In this episode, I am joined by Nora Strecker, Ad Astra Fellow/Assistant Professor at the School of Economics at the University College Dublin. Her research interests focus on public finance, specifically personal income taxation, at the intersection of international trade, welfare economics, and political economy.

In this episode, we discuss her inspiring career path and talk about the importance of mentoring.

Special thanks to Sandra Kretschmer for editing the episode.

This is the first episode of a new podcast series on the econ job market.  Our goal is to collect valuable information about the job market, tips on how to ace the market, and finally, experience from previous successful candidates. My guest is Davide Cantoni, Professor of Economics and Economic History at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich who used to be a placement officer at LMU. In this episode, we are discussing what is the econ job market, how it works, and what you need to participate in.

In this episode, we are joined by Angella Faith Montfaucon, an economist at the World Bank to discuss her inspiring career path, and learn from her experience. Angella has lived and studied in three different countries - Malawi, Zambia, and Japan. She shares her experience as a participant in the renowned World Bank's Young Professional's Program and gives us an insight into her position as an economist at the WB working on the East Asia and Pacific region.

In this episode, we are joined by Alessandra Alloca, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich. In the first half of the episode, we will discuss her career path: from her student days in Naples (Italy) to her Assistant Professor position in Munich. Alessandra shares her story and gives valuable tips on how to make the most of your PhD studies. In the second part of the episode, we discuss her research, especially the following two projects: “No Man is an Island: An Empirical Study on Team Formation and Performance” and “Gender Role Models and Internet Standards Development”.

Alessandra's recommendations:

In this episode, I have hosted Megan Tobias Neely, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, and the author of the book “Hedged Out”. In the first part of the episode, we discussed her career path from the financial sector to academia. Afterward, we talked about her book, the process of writing it, main findings and concluded with a list of book recommendations tackling inequality.

Megan's book recommendations:

In this episode, I have hosted Sandra Kretschmer, research team coordinator at WiE, and Ella Needler, content team coordinator at WiE. We have briefly summarized the results of the WiE Index 2022 and discussed three potential policies that could improve the presence of female economists in academia, public and private sectors.

Welcome to the first episode of the revival of the Lifting Up: the Women in Economics Initiative podcast in which we cover the latest research in gender economics and inspiring career paths of female and non-binary economists. In this episode, we have hosted Majune Socrates, a Kenyan economist to give us an insight into his database “Economics scholarship in Kenya since 1960: Dynamics and Insights” on tracking the work of Kenyan economists. We have discussed how the database came about, what are the first results, and plans for the future.

Female economists role models that he mentioned during the episode:

Hello everyone, welcome back to the Women in Economics podcast. Over the next few months, we will be releasing a series of podcasts highlighting inspiring career stories of successful women economists and the latest research insights and policy developments. We are reviving our podcast to let you enjoy and learn about women in economics at your own pace, no matter where you are in the world. Welcome aboard and let’s get started!

 This is our second interview with other like-minded organizations in a series on intersectionality.

Felicia Odamtten talks about her work with The Black Economist Network (T-BEN), the underrepresentation of Black people across the field, and how race is often not considered in Economic Research.

If you want to collaborate with us, please get in touch at [email protected].

Jess and Larissa from the Women in Economics Initiative (WiE) talk about their emotional rollercoaster as first-year Ph.D. students coinciding with the Covid pandemic. They share their perceptions of pressure, competition, and confusion around entering and being successful in academia, and hear valuable advice from some experienced women economists on the other side. This podcast is for anyone who's in a similar position, or who's considering starting a Ph.D. in economics, and wants some honest opinions and advice.