Maria Petrova

I am a Professor of Economics and ICREA Research Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Research Professor at Barcelona School of Economics, and a Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG). I am also a Fellow at the Econometric Society and a Research Fellow at CEPR. In 2008-2022, I've also been Assistant/Associate Professor at the New Economic School. 

I am a member of the Board of Directors (2021-) and Editorial Board (2016-) at the Review of Economic Studies. In 2016-2023, I was also a Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics.

I recently got a European Research Council Starting Grant for a five-year project EXTREME ("The Rise and Fall of Populism and Extremism") for 2019-2024.

I received my PhD from Harvard University in 2008. I spent 2012 - 2013 as a Visiting Associate Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University.  My research interests include political economy and media economics.

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