Silvia Merler joined Bruegel as Affiliate Fellow at Bruegel in August 2013. Before joining Bruegel, she worked as Economic Analyst in the DG Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission (ECFIN). Previously, she worked as Research Assistant to Jean Pisani-Ferry, then-director of Bruegel. During 2009 and 2010, while a student, she collaborated to research projects of Bocconi University and the Italian ENI Enrico Mattei Foundation (FEEM).