Sara Spaziani

Sara Spaziani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick since August 2024, with additional appointments as an Invited Researcher at J-PAL's Jobs and Opportunity Initiative and External Fellow at the Axa Research Lab on Gender Equality.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University (2024), where she received dual Graduate Teaching Awards. Her academic trajectory demonstrates strong mentorship capabilities and research excellence from the outset of her career.

Her research program bridges public economics with labor, gender, development, and political economy through rigorous methodological approaches. She specializes in designing social insurance mechanisms and gender inequality interventions using combined theoretical-empirical frameworks, administrative data analysis, and experimental/quasi-experimental designs. Her work demonstrates exceptional interdisciplinary integration across economic subfields while maintaining methodological precision.

Recent publications reveal consistent focus on gender dynamics in crisis contexts (Ugandan labor market during COVID-19) and institutional solutions (gender quotas in Italian politics). This dual emphasis on immediate policy responses and structural interventions demonstrates her commitment to evidence-based solutions for systemic inequality.

Her recognition includes:

• Graduate Students Teaching Award at Brown University (2020, 2023)
• J-PAL Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Research Appointment
• Axa Research Lab Fellowship on Gender Equality

Dr. Spaziani actively supervises graduate students while teaching advanced courses including Public Economics (EC9881) and Principles of Political Economy (PH336). Her research directly supports Sustainable Development Goals 3, 5, 8, and 10 through concrete policy investigations.

She maintains active research collaborations through J-PAL and Axa Research Lab networks, focusing on cross-national gender equality initiatives and poverty-alleviation strategies with interdisciplinary teams spanning economics, political science, and public health disciplines.