Antonella Fazio

Antonella studied Economics (B.A. and M.A.) in Colombia at the Universidad de los Andes and completed her PhD in Italy at the European University Institute, focusing on economic history. Her education and professional experience show her strong academic and research background in economics and social sciences with a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective and a special interest in institutional theory, political economy, development, and health economy. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at IE Business School, where she has been studying illegal pharmacies for a project part of an ERC Grant from the European Commission that resulted in a startup company: Translucent Datalab (a spin-off from IE University). There, she is responsible for strategic product direction, which includes product design, product development, and product marketing. While working on this project, Antonella also had the opportunity to start teaching at IE University, and presently, she is an Adjunct Professor at the BIE and BIR programs. Before coming to Spain and joining IE University, Antonella worked for the European Parliament within the Robert Schuman traineeship program. Her other roles have included working as an economic advisor at the City Council of Bogotá and for an EU legal consultancy based in Brussels. She has also been a postdoctoral researcher at SMAG and CriDIS at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL – Belgium) and at the Department of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).

Corporate Experience

• Cofounder and Chief Product Officer (CPO), Translucent Datalab, Spain, Present

• Economic Advisor, City Council of Bogotá, Colombia, 2014 - 2015

• Robert Schuman Traineeship, Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), European Parliament, Belgium, 2016 - 2017

• Qualitative Internship, Milieu LTD, Belgium, 2016 

Academic Experience

• Postdoctoral researcher at the Business School, IE University, Spain, 2017 - Present

• Adjunct Professor at bachelor’s in economics (Economic History, Foundations of Microeconomics, Research Methods, Capstone Project), IE University, Spain, 2021 - Present

• Adjunct Professor at bachelor’s in international relations (Visualising and Telling Stories Through Data), IE University, Spain, 2022 - Present

• Adjunct Professor of Seminar Thesis at the Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2014 - 2015

• Postdoctoral Researcher at the SMAG and CriDIS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2016

• Editorial Assistant of the Journal Regions and Cohesion, Berghahn Journals, 2014 - 2016

• Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2014

• Teaching Assistant in Economic History, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2006 - 2008

• Research Assistant in Economics at the Centre of Economic Development (CEDE), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2005 - 2008

• Student Assistant Tutor at the Department of Economics and Department of History (History of Economic Thought, Economic Measurement Methods, Global Society), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2002 - 2005 

Academic Background

• PhD in History and Civilisation (field: Economic History), European University Institute, Italy, 2013

• Master of Research (MRes), European University Institute, Italy, 2009

• Master in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2008

• B.A in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2005

• Specialisation: Applied Data Science (online), University of Michigan. Coursera, 2020

• Specialisation:   Python Programming 3 (online), University of Michigan. Coursera, 2020

• Specialisation: Statistics with Python (online), University of Michigan. Coursera, 2020