Curriculum Vitae

Denisa M. Sologon, PhD

Denisa.Sologon@liser.lu

Research themes: labour and welfare economics, applied econometrics, public policy analysis.
Particulars: income distribution dynamics, income mobility, income volatility, income inequality, labor
market policies and institutions, poverty, economic insecurity, policy modeling and evaluation using static
and dynamic microsimulation techniques, redistributive effects of public policies

Languages: English (fluent), Romanian (fluent), French (intermediate), Italian (beginner), Spanish (beginner),
German (beginner), Luxembourgish (beginner)
Office: 00352-585855-523
Mobile: 00352661439841

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER

EDUCATION
 2005 - 2010: PhD in Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; PhD Supervisor: Prof. Chis de
Neubourg
 2009 (Mobility): Harvard University PhD Research Visit Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School of
Government, The Wiener Center for Social Policy
 2004 - 2005: MSc International Master in Social Policy Analysis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven,
Belgium
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Current Position(s)
 2013 – present: Senior Research Economist, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
 2018 – 2019 (February 1st): Interim Director of the “Living Conditions" Department, Luxembourg Institute
of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Previous position(s)
 2017 – 2018: Head “Income, Wealth, and Poverty" unit, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
(LISER)
 2012 – 2016: Assistant Professor, Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT
 2010 – 2012: Marie Curie Post-Doc Research Fellow / Research Economist, CEPS-INSTEAD, Luxembourg
 2005 – 2010: Marie Curie PhD Research Fellow, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Career breaks
 2013, 6 months: maternity leave
 2016, 6 months: maternity leave
Mobility stays:
 2009: Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, The Wiener Center for Social Policy

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 2015: University of Canberra, National Centre For Social And Economic Modelling (NATSEM), Australia

RESEARCH AND OTHER OUTPUT

PUBLICATIONS

Publications with peer-review

 Li, J., La, H. A., & D. M. Sologon. 2020. Policy, demography and market income volatility: What was
shaping income distribution in Australia between 2002 and 2016? Review of Income and Wealth,
https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12467.
 Muttaqien, A., O’Donoghue, C. and Sologon, D. 2019. Understanding Differences in Household
Expenditure Inequality Between India and Indonesia, Decancq, K. and Van Kerm, P. (Ed.) What Drives
Inequality? (Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 27), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 55-68.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-258520190000027005.
 Muttaqien A., O'Donoghue, C., Sologon D. M. 2019. Decomposing polarisation across developing
countries: Case Study in China, India, and Indonesia. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature.
https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.12267
 Mazeikaite, G., O’Donoghue, C., Sologon D. 2019. The Great Recession, financial strain and self-assessed
health in Ireland. The European Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-018-1019-
6.
 O’Donoghue, C.; Loughrey, J.; Sologon, D. M. 2018. Decomposing the Drivers of Changes in Inequality
During the Great Recession in Ireland using the Fields Approach. The Economic and Social Review, [S.l.],
v. 49, n. 2, Summer, p. 173-200. ISSN 0012-9984.
 Sologon, D. M. and Van Kerm, P. (2018), Modelling earnings dynamics and inequality: foreign workers and
inequality trends in Luxembourg, 1988–2009. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics
in Society) doi:10.1111/rssa.12303 (first online 2017)
 Li, J. & Sologon, D. M. 2014. Simulating Labour Supply: A Lifetime Modelling Approach with Heterogeneity
and Uncertainty Extension, PLOS ONE, vol. 9, n°11. Online: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111903.
 Sologon, D. M. & C. O'Donoghue. 2014, Shaping Earnings Insecurity: Labor Market Policy and Institutional
Factors, Review of Income and Wealth, doi: 10.1111/roiw.
 Sologon D. M. & C. O'Donoghue. 2012. Earnings Mobility, Earnings Inequality and Labour Market
Institutions in Europe, Research in Economic Inequality, vol 20, pp. 237 – 283.
 Sologon D. M. & C. O’Donoghue. 2011. Shaping Earnings Mobility: Policy and Institutional Factors. The
European Journal of Comparative Economics. 8(2), 175-202.

Books and book chapters

 Cebotari V., Sologon D. M. & C. de Neubourg, 2015, Multiple child deprivation in Romania, in: M. Verhaert
(Ed.), 25 Years since the Romanian Revolution, Acco, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 227- 243.
 Burlacu I., O’Donoghue C. & D. M. Sologon, (2014), “Hypothetical Microsimulation Models” in “Handbook
on Microsimulation” by O’Donoghue C. (Ed), Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
 Fusco, A., P. Van Kerm, A. Alieva, L. Bellani, F. Etienne-Robert, A. Guio, I. Kyzyma, K. Leduc, P. Liegeois, M.
N. Pi Alperin, A. Reinstadler, E. Sierminska, D. M. Sologon, P. Thill, M. Valentova & B. Voicu. 2014.
Luxembourg: Has Inequality Grown Enough to Matter?, in: Nolan Brian, Salverda Wiemer, Checchi Daniele
et al. (Eds.), Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Thirty Countries Experiences,
Oxford University Press, UK, 784 p.

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 O’Donoghue, C., Leach, R., Hynes S. & D. M. Sologon. 2010. Simulating Earnings in O’Donoghue, C. 2010.
Life-Cycle Microsimulation Modelling: Constructing and Using Dynamic Microsimulation Models. Lambert
Academic Publishing, 91-106. 5.
 Sologon, D. M. 2010. Earnings dynamics in Europe, PhD thesis, Maastricht University, published by
Boekenplan, Maastricht.

Book review
 Sologon D. Review - Gijs Dekkers, Marcia Keegan and Cathal O’Donoghue (eds.) “New Pathways to
Microsimulation”, 2014, Ashgate Publishing Limited. International Journal of Microsimulation, 2015, vol.
7(3), pp. 80-86.

Working papers / Discussion papers

 O’Donoghue, C., Sologon D.M., Kyzyma, I., J. McHale. 2020. Modelling the Distributional Impact of the
COVID-19 Crisis. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13235.
 Černiauskas, N., Sologon D.M., O’Donoghue C., L. Tarasonis. 2020. Changes in income inequality in
Lithuania: the role of policy, labour market structure, returns and demographics. Bank of Lithuania
Working Paper Series, no. 71.
 Valentina S. Consiglio & Denisa M. Sologon, 2019. "The Myth of Equal Opportunity in
Germany?," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1060, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-
Economic Panel (SOEP).
 Sologon D.M., Almeida V., & Van Kerm, P. 2019. Accounting for the distributional effects of the 2007-2008
crisis and the Economic Adjustment Program in Portugal. LISER, 2019, Working Papers
 Li, J., La, H. A., & D. M. Sologon. 2019. Policy, demography and market income volatility: What was shaping
income distribution in Australia between 2002 and 2016? LISER, 2019, Working Papers (forthcoming)
 Sologon D.M., Van Kerm P., Li J., O’Donoghue C. Accounting for Differences in Income Inequality across
Countries: Ireland and the United Kingdom. LISER, 2018, Working Papers No.2018-01, 48 p.
 Mazeikaite, G., O’Donoghue C. & Sologon D. M. (2017). Decomposing health inequality in the EU. LISER
Working Papers No.2017-02.
 Abid-Fourati Y., O’Donoghue, C. & Sologon D. M. 2016. Decomposing Welfare Inequality in Egypt and
Tunisia: An Oaxaca-Blinder Based Approach. Economic Research Forum Working Paper Series No.1015.
 Abid-Fourati Y., O’Donoghue, C. & Sologon D. M. 2016. Exploring the Determinants of Welfare Distribution
in Tunisia and Egypt Using a Welfare Generation Model. Economic Research Forum Working Paper Series
No.1009.
 D. M. & O’Donoghue, C. 2011. Shaping persistent earnings inequality: labour market policy and
institutional factors. CEPS/INSTEAD Working Papers, No. 22.
 Sologon, D. M. & O'Donoghue, C. 2010. Earnings dynamics and inequality in EU, 1994-2001. CEPS/INSTEAD
Working Papers, No.35. (earlier versions: IZA Discussion Paper, No. 4012; SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary
Panel Data Research, No. 184)
 Sologon, D. M. & O'Donoghue, C. 2009. Equalizing or disequalizing lifetime earnings differentials? Earnings
mobility in the EU: 1994-2001. IZA Discussion Paper, No. 4642; SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel
Data Research, No. 251.
 Sologon, D. M. & O'Donoghue, C. 2009. Increased Opportunity to Move Up the Economic Ladder? Earnings
Mobility in EU: 1994-2001. IZA Discussion Paper, No. 4311; SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data
Research, No. 221.
 Sologon, D. M. & O'Donoghue, C. 2009. Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility. IZA Discussion
Paper, No. 4151; SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, No. 183.

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PROJECTS

International projects
 2019-2022 – (PI) “Drivers of rising inequality in income in Lithuania: the role of policy, demographics,
labour market factors and economic returns and demographics”, collaboration with Bank of Lithuania &
Vilnius University
 2019-2021 – (PI for LISER) : Smarwielen https://www.liser.lu/?type=module&id=39&tmp=462
 2013-ongoing: (co-PI) “Tax-Benefit Systems, Employment Structures and Cross-country Differences in
Income Inequality in Europe: a microsimulation approach (SIMDECO)”, funded by a CORE Grant from Fond
National de la Recherché, Luxembourg co-funded under the Marie Curie Actions of the European
Commission (FP7-COFUND), € 676 656.
 2014-2019: : (PhD supervisor) “Drivers of health inequality: evidence from European countries”, AFR
Doctoral Grant from Fond National de la Recherché, Luxembourg, Maastricht University PhD Fellow -
Gintare Mazeikaite, € 162 168.
 2014-2019: (PhD supervisor) “Differences in income/expenditure distributions inequality and
polarization: theory and empirical analysis in developing countries in Asia”, Indonesian Endowment Fund
for Education (Ministry of Finance), Maastricht University PhD Fellow - Arip Muttaqien, € 80 000.
 2019: (partner) National Euromod Team, Update the EUROMOD Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for
Luxembourg for 2018 policies and EU-SILC 2016 data, € 50 000.
 2012-2013: (Partner researcher) GINI project (Growing Inequalities’ Impact) funded under the Socio-
Economic Sciences and Humanities theme of the EU 7th framework programme, € 15 000.
 2010-2012: (PI) “Earnings dynamics and microsimulation”, funded by a Marie Curie Post-Doc Research
Fellowship, co-funded by the European Commission under the Marie-Curie COFUND scheme and the
National Research Fund in Luxembourg under the AFR Post-Doc Scheme, € 106 654.
 2008 - 2010: (PI) “Earnings dynamics in Europe” AFR PhD Grant, National Research Fund, Luxembourg, €
94 270.
 2005 - 2008: (PI) “Earnings dynamics in Europe” Marie Curie PhD Fellowship, Maastricht University,
Netherlands, €180,000.
 2006: “Assessment of the labour market impact of the pension reform in the Russian Federation”, a
European Commission project, run by Maastricht Graduate School of Governance in cooperation with
Arcadis, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

National projects
 2010-2013: (Partner Researcher) “Information and wage inequality: Evidence on wage differences
between natives, immigrants and cross-border workers in Luxembourg”, work package “The dynamics of
wages and the assimilation of foreign-born immigrant and cross-border workers”, funded by a CORE Grant
from Fond National de la Recherche, Luxembourg co-funded under the Marie Curie Actions of the
European Commission (FP7-COFUND), € 391 551.
 2007–2010: (Partner Researcher) “Coherence of social transfer policies and microsimulation (REDIS)”,
funded by a CORE Grant from Fond National de la Recherché, Luxembourg, € 424 796.

List of key LISER research projects submitted, well evaluated, but not funded:
 2017 & 2018: (Partner) Optimal Tax Rules in Europe: A microsimulation approach (OTARIE)–CORE
 2017/2018: Supervisor in DTU with UNILU on Dementia

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 2018: (Partner) Income dynamics and social inequality: New methods and evidence from cross-national
household surveys (DYNAMIN) - CORE
 2018: (Partner) H2020 CONTEST: CONsequenses of and solutions to the TEchnological changeS in the
labour market

Other projects

 2019: “Drivers of inequality across countries and across time”, Lithuania, Vilnius.
 2006: (Tutor for UNICEF staff) “Learning Program on Public Policy, Advocacy and Partnership for Children’s
Rights”, UNICEF PROJECT, Maastricht University.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Invited presentations and lectures

 2018: Drivers of inequality across countries and across time, Bank of Lithuania, Vilnius
 2015: Causes and Consequences of Inequality and Social Mobility: What can be done? – Inequality in the
Labour Market, Sapienza University of Rome, The Interuniversity Research Centre Ezio Tarantelli and Bank
of Italy.
 2012 - 2015 Invited Lecturer: “The Socio-Economics of Social protection”, Master Programme in Financing
Social Protection, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
 2012 – present Invited Lecturer: “Advanced Methods for Income Distribution Analysis”, Master Program
in Public Policy, Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT (2012-present)
 2012: Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce extérieur, Luxembourg, 2012, Atelier OCDE:
inégalités/mobilité sociale, “Earnings Dynamics in Luxembourg: 1988-2004”.
 2009: General Inspectorate of Social Security (IGSS), Luxembourg, “Earnings Dynamics in Europe”.

Conference organization
 2017: “SimDeco Closing Workshop: Understanding International Differences in Income Inequality”, LISER,
November 30 - December 1, Role: main organizer.
 2018: Member of organizing committee “What drives inequality?”, October 18-19, LISER.

OTHER RESEARCH OUTPUT

Infrastructure development

Software development: SIMDECO Infrastructure (in collaboration with P. Van Kerm and Cathal
O’Donoghue) – a generic decomposition-microsimulation framework relying on a micro-simulation micro-
econometric approach to explore the drivers of the differences in the distribution of household disposable
income. This can be relatively easily applied across countries, regions, time periods and across policy areas
(income inequality, tax-benefit systems, labour supply, health, education, demography). It is quite a
powerful tool to decompose distributional differences and changes, and there are many funding
opportunities for such applications. The research team comprises now 10 researchers.

Extensions of the infrastructure via supervised and/ or collaborative projects:

a. to other policy areas, beyond income inequality, such as health (PhD project: ,“Drivers of health
inequality: evidence from European countries”)

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 b. to developing countries (1 PhD project: “Differences in income/expenditure distributions
inequality and polarization: theory and empirical analysis in developing countries in Asia”; 2 collaborative
projects on the MENA countries: “Decomposing Welfare Inequality in Egypt and Tunisia: An Oaxaca-
Blinder Based Approach”, “Decomposing Welfare Inequality in Egypt and Tunisia: An Oaxaca-Blinder
Based Approach”)
c. over time (2 PhD projects, 1 collaborative project with Bank of Lithuania and 1 with Ireland)

Societal impact

 22-02-17. Journal. Forschung zur Ungleichheiten bei der Gesundheit

 SimDeco Closing Workshop, November 30 - December 1, 2017
 Participant to FNR Pairing scheme whose aim was to bring together researchers and members of
Parliaments. See https://www.fnr.lu/launch-pairing-scheme-politics-meets-research/, 2017
 Member of the Advisory Board - Report Card 12 “Children of the Recession: The impact of the
economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries”, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2015)

Teaching: PhD and Master Level

 Lecturer: “Advanced Methods for Income Distribution Analysis”, Master Program in Public Policy,
Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT (2012-present)
 Course Lecturer and Coordinator: “Public Policy Analysis”, Master Programme in Public Policy; Maastricht
University/UNU-MERIT (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
 Course Lecturer and Coordinator: “Public Policy Analysis”, PhD Programme in Public Policy, Innovation
and Development (PPID), Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT (2012)
 Lecturer: “Introduction to social protection” and “The economics and demographics of social protection”,
Master Programme in Social Protection, University of Mauritius, Mauritius (2012-2015)
 Lecturer: “Econometrics”, Graduate PhD Program, GPAC2; Maastricht University/UNU-MERIT (2012)
 Lecturer: “Tables in STATA for Latex and Word users”, Seventh Winter School on Inequality and Social
Welfare Theory, Alba di Canazei, Italy (2012) Course Lecturer and Tutor: “Public Economics and Empirical
Analysis”, “Introduction to Econometrics using STATA”, “Introduction to STATA”, Master Program in Public
Policy, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (2007-2009)
 Course Lecturer: “Analysis of Policy Processes”, PhD Program in Governance and Policy Analysis Dual
Career, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (2008)
 Course Lecturer: “Essentials of Policy Analysis”, PhD Program in Governance and Policy Analysis,
Maastricht University, The Netherlands (2008)
 Lecturer: “Theory of Insurance”, “Comparative Analysis of Social Protection Policy”, Social Protection
Financing Master Program, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, The
Netherlands (2008, 2007, 2006)
 Tutor for UNICEF staff, “Learning Program on Public Policy, Advocacy and Partnership for Children’s
Rights”, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (2006)
Computer proficiency:
 Statistical software: Stata, R, SPSS
 Microsimulation tools: EUROMOD (European tax-benefit models), STINMOD (Australian tax-benefits
model)
 Machine Learning Thechniques using R and Stata

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND SENIORITY
Prizes and awards
 2010 - 2012: Marie Curie Post-Doc Research Fellowship, co-funded by the European Commission under
the Marie-Curie COFUND scheme and the National Research Fund in Luxembourg under the AFR Post-Doc
Scheme - € 106,654
 2009: Visiting Research Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 2008 - 2010: AFR PhD Grant, National Research Fund, Luxembourg - € 94,270
 2005 - 2008: Marie Curie PhD Fellowship, Maastricht University, Netherlands - €180,000
Membership in PhD committees, advisory boards
 Member of PhD Evaluation Committee, Thesis: “Employment Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation in
Germany: A Quantitative Analysis” (Nicolas Echarti, 2019)
 Member of the Selection Committee of the Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award 2019
 Board Member of the International Microsimulation Association (2017 – present)
 Treasurer of the International Microsimulation Association (2019 – present)
 2017- present: Referee for the PhD Seminar of Social Policy Research Institute (SPRI)
 Member of the Advisory Board - Report Card 12 “Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic
crisis on child well-being in rich countries”, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2015)
 Member of PhD Evaluation Committee, Thesis: “An Evaluation of Tax-Benefit Systems Impact on the
Welfare of Frontier Workers. The Case of Luxembourg and Belgium” (Irina Burlacu)
 Member of the European Society for Population Economic (ESPE), the European Society for Labour
Economists (EALE)
 IZA Research Fellow (2010-present)
 Research Affiliate Maastricht University/UNU MERIT (2010 – present )
 Guest Lecturer - Master Programme in Financing Social Protection, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
(2012 - 2015)
 Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Visiting Research Fellow (2009)
International coordination activities
 2017 – present Co-Director of the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Policy Lab

SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Supervision Rights
 Full Authorization to supervise/promote PhD projects at University of Luxembourg1 (“ADR” Autorisation
à diriger des Recherches) – granted in 2017.

List of supervised PhDs: 6 theses, 5 ongoing, 1 graduated

 C. Gong, "Technologiocal change, labour market and inequality: evidence from China and
Germany" (2019-present); co-supervision with Prof. Pierre Mohnen and Dr. Zina Nimeh (Maastricht
University)
 G. Mazeikaite, “Drivers of health inequality: evidence from European countries”, Maastricht University
(2014-present); co-supervision with Prof. Cathal O’Donoghue.

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 N. Ramful, “Multidimensional Poverty in Developing Countries: a Gender perspective”, Tilburg
University (2018-present); co-supervision with Prof. Chris de Neubourg.
 J. Karpati “Demystifying Children's Deprivations: Manifestations, Origins and Cures”, Tilburg
University (2018-present); co-supervision with Prof. Chris de Neubourg.
 E. Toczydlowska, “Household Income Dynamics in Europe”, University of Luxembourg (2017-present); co-
supervision with Prof. Philippe Van Kerm.

 A. Muttaqien, “Differences in income/expenditure distributions inequality and polarization: theory and

empirical analysis in developing countries in Asia”, Maastricht University (2014-2019); co-supervision with
Prof. Cathal O’Donoghue. (Graduated)

List of supervised Master theses: 16 Master Theses supervised at Maastricht University (13 in the past 8 years)
 R. DuBois “Explaining the health gap between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Canada”, 2019.
 W.S. Sezto “How did job decency level and the likelihood to obtain a decent job change from 1997 to 2017
for employed youth and young adults? – An exploratory case study on UK data”, 2019.
 V. S. Consiglio “The Myth of Equal Opportunity in Germany? Wage inequality and the role of (non-)
academic family background for differences in capital endowments and returns on the labour market“,
2018, Maastricht University.
 K. Sollis “Escalation through Education: Exploring the major drivers of Upward Mobility in Indonesia”,
2017, Maastricht University.
 L. Rodrigues da Cruz “Vocational education and income inequality in Brasil”, 2017, Maastricht University.
 A. Daniella Bagmeijer “Difficulties accessing healthcare services in British Columbia, Canada: A
quantitative index and theoretical framework”, 2017, Maastricht University.
 R. Ravenna Sohst “Catching Up to Natives: The Wages of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany”,
2016, Maastricht University.
 E. Toczydlowska “Comparative Income Mobility in Europe, 2007-2013”, 2016, Maastricht University.
 A. Muttaqien, 2014, “Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia: Evidence from Longitudinal Data (1993 – 2007)”,
Maastricht University.
 J. Lee “Inequality, Mobility, and Pro-Poor Growth in South Korea”, 2014, Maastricht University.
 S. Schmidt “A step in a new direction? The effect of the parent’s money reform on employment rates of
mothers in Germany”, 2013, Maastricht University.
 D. Levakova “The returns to education and its impact on the wage distribution in the transitioning
economy of Bulgaria”, 2013, Maastricht University.
 I. Hyun, Jang “The study on the determinants of income in different income classes in South Korea”, 2012,
Maastricht University.

ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY, PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Department Head:
 2018 – 2019 (February 1st): Interim Director of the “Living Conditions" Department, Luxembourg Institute
of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

Team coordination:
 2017 – 2018: Head “Income, Wealth, and Poverty" unit, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
(LISER)

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Project management experience
 2012-ongoing: Coordination of 10 researchers and training of 2 Research Assistants within the SIMDECO
and the SIMDECO-derived projects (5 PhD extending or building on the SIMDECO infrastructure, 3
collaborative projects building on the SIMDECO infrastructure)