Stefania Marcassa





I am an Associate Professor (MCF HC, HDR) at THEMA, CY Cergy Paris Université. I received my Ph.D. in Economics in 2009 from the University of Minnesota.


Prior to my appointment at CY, I had a PostDoc position and taught at the Paris School of Economics (2009-2011), University of Minnesota (2004-2009), and was a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2006-2009).


My research interests are in Family Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics.​​​


I am the founder and the co-organiser of the Webinar in Gender and Family Economics. I am also a co-founding member and vice-president  of AFEPOP.


I am a member of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group.

Since April 2020, I am the Gender Equality Officier​ of CY Cergy Paris Université


From January 2020 to December 2023, I have been the scientific coordinator of the H2020 LeTSGEPs project, and a researcher in the Erasmus+ E-WinS project


From 2021 to 2023, I represented CY in the International Consortium for Gender Equality on Campus (AUF). The final deliverable is available here. I have also served as a Gender Equality consultant for the AUF


Since October 2022, I am a member of the CER-CY, the Ethics Committee of CY Cergy Paris Université.

Contact Information

CY Cergy Paris Université - THEMA (UMR CNRS 8184) - 33 boulevard du Port - 95011 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France

E-mail: stefania.marcassa[AT]cyu.fr

​Tel.: +33 (0)1 34 25 23 02