Sofia Karina Trommlerová, PhD

About me

I received my PhD degree in development economics in 2016 from the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. 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. Currently, I am an Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Policy (Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia), and Co-Founder and Co-Director of SAVIA - the first Slovak Association of Women in Science and Innovations. 

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.