Antoine Ferey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Sciences Po (tenure track) since 2023. He holds a PhD in Economics from CREST and Ecole Polytechnique (2021), awarded two PhD Dissertation Awards from AFSE and IP Paris. His research focuses on public economics, combining theoretical and empirical approaches to analyze tax-benefit systems, income/wealth taxes, and unemployment insurance. He is affiliated with the CESifo Network and Institut des politiques publiques. Education: PhD in Economics, CREST and Ecole Polytechnique (2021) Previous role: Assistant Professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2021–2023) Research interests include optimal tax design, policy interactions, and microsimulation tools. His work highlights the interplay between redistribution and unemployment insurance, emphasizing efficient policy frameworks. Notable awards include the ITAX PhD Award (2019) and Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award . He will be a visiting assistant professor at Harvard University in 2025, teaching part of the public economics PhD course. He organizes the Paris Tax Workshop and maintains an active research agenda in tax policy and public economics.
Anna Marenzi is a Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Her research focuses on taxation policy, public finance, and microsimulation models. She leads projects analyzing tax evasion, healthcare systems, and regional equity in long-term care provision. Marenzi has contributed to studies on voluntary health insurance incentives, the impact of cultural vouchers, and generational dietary shifts. She teaches courses in corporate finance, public policy, and Asian economic systems across undergraduate and graduate programs. Her work is funded by institutions like the Lombardy Region, and she collaborates with researchers like Dino Rizzi and Michele Zanette on multidisciplinary projects.
Dr. Francisco Jorge Oliver Rullán is an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Balearic Islands' Faculty of Economics and Business. He serves as secretary of the Applied Economics department and maintains an active research and teaching profile within the institution. His office is located in room DB245 on the second floor of the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building. Dr. Oliver earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Balearic Islands and holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics from Pompeu Fabra University. His academic career has been marked by significant contributions to economic research and institutional service, including serving as Vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business from 2009 to 2013. His research primarily focuses on portfolio decision-making, labor supply behavior under different taxation systems, income redistribution mechanisms, and social welfare analysis. Dr. Oliver employs sophisticated econometric modeling techniques to examine microeconomic theory applications in public finance contexts. His work bridges theoretical economic concepts with practical policy implications, particularly regarding budgetary considerations and fiscal policy design. Dr. Oliver has established a robust publication record in both national and international journals indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). His work appears in prestigious outlets including the Journal of Economic Inequality, Review of Income and Wealth, Economica, and International Journal of Manpower, alongside leading Spanish journals such as Revista de Economía Aplicada and Hacienda Pública Española. He is an active member of the Economic Analysis and Modelling (GAME) research group, a consolidated R+D+I structure at the university. His teaching portfolio includes Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics I, and supervision of Final Degree Projects across Business Administration, Economics, and Tourism programs, including double-degree combinations. For the 2025-26 academic year, he will also teach Monitoring and Evaluation for Optimal Governance in the Master's Degree in Economics of Tourism.
Amadeo Fuenmayor Fernández is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia, holding dual roles as director of the Autonomous Taxation Chair and leader of the EvalPub Public Economic Evaluation research group. His affiliations include the Faculty of Economics, the Commission for Tax Reform in the Valencian Community, and RIFDE. He has advised four doctoral theses and served as Scientific Committee member (2006-2010, 2014-2019) and President (2019-2022) of the Public Economy Meetings. His research focuses on public economics, taxation policy, microsimulation of tax-benefit systems, and regional economics. Key themes include fiscal federalism, poverty reduction, education economics, and evaluation of public economic policies. Notable projects include analysis of minimum income systems, tax reforms, and nursing home funding models in the Valencian Region. Recent publications explore automation’s impact on taxation and labor markets, redistributive effects of EU policies, and non-take-up barriers in welfare programs. His work bridges theoretical models with practical policy implementation, often leveraging EUROMOD and microsimulation tools. Grants & Contracts: Collaborations with Generalitat Valenciana, M. Labour & Social Affairs, Ins. Estudios Fiscales, La Caixa Foundation, and Berklee College of Music. Professional Activities: Referee for journals like Service Industries Journal and Revista de Economía Crítica; member of Spain’s Minimum Income Systems Review Project scientific committee. His lab initiatives include designing performance metrics for elderly care services and evaluating fiscal policies targeting wealth redistribution.
Michele Bernasconi is a Full Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice's Department of Economics. He serves on the Management Committee of the University Scientific Instrumentation Service Center. His research focuses on public finance, tax evasion, income inequality, and behavioral economics. Bernasconi's publications demonstrate expertise in experimental economics methods applied to tax compliance and distributive justice. Recent work analyzes psychological aspects of inequality perception, welfare system design, and behavioral responses to tax policies. His research frequently incorporates microsimulation modeling and cross-disciplinary approaches combining economics with psychology and political science. His body of work shows consistent focus on Italian fiscal policy challenges, with methodological contributions to experimental design and nonparametric estimation techniques in behavioral research.
Dr. Maximilian Joseph Blömer is a Research Associate and scientific Assistant Head of Ex-Ante Policy Evaluation at the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys in Germany. He holds a doctorate in economics and has been with ifo since 2017, initially as a doctoral student before advancing to his current leadership role. His research focuses on labor economics, empirical public economics, and microeconometrics, with specialization in tax policy, social security systems, and income inequality. Blömer's research interests center on policy evaluation through microsimulation modeling. Key areas include: Labor market incentives in welfare systems Tax-benefit reforms and household behavior Income inequality trends and measurement Social transfer program design Minimum wage impacts Child support and basic income schemes His work combines theoretical frameworks with empirical data analysis to assess policy effectiveness. His publication portfolio (2024-2025) shows strong focus on German economic policy reforms, particularly: Tax system restructuring and efficiency Welfare program interactions (Bürgergeld, Kindergrundsicherung) Labor market disincentives in social transfers Long-term inequality trends Electoral policy analysis Methodologically, he employs advanced econometric techniques and microsimulation models for policy impact forecasting. Blömer leads significant government-commissioned projects including: Quantification of basic child benefit systems (BMFSFJ) Reform of transfer withdrawal rates (BMAS) Housing allowance optimization (BMWK) Tax system simulations (Federal Finance Ministry) Income inequality analysis (BMBF) He coordinates research teams for these policy-focused studies.
Johannes Geyer is Deputy Head of the Public Economics Department at DIW Berlin, a leading economic research institute. He holds a PhD in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin (2012) through the DIW Graduate Center. His roles include serving as a visiting professor at Humboldt-Universität Berlin (2012-2016) and Ombudsman for Good Scientific Practice (2014-2017). His research focuses on social protection systems, demographic change, microsimulation modeling, and pension policy, often using advanced empirical methods. He is affiliated with the Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) and is a Netspar Fellow. Key research interests include the labor market impacts of pension reforms, long-term care policy, and the distributional effects of social security measures. He has advised on policy reforms such as the expansion of long-term care insurance and the implications of aging populations on public finances. His recent work addresses challenges like the decline of private pension contracts (Riester) and tax incentives for post-retirement work ('Aktiv-Rente'). Publications span peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Human Resources and Health Economics , alongside frequent contributions to DIW's policy reports and media commentary. Major projects include analyzing employment potentials of older workers, evaluating disability benefit income effects, and assessing macroeconomic impacts on long-term care markets.
Hermann Buslei is a Researcher in the Public Economics Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). He holds a Diplom-Volkswirt (Master's equivalent in Economics) from universities in Munich, Cologne, and Bonn. His career includes roles at empirica GmbH (1991–1994), ZEW Mannheim (1994–2002 as Senior Researcher), and DIW Berlin since 2002. His research focuses on microsimulation models of tax-benefit systems, public pension systems, household savings behavior, and labor market dynamics influenced by social security systems. Education: Studied Economics at Universities of Munich, Cologne, and Bonn Diplom-Volkswirt (Master's equivalent) Research Interests: Microsimulation of tax-benefit systems Public pension system sustainability Climate policy and social equity Old-age provision and retirement policy Household savings behavior Key Projects: Simulating behavioral and distributional effects of pension reforms Climate policy coordination with social measures Evaluation of older workers' employment potential Comparative analysis of Austrian and German pension systems Recent Contributions: Policy advice on pension system stabilization Analysis of energy demand elasticity for climate transition strategies Led multiple DIW publications on retirement policies and labor market impacts
Tobias Müller is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva. His research focuses on the economic aspects of international migration, labor market effects of immigration, and the political economy of migration. He leads projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Federal Administration, and the EU, and is a member of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) 'On the Move'. Education: Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Geneva. Research Interests : Economic impacts of migration Labor market integration of refugees Policy analysis of tax-benefit reforms European integration and labor markets Grants & Projects : Swiss National Science Foundation (multiple projects) European Union-funded migration studies NCCR 'On the Move' membership Teaching : Executive courses in Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and Mathematics at the University of Geneva. Recent Workshops & Conferences : Presentations on migration's labor market effects at the World Bank, CESifo Venice Summer Institute, and EU/US migration policy forums.
Dr Silvia Avram serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Essex's Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), where she conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of sociology of work, social policy, and labor economics. Her work is frequently published through CeMPA Working Papers and ISER publications, with recent collaborations involving the Low Pay Commission and EU policy evaluations. Her research focuses on structural mechanisms of economic inequality, particularly gender pay gaps and intra-household resource distribution. Key interests include: Commuting costs and gender wage disparities Job mobility barriers for women Wage progression out of low-paid work Public policy impacts on reservation wages Debt vulnerability and transmission between partners Microsimulation methods for policy evaluation Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2015-2025) reveals consistent focus on gendered labor market outcomes, with increasing emphasis on pandemic-era inequality and cross-national EU comparisons. Her methodological approach combines microsimulation techniques with labor economics frameworks to assess tax-benefit system impacts. Dr Avram actively disseminates findings through policy reports for the Low Pay Commission, academic blogs, and media engagements including German-language outlets addressing women's poverty risks. Her work demonstrates strong policy relevance with direct applications to UK and EU social security systems. She co-leads research projects with prominent collaborators including Susan Harkness (University of Essex) and Daria Popova (University of Luxembourg), often through ISER's multidisciplinary research environment which provides access to longitudinal datasets and microsimulation platforms.
Daria Popova is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. She is a social scientist specializing in impact assessment of public policies and distributional issues, with a particular focus on gender-related economic disparities. Her educational background is not explicitly detailed in the provided information, but her research profile indicates strong expertise in social policy analysis and microsimulation methods. Dr. Popova's research interests focus on gender gap in pay progression, gender differences in in-work poverty, consequences of union dissolution for men and women, intrahousehold inequality, equity in public finance, and welfare regimes in post-socialist and emerging economies. Her work primarily employs microsimulation techniques to analyze the effects of tax-benefit policies on income distribution and poverty. Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on gender inequality, particularly examining how tax-benefit systems affect gender pay gaps and poverty risks. Her research spans multiple European countries with emphasis on the UK, Ireland, and broader EU contexts, often analyzing the impact of major events like the COVID-19 pandemic on gender economic disparities. Her scientific contributions include numerous working papers and journal articles focused on microsimulation modeling, particularly through the UKMOD framework which she has contributed to developing and maintaining through multiple country reports. Dr. Popova actively collaborates with researchers including Silvia Avram, Katrin Gasior, Justin van de Ven, and Matteo Richiardi on projects examining gender inequality, poverty, and policy impacts. Her work has been featured in media outlets highlighting women's poverty risks in relationships across European contexts.
Agathe Simon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin and a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin's Department of Economics. She joined ESRI in June 2023 following completion of her PhD at the University of Strasbourg, where she also served as a Research and Teaching Assistant. Education: PhD in Economics, University of Strasbourg and BETA Economics, December 2022 Her research centers on labour economics, public economics, poverty, and inequality, with particular focus on how social policies affect vulnerable populations. She examines unemployment benefit systems, disability cost adjustments in poverty metrics, and tax-welfare interactions using advanced microsimulation and micro-econometric techniques. Her work consistently addresses the economic challenges faced by temporary workers and disabled individuals across European contexts. Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals a strong emphasis on European social policy coordination, especially regarding unemployment insurance schemes and disability-inclusive poverty measurement. Her methodological approach combines rigorous quantitative analysis with policy-relevant insights, predominantly focusing on Irish and European Union contexts through ESRI's Taxation, Welfare and Pensions Division. Scientific Awards: No awards mentioned in source materials. Advising and Grants: No information available regarding student supervision or research grant acquisition beyond her institutional affiliations. Research Teams: Agathe actively contributes to the Social Research Division at ESRI and collaborates with Trinity College Dublin's Economics Department, while maintaining prior connections with the OECD's Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.
Professor Alan Brennan is Professor of Health Economics and Decision Modelling at the School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, England. He leads a large team of approximately 35 academic staff at ScHARR (School of Health and Related Research) focused on methodological and applied research using mathematical modeling in health and healthcare. With over 25 years of experience, he has developed and applied modeling approaches to support healthcare decision-making nationally and internationally across various diseases, interventions, and policy issues. His educational background includes a BSc in Mathematics from Imperial College London and an MSc in Operational Research from the London School of Economics, followed by PhD studies at Sheffield. Before joining the University, he worked in and led the Trent Operational Research Unit within the NHS. Professor Brennan's research interests center on mathematical modeling approaches to inform decision-making in health and healthcare, with significant contributions in alcohol policy (particularly minimum unit pricing), public health economics, and health technology assessment. He has collaborated extensively with organizations including NICE, NIH, MRC, ESRC, and the EU. His work has influenced government policy on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in multiple countries including the UK, Scotland, Canada, Wales, the EU Commission, and Republic of Ireland. His publication record shows a consistent focus on health economic modeling, with recent work expanding into areas including dietary policy mechanisms, breast cancer bone health management, dataset interoperability, diabetic foot ulcer risk factors, and cost-effectiveness of screening programs. The research demonstrates a progression toward more sophisticated modeling techniques including agent-based simulation, Bayesian networks, and value of information analysis. Regular expert on NICE Scientific Advice Programme panels Principal investigator or co-investigator on over 19 research programs and projects Contributor to Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decision Science Developer of MSc Health Economics and Decision Modelling courses Professor Brennan has established the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group with Professor Meier, becoming a leading international center for alcohol policy and epidemiological modeling research. His team has built a substantial portfolio of work around screening and prevention of diabetes, smoking and alcohol behaviors, and physical activity promotion, all grounded in novel mathematical modeling approaches to support health decision-making.
Francesco Figari is a Professor in Public Economics at the University of Insubria (Italy). His research focuses on tax-benefits microsimulation modelling, labour supply, public policies, redistributive effects, and poverty/deprivation in Europe. Previously, he worked as a Research Fellow at ISER on the EUROMOD project. Research Interests: His work bridges public policy analysis with quantitative methods, emphasizing how tax and benefit systems influence economic behavior and societal well-being. He has contributed to understanding poverty dynamics and the distributive impacts of fiscal reforms across European nations.
Howard Reed is a Professor (Practice) of Public Policy at Northumbria University and Economics Lead for the Common Sense Policy Group. His expertise includes public policy analysis, health economics, and tax-benefit system modeling. He holds a PhD in Economics from an unspecified institution, an MSc from University College London (1995), and a BA (Hons) Economics (1994). Reed’s research focuses on microsimulation modeling of tax-benefit systems, distributional impacts of policy reforms, and Universal Basic Income (UBI) feasibility. He developed the Landman Economics Tax-Transfer Model (TTM), a leading UK tool for analyzing welfare and tax policies. His work evaluates reforms from 2010 onwards, including Universal Credit rollout and austerity impacts on public services. He has secured over £2 million in funding from bodies like NIHR, Wellcome Trust, Scottish/Welsh Governments, and charities. Collaborations include teams with the Open University, University of Bristol, and University of Southampton. Notable projects include costings for UBI schemes and analyses of UK inequality trends up to 2030. Reed’s publications span policy reports and peer-reviewed articles on topics like UBI affordability, pandemic-era policy shifts, and climate mitigation framing. His work emphasizes evidence-based policy design to address economic and social challenges.
