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Zane Varpina
Zane Varpina is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. She is also a lead researcher at the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS). Her research interests include higher education, demography, AI and skills.
(Last updated September 2026)
Kata Fredheim
Kata Fredheim is Executive Vice President of Partnership and Strategy, Associate Professor in Economics and Business at SSE Riga and Research Fellow at BICEPS.
As a social anthropologist, Kata’s research focuses on migration, internationalization, and higher education. Her most recent work is on Ukraine. She directs courses in Economic Anthropology, Market Research, and Global Challenges, and serving as the director of the Women in Leadership executive course.
(Last updated June 2023)
Giulian Etingin-Frati
Giulian is a pre-doctoral research fellow at the University of Zurich. He previously studied political economy and worked in international trade consulting.
Giulian’s primary research interests are in trade, development economics, and institutional quality.
(Last updated May 2024)
Zachary Vlessing
Zachary is an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, studying Finance at The Wharton School and International Environmental Policy in the College. He is interested in Sustainable Development and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, and he has contributed to several research projects in this field.
Zachary is a Millenium Fellow, a fellowship from the United Nations given to university students promoting the Sustainable Development Goals, and a Wharton Research Scholar. After graduation, he will be working at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the Climate & Sustainability practice.
(Last updated March 2023)
Maja Bosnic
Maja Bosnic is an Economist specializing in public finance. She leads the governance sector team as a Business Development Director at Niras International Consulting, working with different clients to contribute to sustainable change.
Bosnic’s main area of work, advocacy and interest is in incorporating gender equality into complex rules and systems that govern public revenues and expenditures.
(Last updated March 2023)
Alaksandr Hancharonak
Alaksandr is a researcher specializing in economic and policy analysis. He graduated from the Belarusian State Economic University in 2018 and previously worked as an Education and People Research Analyst at EPAM Systems from 2017 to 2021.
[Last updated March 2023]
Ewa Lazarczyk Carlson
Ewa Lazarczyk Carlson is Associate Professor at the Department of Business Administration at Reykjavik University. She is affiliated with the SIF – Sustainability Institute and Forum at Reykjavik University. Her research interests include energy markets, the environment and smart cities. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Elene Seturidze
Elene Seturidze is the Deputy Practice Head of the Agriculture and Rural Policy Center. She joined the ISET Policy Institute in August 2020. She earned her master’s degree in economics from ISET, graduating in 2020, and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Tbilisi State University, obtained in 2018.
She has contributed to a variety of projects covering diverse directions, including impact assessments, capacity-building activities for CSOs and PSAs, and local economic development processes. In addition to her role at ISET, she serves as a Teaching Assistant in the bachelor’s program, specifically for the Mathematics for Economists courses I and II.
[Last updated February 2026]
Mihails Hazans
Dr. Mihails Hazans is a Professor of econometrics at the University of Latvia, a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, a Global Labor Organization (GLO) Fellow, and a Research Associate at the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS).
His research focuses on migration, ethnic minorities, human capital, teleworking, informal employment and envelope wages. Professor Hazans has contributed chapters to books published by Springer (3), Ashgate, Edward Elgar and OECD Publishing, as well as published articles in academic journals such as Economica, Empirica, Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations and the Journal of Population Economics.
(Last updated October 2022)
Fernando Aragon
Fernando Aragon is a Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics and joined the Department of Economics at SFU in 2010. His research relates to the fields of Development, Environmental, and Political Economics. His work is applied and explores the role of natural resources and institutions on local development, economic effects of pollution, and adaptation to climate change, especially of rural households in less developed countries.
(Last updated October 2022)