Rigissa Megalokonomou
Assoc. Prof. in Economics
Media Impacts, Interviews and Appearances :
-Underestimated: Why Young Women are Shying Away From Economics, The Guardian Australia, April 2022
-Why having more women/diverse economists benefits us all, CEPR Policy Portal, VOX EU Article, November 2021
-Being able to skip classes improves some students’ performance. Others struggle with more autonomy, at The Conversation, 2021
-Student Autonomy and Academic Performance, CEPR Policy Portal, VOX EU article, 2021
- School Attendance during a Pandemic, CEPR Policy Portal, VOX EU article, 2020
-Public Talk about the Effects of Teacher Gender Biases, a Women in Economics Network (WEN) and Economic Society in Australia (ESA) Event (video available)
at The Conversation, June 2020
--The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance, CEPR Policy Portal, VOX EU article, 2020
-- “The Future of Women in Economics", Feature Story, for The University of Queensland, 2018
-- "Does Class Size Matter? How, and at What Cost?", Cato Research Brief, Research Brief in Economic Policy, 2019
--“How young Greeks changed their degree choices as the economy crashed” at the Conversation (40k reads) , 2016
-Unpacking unconscious gender biases in high school teaching, The University of Queensland, 2019
- "Higher Performance for Boys and Girls when There are More Girls" Essos, Newspaper about Education (in Greek), 2018
--“Job prospects drive college major preferences amidst Crisis” in Kathimerini Daily Newspaper (in Greek), 2016
--“The crisis changed (students’) preferences” in The Ethnos Daily Newspaper (in Greek)
--The financial crisis and the choice of study capital.gr (in Greek)
Other media mentions include:
--EUROPPEuropean Politics and Policy - LSE Blogs
--Epoch Times online and print (Singapore)
--scroll.in (India)