ABOUT
Meet our team of researchers sharing the passion for Social Economics.
What we do at the Social Economics Lab
Our mission is to understand how people think and reason about economic issues and policies. We pursue this by designing and conducting large-scale Social Economics Surveys and Experiments that shed light on people’s economic understanding and provide a way to hear different ways of thinking.
Founder and Director
Stefanie Stantcheva
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
I am the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University and founder and director of the Social Economics Lab.
I study the taxation of firms and individuals, as well as how people understand, perceive, and form their attitudes towards economic issues and policies. My recent work explores people’s attitudes towards taxation, trade, immigration, climate change, and social mobility using large-scale Social Economics Surveys and Experiments.
I have also studied the long-lasting effects of tax policy – on innovation, education, and wealth. Some examples include how R&D policies can be improved to foster innovation, how income and corporate taxes have shaped innovation over the 20th century, and how student loans can be structured to improve access to education.
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 2014 and was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows 2014-2016 before joining the Harvard Department of Economics in July 2016. I am currently co-editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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Our Team
Research Fellows
Nathanaël Soulage
RESEARCH FELLOW
Originally from Nanterre (France), Nathanaël obtained an MRes in Economics at Sciences Po Paris in 2025, after graduating from a B.Sc. in Economics and Social Sciences from Sciences Po in 2023.
Aside from economics, he enjoys playing the saxophone.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since June 2025.
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Roberto Fani
RESEARCH FELLOW
Originally from Naples (Italy), Roberto is currently enrolled in the M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences (ESS) at Bocconi University, where he also graduated from a B.Sc. in International Economics and Finance in 2024. From January to May 2024, he was an exchange student at Columbia University.
Aside from economics, he enjoys cooking and theater.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since July 2025.
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Gregory Tham
RESEARCH FELLOW
Originally from Singapore, Gregory obtained a B.Sc. in Economics from National University of Singapore and a MPP from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Thereafter, he worked as an economist for the Singapore Government.
Aside from economics, he enjoys playing football.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since June 2024.
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Jorge Guerra
RESEARCH FELLOW
Originally from Valledupar (Colombia), Jorge holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes, as well as a B.Sc. in Philosophy from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Between 2021 and 2026, he worked with the Inter-American Development Bank and Colombia’s Ministry of Finance.
Aside from economics, he enjoys playing football.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since July 2026.
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PhD Candidates
Beatrice Ferrario
PhD Candidate, Harvard
Originally from Milan (Italy), Beatrice Ferrario received a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. She has been working with the Social Economics Lab since the Spring of 2020.
As part of the Social Economics Lab, she worked on the data collection and analysis of the project “Understanding Economics.”
Francesco Nuzzi
PhD Candidate, Harvard
Originally from Rome (Italy), Francesco is currently enrolled in a M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences (ESS) at Bocconi University. Before ESS, he obtained a B.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi in 2020. Also, from January to May 2020, he was an exchange student at Princeton University.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since August 2021.
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Eu-Wayne Mok
PhD Candidate, Harvard
Originally from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Eu-Wayne received a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a MA in International and Development Economics from Yale University.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since July 2023.
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Youenn Mandon
PhD Candidate, ENS de Lyon
Originally from France, Youenn is a normalien and currently pursuing a PhD in Economics at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. His research focuses on intergenerational mobility of income and the impact of AI on the labor market. He earned an M.Sc. in Advanced Economics in 2025 after completing preparatory classes in Economics and Social Sciences.
Before joining the Social Economics Lab, he interned at the French Parliament and the French Treasury. He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since September 2025
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Alberto Dario Zanettin
PhD Candidate, Northwestern
Originally from Vicenza (Italy), Alberto is currently enrolled in the M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences (ESS) at Bocconi University, where he also graduated from a B.Sc. in International Economics and Finance in 2023. From January to May 2023, he was an exchange student at Princeton University.
Aside from economics, he enjoys cooking, wildlife photography, and judo.
He has been working with the Social Economics Lab since May 2025.
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