Paula is a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on central bank and government responses to economic shocks. Before starting her PhD, Paula worked as an Economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London, where she focused on UK macroeconomic policy analysis and forecasting the UK economy. Paula also holds a master’s degree (MPhil) in Economics from the University of Oxford and a bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Warwick.