Sofia Karina Trommlerová, PhD

Welcome to my webpage!

I am an Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Policy at the Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of SAVIA - the first Slovak Association of Women in Science and Innovations. I am also a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and Central European Labor Studies Institute (CELSI), and a Member of the Executive Committee of the Slovak Economic Association. 

I use statistical methods to examine topics related to family, fertility, child health, and gender. My main research interests encompass family economics, population economics, development economics, and economic demography. Previously, I worked on human development (capability approach, empowerment, agency) and poverty in developing countries. In all of my work, I use applied microeconometric methods.

Check out the webpage of my MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship research project PREGNANCYBENEFIT. 

If you are a woman in Slovak science or a Slovak female scientist abroad, sign up to become a member of SAVIA.

The non-technical summaries explain my work in simple, laywoman's and layman's terms. My research articles can also be found on my Google Scholar profile. Feel free to reach out to me and discuss research projects or possible collaboration.

About me

I received my PhD degree in development economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2016. During my PhD studies, I was an MSCA research fellow at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Post-PhD, I was a postdoctoral researcher within a Gates Foundation-financed  project at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands, and a postdoctoral researcher within an ERC-funded grant at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Afterwards, I became an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Comenius University Bratislava in my home country, Slovakia.

Apart from academia, I also have experience in producing policy-relevant research and communicating it effectively to policy makers and stakeholders in international development. I have consulted for the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, IPA, ODI, and others.

I have research, teaching, and field work experience in several countries in Europe, East Africa, and South America. Over the years, I have lived in Colombia, Peru, Kenya, Uganda, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.

Last update: January 2025