Profile of Eugenia Pesci
PhD candidate, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. Early-stage researcher in the MSCA ITN MARKETS project: “Mapping Uncertainties, Challenges and Future Opportunities of Emerging Markets”, which aims to shed light on informal barriers to trade in former Soviet republics.
In my dissertation, I look at employment support services in Russia and Central Asia with a focus on activation policies. I am interested in how formal rules and informal practices are intertwined in the everyday practices of governance