Education: He holds an AB from Harvard University and a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley . Prior to academia, he worked at McKinsey & Company . Research Interests: His work lies at the intersection of behavioral economics, public policy, health economics, and finance. Key areas include: Health Insurance: Complexity, choice architecture, and behavioral interventions. Retirement Savings: Field experiments on savings puzzles and auto-escalation. Decision-Making: Risk-taking, contrast effects (e.g., speed dating), and heuristics in policy design. Happiness & Well-Being: Data-driven analysis of emotional welfare and time-use. Media & Consulting: His research has been featured in The New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and Vox . He has consulted with organizations like the IRS , DOJ , and firms such as Pittsburgh Penguins and Voya Financial . Article Trends: His publications focus on behavioral economics applications in health insurance (e.g., complexity and dominated options), retirement savings (field experiments), and well-being (boredom, parental happiness). Keywords include Decision-Making , Policy Design , Machine Learning , and Health Economics . Expert Engagement: He has participated in roundtables hosted by The Aspen Institute , Brookings Institution , and Russell Sage Foundation .

Jonathan ZhangView profile

Assistant Professor

• Health Economics
• Public Finance
• Mental Health
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Jonathan Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is also affiliated with the US Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health. Previously, he served on the faculty at McMaster University and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Princeton University. His academic journey includes a PhD in Economics from Stanford University (2020) and a BSc from UBC. Dr. Zhang's research spans health economics and public finance, with particular focus on physician behavior, health policies, and safety net programs. His work demonstrates deep interest in mental health and substance use issues, examining how healthcare systems impact vulnerable populations. His research methodology often leverages quasi-random assignment and natural experiments to establish causal relationships in complex healthcare settings. His publication record reveals significant contributions to understanding healthcare disparities, particularly regarding racial differences in medical testing accuracy, socioeconomic status impacts on mental health access, and veteran healthcare outcomes. His work frequently appears in prominent working paper series, with numerous 2025 publications indicating active and ongoing research programs. Dr. Zhang maintains active professional engagement through his Google Scholar profile and personal website (jonathanzhang.net). He will be visiting the University of Copenhagen from August 1 - November 15, 2025, suggesting international collaboration and scholarly exchange.

Wim Van LanckerView profile

Associate Professor

• social policy
• comparative welfare state research
• family policy
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Wim Van Lancker is an Associate Professor in Social Work and Social Policy at KU Leuven's Faculty of Social Sciences, specifically within the Education Policy, Sociology department. He is affiliated with the Centre for Sociological Research (CESO) and holds multiple leadership positions including programme director of POC Sociologie and membership on the Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Van Lancker is also active in several research institutes including KIES – KU Leuven Institute for Energy and Society and L-C&Y - KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute. His research focuses on the welfare state, examining the interaction between the design of, public attitudes towards, and outcomes of social policies and social work interventions. Van Lancker's work spans critical contemporary issues including poverty, inequality, family policy, social investment, climate transition impacts, and welfare state measurement. His research employs diverse methodologies from qualitative inquiries to advanced regression methods and randomized controlled trials, addressing challenges such as climate change, migration, digitalization, and aging populations. Van Lancker has published extensively in top-tier journals including American Sociological Review, Journal of European Social Policy, and Social Science Research. His publications reveal a consistent focus on comparative welfare state analysis, with particular attention to poverty measurement, family policy effects, and social inequality patterns across European countries. World's Top 2% scientists (Stanford University) Member of the Young Academy of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts Co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy Recipient of European Research Council funding for the rEUsilience project Van Lancker actively supervises students and contributes to policy debates through frequent media appearances and parliamentary testimony. He leads numerous research projects funded through Horizon Europe, national research councils, and institutional grants, with a current focus on understanding poverty cycles, climate transition social impacts, and welfare system responsiveness. His work bridges academic research with practical policy applications, notably through the Permanente Vorming Armoede & Participatie educational program for poverty policy professionals. As part of the rEUsilience project consortium, Van Lancker contributes to developing innovative measurement tools for family resilience across European welfare states. His work with the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy and other European research networks demonstrates his commitment to comparative analysis of social policy effectiveness across different institutional contexts.

• Behavioral Economics
• Policy Design
• Social Inequality
• +5 more

Sebastian Riedmiller is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Cologne in 2025 and previously held visiting positions at Stanford University (2024) and University of Trento (2019). His work bridges behavioral economics with policy design to address real-world behavioral barriers. Education: B.Sc. in Economics (2014–2017), University of Münster M.Sc. in Economics (2017–2020), University of Münster PhD in Economics (2020–2025), University of Cologne Sebastian’s research focuses on how targeted behavioral interventions can align individual decisions with policy goals, particularly in student financial aid and risk preference modeling . His studies reveal that misperceptions about eligibility and repayment obligations significantly hinder social benefit take-up, and he explores diagnostic tools to optimize intervention design. His papers analyze experimental evidence on correcting misperceptions in student aid programs, barriers to social benefit take-up, and preferences for information timing in compound lotteries. Collaborations with institutions like Fraunhofer FIT and researchers such as Matthias Sutter and Sascha Strobl highlight his interdisciplinary approach. Advisors: Matthias Sutter, Pia Pinger, Bettina Rockenbach Media Coverage: His work on student aid has been featured in German outlets like Die Zeit , Spiegel , and Wiarda-Blog .

• Tax Law
• Tax Policy
• Behavioral Economics
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Jacob Goldin is a Professor at Stanford Law School, where he conducts research at the intersection of tax law, behavioral economics, and public policy. His work addresses critical questions in tax policy design, judicial behavior, and the economic impacts of government programs. Goldin's research interests center on tax policy, behavioral economics, and law and economics. He examines how individuals respond to tax incentives, the optimal design of tax systems, and the behavioral aspects of tax compliance. His work often combines rigorous empirical analysis with theoretical insights to inform tax policy debates. He has made significant contributions to understanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, child tax benefits, and the behavioral effects of tax salience. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on empirical analysis of tax policy impacts, particularly regarding child benefits, tax filing behavior, and the economic consequences of tax design choices. Goldin frequently employs experimental and quasi-experimental methods to provide causal evidence on policy questions, bridging the gap between theoretical tax design and real-world outcomes. Goldin has been actively involved in legal proceedings as an expert, contributing to amicus briefs in significant tax cases including South Dakota v. Wayfair. His scholarly work has appeared in leading law and economics journals including the Yale Law Journal, American Law and Economics Review, and Journal of Public Economics. As an advisor and collaborator, Goldin works with economists and legal scholars across institutions, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis. His research often addresses practical policy challenges while maintaining rigorous academic standards, making his work highly relevant to both academic and policy communities.

Solon MoreiraView profile

Associate Professor

• Entrepreneurship
• Start-up Collaboration
• Technology Deals
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Solon Moreira is a Tenured Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management. He specializes in Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Strategy, teaching PhD, MBA, and Executive programs. His research examines how established corporations collaborate with startups and leverage external knowledge for technological adaptation, focusing on R&D strategies like technology licensing, alliances, and M&As. He has held prior roles at IESE Business School and taught globally in countries including Brazil, Spain, and the U.S. Education: Ph.D. in Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy from Copenhagen Business School; MPhil in Innovation, Strategy, and Organization from the University of Cambridge. Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, Start-up Collaboration, Technology Deals, R&D Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Strategic Intellectual Property. His work has been published in journals like Strategic Management Journal , Organization Science , and Harvard Business Review . Recent articles focus on themes such as restrictive immigration policies’ impact on multinational innovation, technology licensing dynamics, and gender pay gaps in executive compensation. These studies highlight trends in global innovation ecosystems, corporate R&D strategies, and the evolving role of security analysts. Awards: Recognized as one of Poets & Quants’ Best 40-Under-40 Professors, and recipient of the International Business Review Best Paper Award and multiple Best Paper Proceedings at the Academy of Management Conference. Grants & Advising: Secured grants including AI Research Grants from CustomGPT.ai, CEDWC’s Gender Diversity in Technology Deals award, and CIBER funding for biopharmaceutical competitiveness studies. Advised PhD/DBA committees, with students placed at institutions like Santa Clara University and INSPER in Brazil. Professional Background: Former entrepreneur (co-founder of a Brazilian trading company), with collaborations at Royal Dutch Shell and Novo Nordisk. Engaged in global academic and industry partnerships to advance innovation practices.

Jonathan ZhangView profile

Assistant Professor

• Health Economics
• Public Policy
• Mental Health
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Jonathan Zhang serves as Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, applying quantitative economic methods to address critical health policy challenges affecting vulnerable populations including veterans, mental health patients, and immigrants. Academic Background PhD in Economics, Stanford University Undergraduate degree in Statistics Research Focus : Dr. Zhang's work centers on health economics with emphasis on: Mental health care access and outcomes Opioid crisis interventions and provider behavior Immigrant economic mobility across 15 destination countries Policy impacts on vulnerable populations during crises Veterans' health outcomes through VA collaborations His methodology combines quasi-experimental designs with large-scale administrative datasets from Veterans Affairs and Canadian health systems. Recent publications (2021-2025) reveal consistent themes: economic shocks affecting mortality, safety net program interactions, and pandemic impacts on substance use treatment. Awards : No scientific awards were documented in source materials. Mentorship & Collaboration : Dr. Zhang actively mentors policy students while expanding interdisciplinary work with VA's Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. His research program leverages Duke's VA partnerships to translate findings into actionable health policies. Research Environment : Based at Sanford School, he participates in policy forums while developing community-engaged projects addressing Vancouver's opioid crisis legacy and Ontario's mental health systems.

• Human Factors Engineering
• Ergonomics
• Virtual Reality in Training & Education
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Shuchi Deb is an Associate Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she has served since 2019 and was promoted to Associate Professor in September 2024. She directs an active, grant-funded research program that blends human-factors engineering, virtual & augmented reality, and transportation safety to improve human-system interaction across manufacturing, education, and public-safety domains. Education: Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2017 M.S. in Industrial and Management Engineering, Montana State University, 2014 B.Sc. in Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (Bangladesh), 2006 Research & Innovation: Deb’s scholarship focuses on human-centred design of complex socio-technical systems. She exploits immersive technologies—virtual, augmented and mixed reality—to study and enhance safety, training transfer, and user experience in contexts ranging from automated-vehicle interactions and cyclist–infrastructure compatibility to additive-manufacturing education and police reality-based training. Her work repeatedly integrates psychophysiological sensing (EEG, eye-tracking, facial-expression analysis) with usability engineering to create adaptive, trustworthy human-machine interfaces. Recent federally supported projects include an NSF grant to build a bilingual VR platform for additive-manufacturing education ($837 k), a USDOT project developing a driver-readiness monitor for prolonged automated driving, and a Department of Justice award with the Fort Worth Police Department to create VR-based reality training scenarios ($269 k). These grants exemplify her translational approach: coupling rigorous human-factors experimentation with deployable technological solutions. Scientific Recognition: Outstanding Contribution & Mentorship Award, UT Arlington (2024) Best Graduate Student Paper, Mississippi State University (2017) IIE/FlexSim Simulation Competition Winner (2016) SEMS Best Student Paper, IISE (2016) Annual Ergonomics Design Competition, Auburn University (2015) Advising & Grant Leadership: Deb has chaired or served on more than a dozen Ph.D. and M.S. thesis committees and mentored over twenty undergraduate researchers. Since 2019 she has attracted > US $2.3 million in external funding as PI or Co-PI, supporting a broad cohort of graduate researchers who disseminate their work annually at ASEE, IISE, HFES, TRB, and AHFE conferences. Labs & Teams: She founded and advises the Human Factors Lab at UT Arlington, a shared facility equipped with VR headsets, motion-capture systems, driving and cycling simulators, and psychophysiological recording suites. The lab collaborates with industry (Fort Worth Police, local manufacturers) and across campus (Computer Science, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) to provide interdisciplinary training to students.

Robert R. KuehnView profile

Professor

• Clinical Legal Education
• Professional Responsibility
• Legal Education
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Professor Robert R. Kuehn is a Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law specializing in clinical legal education and professional responsibility. He currently serves as Vice President of the Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education (CSALE) and is former president of the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA). His educational background includes: B.A., Duke University, 1974 J.D., George Washington University, 1981 LL.M., Columbia University, 1983 M.P.H., Harvard University, 1995 Professor Kuehn's research focuses on clinical legal education, professional responsibility, environmental justice, and access to legal representation. He has published extensively on bar exam outcomes, law clinic economics, and experiential learning impacts, advocating for universal clinical education despite challenges to academic freedom in law clinics. His recent publications analyze national survey data on applied legal education, demonstrating the employment benefits of clinics and refuting claims about clinical courses lowering bar passage rates. The body of work consistently emphasizes experiential training's critical role in lawyer development. His honors include: William Pincus Award, Association of American Law Schools Runner Up, Lawyer of the Year, The American Lawyer (for clinic) Professor Kuehn has contributed to national legal education policy through CSALE surveys and ABA standards development. His prior experience includes clerking for federal judges and environmental enforcement practice at the U.S. Department of Justice, informing his scholarship on administrative bias and environmental justice. He teaches Judicial Clerkship Externship and New York Regulatory Externship courses while leading clinical programs that provide students with hands-on legal representation experience in underserved communities.

Graham StarkView profile

Research Fellow

• Microsimulation
• Public Policy
• Tax-Benefit Systems
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Graham Stark is a Senior Research Fellow at Northumbria University within the Social Work, Education & Community Wellbeing school. His research focuses on economic analysis, microsimulation, and public policy, particularly examining the health case for basic income and developing the TriplePC (Public Policy Preference Calculator) to assess welfare scheme impacts. He is the creator of TAXBEN—the UK government's leading tax-benefit microsimulation model—and founder of the consultancy Virtual Worlds. His academic qualifications include: PhD in Economics (by Publication), Northumbria University (awarded July 2024) MSc in Economics, University of York (1982) MA (Hons) in Economics, University of Aberdeen (1980) Stark's research spans four interconnected themes: means testing methodologies, distributional impacts of tax-welfare reforms, microsimulation model development, and austerity-era poverty interventions. His work leverages big data analysis to evaluate policy impacts across the UK, US, Africa, and Europe, with particular emphasis on income inequality, social care costs, and health-economic linkages. Recent projects examine universal basic income pilots and pandemic policy responses. His publication trends reveal consistent methodological innovation in microsimulation applied to evolving policy challenges—from 1980s tax reforms to contemporary basic income analysis. Recent 2025 articles address climate policy framing, UK 'red wall' voting behavior, and longitudinal health-income relationships, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach across economics, political science, and public health. No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials. Stark actively supervises PhD students and has secured over £500,000 in research funding from Scottish/Welsh governments, the United Nations, and third-sector bodies. His consultancy Virtual Worlds and IFS tenure generated policy-impacting reports for DSS/DWP and rapid budget analysis for media outlets. Major funders: Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly, United Nations Key projects: Basic income pilots, long-term care funding models, child poverty forecasting He leads the TriplePC development team at Northumbria and previously directed Virtual Worlds—a specialized microsimulation consultancy. His work integrates academic research with real-world policy design, notably through collaborations with Action for Children, Common Sense Policy Group, and UBI Lab Network.

Joanna Aleksandra KopinskaView profile

Associate Professor

• Health Economics
• Labor Economics
• Public Economics
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Joanna Aleksandra Kopinska serves as an Associate Professor of Economics at Sapienza University of Rome within the Department of Social and Economic Sciences. Her academic career combines rigorous research with extensive teaching responsibilities across multiple economics disciplines, particularly focusing on health and labor economics. Her educational background includes: Ph.D. in Economics/Economic Theory and Institutions (2012, University of Rome Tor Vergata) M.Sc. in Development Economics and International Cooperation (2007, University of Rome Tor Vergata) M.A. in Finance and Banking (2005, University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland) Professor Kopinska's research interests span health economics (examining healthcare systems, socioeconomic determinants of health, and health in low-income countries), labor economics (focusing on families, women, fertility, immigration, and child labor), public economics, and economic demography. Her work frequently addresses policy-relevant questions regarding inequality, health outcomes, and labor market dynamics across diverse populations. Her recent publications (2021-2025) reveal consistent scholarly output across top journals, with emerging themes including pandemic-related behavioral changes, intergenerational transmission of trauma from historical events, gender dynamics in parental leave and STEM education, and environmental health economics. This body of work demonstrates methodological sophistication using both experimental and quasi-experimental designs with large administrative datasets. Her notable recognitions include: CEIS Fellow at Tor Vergata University (2020-present) VisitINPS Scholars Program Fellow (2019-2022) Professor Kopinska has secured multiple research grants, including principal investigator roles in projects examining "Job loss, firm-level heterogeneity and pregnancy outcomes" and "Fathers' Take-up of Parental Leave: The Role of Local and Firm Factors." Her professional experience extends beyond academia through significant consulting engagements with the World Bank (on poverty assessments in Morocco, Seychelles, and Botswana) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations. She actively participates in the Economics of Health Labor and Human Capital research group and contributes to the LongITools project investigating exposome trajectories in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, demonstrating her commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration addressing complex societal challenges.

Michael OberfichtnerView profile

Professor

• Labor Economics
• Gender Differences in Employment
• Field Experiments
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Prof. Dr. Michael Oberfichtner serves as Professor at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) since April 2023 and leads the department "Establishments and Employment" at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) . He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) . PhD in Economics, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (2015) M.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics, FAU (2011) BA in Business Administration and Economics, FAU (2009) His research addresses imperfect labor markets , gender differences in employment trajectories , and field experiments on labor market policy evaluation . Recent work includes analysis of labor market concentration in Germany, parental leave impacts on firm employment, and cash-for-care subsidy effects on maternal employment. Current publications focus on: Labor market dynamics in imperfect competition Gendered responses to economic shocks (e.g., pandemic) Policy evaluation through experimental methods

Robert A. MoffittView profile

Professor

• Labor Economics
• Public Economics
• Econometrics
• +4 more

Robert A. Moffitt is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, with a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He previously served as Professor of Economics at Brown University (1984-1995) and held visiting roles at the University of Wisconsin and University of Maryland. He earned his PhD in Economics from Brown University. His research focuses on labor economics, public economics, econometrics, and population dynamics with an emphasis on welfare programs, earnings instability, and family economics. Major contributions include analyzing labor supply responses to welfare systems like AFDC, Medicaid, and Social Security Disability Insurance; documenting rising earnings volatility among low-skill workers; and modeling welfare stigma effects. He has held editorial roles at leading journals including the American Economic Review and Review of Economics and Statistics, and chaired the National Academy of Sciences Panel to Evaluate Welfare Reform. Recipient of the 2024 Edward Lazear Prize and MERIT Award from NIH, he is a National Academy of Sciences member, Guggenheim Fellow, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work bridges academic research with policy analysis, particularly in tax and transfer systems.

• Labor Economics
• Health Economics
• Microeconometrics
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Sylvie Blasco is a Professor in Economics at the University of Caen Normandy, affiliated with the Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) and the TEPP research group (Travail, Emploi et Politiques Publiques). She also holds research fellowships at IZA (Institute of Labor Economics), and affiliations with IPP (Institut des Politiques Publiques) and Cepremap. Her office is located at UFR SEGGAT (Unité de Formation et de Recherche Sciences Économiques, de Gestion, Administration et Techniques) in Building A, Office AC365. Professor Blasco's research spans three interconnected domains of applied economics. Her primary focus is on labor economics , where she examines unemployment insurance systems, labor market trajectories, working conditions, and retirement policies. Within health economics , she investigates the relationship between mental health and labor market outcomes, including how health shocks affect economic behavior. Her methodological expertise lies in applied microeconometrics , particularly in developing and applying microeconometric methods for policy evaluation, transition models, and duration analysis. Her work often employs innovative empirical approaches including event studies, difference-in-difference designs, and propensity score matching. Blasco's extensive publication record reveals consistent themes in her research trajectory. Her most recent work examines how parental health shocks influence children's health behaviors, the mental health impacts of working in automatable jobs, and the societal effects of terrorist attacks. Earlier research focused on unemployment insurance take-up, the impact of temporary contracts on career trajectories, and the effectiveness of active labor market policies. Her publications appear in high-impact journals including Journal of Population Economics, Health Economics, and Labour Economics, demonstrating her contributions to both theoretical and policy-relevant economic research. Professor Blasco actively contributes to the research community through multiple funded projects. She currently leads research agreements with Unédic and Cepremap on "Ageing workforce, pension reforms and unemployment insurance," with DARES and DREES on mental health and work precarity, and with Constances on immigrants' health trajectories. She regularly presents her work at international conferences including IZA/OECD Policy Seminars, Stata conferences, and specialized economics workshops across Europe. As an educator, Blasco teaches across multiple levels at the University of Caen Normandy, from undergraduate courses in applied mathematics and microeconomics to advanced master's level courses in econometrics, labor economics, and information economics. Her teaching portfolio reflects her dual expertise in economic theory and quantitative methods, particularly using the R programming language for economic analysis.