Marie is a lecturer in Economics and Policy at the Department of Political Economy. She was previously a research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Toulouse School of Economics, and received her PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona. She primarily works in political economy, economic history, development, and gender. She uses state-of-the-art machine learning methods for document processing and understanding. Her current projects explore the lasting consequences of violence during colonial slavery in the Caribbean, and gender-based violence in contemporary settings.

Marie’s website: https://mariebeigelman.github.io/

Office hours

Tuesday: 15.15 - 16.15

Thursday: 15.15 - 16.15

Book a slot here rather than by e-mail: https://mariebeigelman.youcanbook.me

Research interests

• Political economy
• Development
• Economic history
• Gender economics

Teaching

• Development Economics
• Quantitative Methods

PhD supervision

Marie is happy to supervise students interested in applied economics, political economy and economic history. Some of the topics that Marie is interested in include (but are not limited to):

(1) Political Economy, Economic History: Labor Coercion, Colonialism, Conflict, Culture;

(2) Development, Health: Gender, Violence

Students interested in using machine learning methods in these broad areas are encouraged to reach out.