Martina Viarengo

Martina Viarengo is a tenured Professor in the Department of Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva. She is a Faculty Associate at The Growth Lab at Harvard University and a Principal Investigator of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research. 

Prior to joining the Graduate Institute’s faculty, Professor Viarengo was an economist at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Professor Viarengo is a specialist in public policy, labor economics, and economic development.

Professor Viarengo was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship. She was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Viarengo was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and she was named Newton International Fellow by the British Academy, Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering.

She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and a Master’s Degree from Northwestern University.