Ina Ganguli from Harvard University, Elena Paltseva from Copenhagen University, Maria Perrotta from the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, and Jenny Simon from MIT.

Ganguli, Paltseva, Perrotta and Simon were recruited in this years international academic job market in strong competition with excellent candidates from allover the world. Their research interests cover many of the fields that are relevant for SITE, including political economics, development, macroeconomics, public finance, labor economics and industrial organization.