Short Profile:

Verena is a research assistant within the OBFA-TRANSFORM group at the Global Climate Forum. Her work focuses on the political economy of climate-related financial risks, with a particular interest in balance sheet contraction and the macro-financial implications of asset stranding. Within OBFA-TRANSFORM, she examines historical cases of balance sheet contraction to help understand potential future scenarios in the face of escalating physical climate risks.

Verena holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Vienna and a BSc in Economics from WU Vienna. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Development Economics at SOAS University of London, where she specializes in international finance and macroeconomics. Her research is driven by an interest in how structural power is exercised through financial institutions and how this shapes the role of the state in large-scale economic transformations.

Prior to joining GCF, Verena worked at the Department of Economics at WU Vienna, coordinating teaching and student engagement, and at the Austrian National Bank

Research Interests:
Macroeconomic policymaking; asset stranding and financial stability; off-balance-sheet fiscal agencies; international finance and macroeconomics; political economy of the state