Cinzia Alcidi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, where she leads both the Economic Policy Unit and the Jobs and Skills Unit. From 2020 to 2023, she also served as CEPS’ Director of Research. With a background in macroeconomics, she has over 15 years of experience delivering academic research and evidence-based policy analysis for EU institutions and national governments. Her expertise spans EU economic policy and governance, international macroeconomics, and labour markets, supporting informed decisions in complex policy environments. In 2024, she held the European Commission’s DG-Grow fellowship. She currently is a guest lecturer at Ghent University (Belgium) and serves on the Scientific Board of multiple academic and research institutions. She holds a PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and a Doctorate in Statistical and Mathematical Methods Applied to Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Perugia, Italy