Luisa Lupo

Luisa Lupo was a Research Intern at UNRISD from November 2016 through February 2017. She assisted Senior Research Coordinator Katja Hujo with the projects "Valueworks: Effects of Financialization along the Copper Value Chain" and "Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development".

At the time of her internship at UNRISD, Luisa was a Master candidate in Development Studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, specializing in human and social development. She graduated in Economics with honors from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and has previously worked in the Campaign and Domestic Programmes Department of Oxfam Italy.

She has experience with research, communication and advocacy related activities, while her areas of expertise include public policy, development economics and gender studies.