Giulia Meloni is a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); Research Manager at the Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS) at the University of Leuven in Belgium; and PPS Fellow at ECARES – Solvay Brussels School at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Leuven, a Master’s degree in Advanced Economics from the same university and a Bachelor’s degree from LUISS University, Rome. Previously, Giulia was a short-term consultant at the European Commission and the United Nations. She has published on political economy, European agricultural and food policy, international trade and institutional reform.