Gaia Narciso is Associate Professor and the Head of Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin. After gaining her MSc in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, she started her PhD in Economics at Bocconi University, Milan. During her PhD she worked as a consultant for the Development Research Group at the World Bank in Washington DC. Gaia joined the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin in 2007, soon after completing her PhD. Her fields of research are Political Economy, Development Economics, and Migration. Her research has been widely cited and featured in international media. In particular, her study on the Sicilian mafia has informed the policy debate in Italy. She has successfully attracted international and national funding. She has extensive experience in survey design and implementation and has conducted field experiments in Ireland and abroad.
