Marie-Sophie Lappe
Marie-Sophie joined Bruegel as a Research Assistant in September 2024. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Economics and a master’s degree in Economics and Finance, both attained at the University of Tübingen. In her master thesis, she explored the modelling and estimation of rare disaster risk in DSGE models. Her studies focused on quantitative macroeconomics and finance.
Before joining Bruegel, she worked at the European Central Bank in the International Policy analysis division. She worked on commodity markets, ranging from analysis on geopolitical risk in oil markets to the effects of El Niño on food commodity prices. She also has experience analysing international financial markets, where she was involved on monitoring developments in bond and equity markets.
Marie-Sophie is a native German speaker and is fluent English. She has a good working knowledge of Japanese.
Featured work
European industrial policy at a crossroads? Evidence from an expert survey
A modest experiment shows that a specialised Brussels policy audience broadly agrees with Mario Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness
European Union public procurement reform: a difficult but essential balancing act
Upcoming reform of EU public procurement rules will need to reconcile various trade-offs – and should be prioritised to get the benefits sooner