Maria Almudena Sevilla Sanz is a professor of Economic and Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, the Founding Chair of the Royal Economic Society Women in Economics Network and the LSE Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub.
Early life and education
Sevilla studied business management and economics at the University of Valladolid. She moved to the Pompeu Fabra University for her graduate studies, where she earned an MSc in 1999. Sevilla was a doctoral researcher at Brown University, where she worked in population economics. Her doctorate explored the role of gender-based social attitudes in demographic outcomes.[1] She was awarded the Marie J. Langlois Prize[2][3] After earning her doctorate she joined the Congressional Budget Office as a Research Officer.
Sevilla was made Chair of the Royal Economic Society Women in Economics Network[5] in 2018, and Director of Women in Social and Public Policy Hub at London School of Economics.
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