Maria Micaela Sviatschi

Maria Micaela Sviatschi is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Her research focuses on labor and development economics, focusing on human capital, gender-violence and crime, with projects spanning in Peru, India, Mozambique, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and Bangladesh.

Maria also serves as one of the organizers of the Criminal Justice @ SPIA, an interdisciplinary research initiative at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs. She is an affiliate at the Center for Economic Studies, National Bureau of Economic Research, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, the African School of Economics, and the International Crisis Group. 

Maria earned her PhD in economics from Columbia University.