Judith Waltl

Personal Description

Judith Waltl is a research associate at the Berlin School of Economics and Law,
funded through the Berlin Equal Opportunity Program. As a PhD student at Freie
Universität Berlin, her research focuses on feminist economics, particularly on the
socio-economic outcomes for gender (identity) minorities and their position within
institutional frameworks.
Judith holds a Master’s degree in Economic Analysis and Policy, jointly awarded by
Sorbonne University, Université Paris Cité, and the University of Technology of
Compiègne (France), as well as an MA in International Economics from the Berlin
School of Economics and Law (Germany). Her Master’s thesis, entitled "Labour
Market Barriers for the Trans and Nonbinary Community," was awarded with the
POLITEIA Medal for Women’s and Gender Studies in 2023. She earned her
Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Vienna University of Economics and
Business (WU Vienna).

Research Interests

• Feminist Economic Theory
• Gender and Gender Identity Inequalities
• Policy Analysis and Institutional Economics
• Political Economy
• Intersectional Political Economy