Silvia Merler

Silvia Merler

Head of Research – Algebris Policy & Research Forum, Italy

Silvia Merler is Head of Research at Algebris Policy & Research Forum, in Milan. Her research focuses on European political economy, with attention to European macro and financial developments, as well as EU governance and policymaking. Over the years, she has written on various aspects of the Euro sovereign-banking crisis, on ECB monetary policy, on macroeconomic imbalances and adjustment, on the dynamics of capital flows in the Euro Area, as well as on Italian economic and political matters. Before joining Algebris, Silvia served as Affiliate Fellow at Bruegel – Brussels economic policy think tank – and as economic analyst at the European Commission’s DG ECFIN. She holds a BA and Msc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in Milan and she is a PhD candidate in European and Eurasian Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), focussing her work in the field of European Political Economy.