Biography

Laura Pierret is defending her PhD in political science from the University of Luxembourg in November 2024. Her main research and teaching interests include European integration, the political power of ideas, and macroeconomic and social policies. Notably, her doctoral research aims to explain the influence of the concept of moral hazard on European economic governance in the post-2007 period. Her research has been published in the Journal of European Public Policy, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, and the Journal of European integration.

As a Max Weber Fellow, Laura will continue her research on the political influence of moral hazard and broaden the comparative perspective beyond the context of the EU by focusing on the case of the United States. She will also write a book proposal (and hopefully a book) based on her PhD.

Prior to joining the European University Institute and the University of Luxembourg, Laura was an academic assistant at the College of Europe (Bruges, 2019-2020), an assistant economist at the Embassy of the Argentine Republic (Brussels, 2018), and a junior analyst at France Stratégie-Prime Minister’s Office (Paris, 2016-2017).

Laura holds a master’s degree in European political and governance studies from the College of Europe, a master’s degree in international economics from the Paris-Dauphine University, and a double bachelor’s degree in economics from the Paris-Dauphine University and the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

• Finance and society

Mentor

• Erik Jones