Elisa de Weerd

I am a PhD Candidate in Health Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam), under the supervision of Hans van Kippersluis (EUR) and John Cawley (Cornell University). Next to that, I have joined Radboud University as a Postdoctoral Researcher in February 2025.

My research interests include health economics, labor economics, the economics of risky health behaviors, and LGBTQ+ economics. You can find more information on my research here.

Furthermore, I am a freelance editor at Dutch economic journal ESB. I edit economic articles by academics and policymakers, and make and host the Dutch podcasts Nieuwe Economen [New Economists], in which we interview PhD candidates in different subfields of economics on their PhD research, and Economie in de Klas [Economics in the Classroom], on innovations in economics education.

You can contact me at deweerd@ese.eur.nl and elisa.deweerd@ru.nl.