Alexandra Allard

Current Position

PhD in Economics, 2020 – 
Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
All courses finished
Planned disputation in October 2025

Affiliated PhD student, 2020 – 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden


Education


MSc in Economics (Economic Analysis), 2017 – 2018
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

MSc in Business and Economics, 2013 – 2017   
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
with a semester abroad (Economics & Finance), 2015
Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia


Pedagogical Education

General Course in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 7.5 credits, 2021
Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden


Teaching at Södertörn University
(A-Level Courses)

Applied Microeconomics                                            2022, 2023, 2024
Applied Macroeconomics                                           2021, 2022, 2023
Applied Microeconomics and Trade Theory                         2021, 2022


Work experience
 (in Selection)

Research Assistant, 2018 – 2020   
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden  

Consultant (digitizing data), 2019
the Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, Stockholm, Sweden 


Publication 
(Peer-Reviewed)

Allard, A., Takman, J., Uddin, G. S., & Ahmed, A. (2018). The N-shaped environmental Kuznets curve: an empirical evaluation using a panel quantile regression approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, 5848–5861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0907-0 
 

International Experience

Visiting PhD student, Department of Land Economy, 2024
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK


Conferences
(with Paper Presentation)

2024
Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
Ulvön Conference on Environmental Economics

2023
Nordic Annual Environmental and Resource Economics (NAERE) Workshop
Baltic Sea Science Congress (BSAC)


Grants


2024
Travel grant for conference participation, Stiftelsen Siamon
Grant for Participation in Academic Event, CBEES & the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
Grant for research stay, Gunvor och Josef Anérs stiftelse

2018
Minor Field Studies, The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)


Additional Experience

Södertörn University

PhD representative, Doctoral Supervision Collegium, 2023 – 2025
Coordinator for Higher Seminars in Economics, 2023 – 2024
Organizer for a Workshop on Research Applications, 2024
Organizer for an Internal Seminar on Research Communication, 2023
PhD representative, Planning Committee for the ISV internal conference, 2022 

Politics, Economy and the Organisation of Society (PESO) at Södertörn University
PhD representative, PESO Steering Committee, 2022 – 2025
Planning Committee for PESO Writing Camp, 2023 & 2024

The Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS) at Södertörn University
Compiled statistics on throughput among BEEGS doctoral students, 2023

Baltic Worlds, a scholarly journal from the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University
Covered and wrote a Conference Report on the Panel Discussion Post-Soviet Economies: From the Myth of Transition to State Capitalism and Beyond, discussed during the Roundtable USSR 30, 2021

The Swedish Graduate Programme in Economics (PESO)
PhD representative, SWEGPEC Steering Group, 2022 – 2024
PhD representative, SWEGPEC, 2021 – 2025

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
Expert interviewee, 2019