Ariane Szafarz

Ariane Szafarz is a Professor of Finance at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, and co-director of the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi). Her research spans microfinance, gender discrimination, and financial markets, with publications in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, European Economic Review, and Review of Finance.

• PhD in Mathematics and MD in Philosophy
• President of the Marie-Christine Adam Fund
• Former visiting professor at Université de Lille II, Université Catholique de Louvain, and Luxembourg School of Finance

Her work focuses on financial inclusion and microfinance, culminating in the edited book A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance (Edward Elgar). She has twice received the Warren Samuels Prize (2016, 2019) for impactful articles presented at the ASSA Meetings.