Volha Lazuka

Volha Lazuka is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Economic History and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on the long-term impacts of public institutions and medical innovations on life expectancy and economic growth in developed countries during the 19th and 20th centuries, utilizing a life-course approach and Scandinavian case studies.

• Fields of Interest: Economic History, Demography, Health Policy, Child Health, Labor Market Economics, Sweden.
• Teaching: Supervised internships at the Master's level, tutored Econometrics, Swedish Economic Development, and co-supervised master’s theses at Lund University.
• Scientific Awards:
  • Thirsk-Feinstein PhD Dissertation Prize (2019)
  • Best Student Paper Award (2016)
  • Best Master’s Thesis Award (2014)
  • Best Faculty’s Lecturer of the Year (2011)
• Research Trends: Her work connects public health interventions, institutional development, and economic outcomes, with a strong emphasis on Sweden and quasi-experimental methods like Difference-in-Differences (DiD).
• Projects: Leads initiatives such as digitizing historical disability reforms in Skåne (1967-2001) and investigates multigenerational effects of smallpox vaccination.