Alumni Profiles

Lubomira Anastasova-Chirmiciu had earned three MA degrees before coming to CERGE-EI from the University of Essex, Central European University in Budapest, and St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia. Nearly two years before formally defending her thesis (which was titled "Essays on Social Welfare Systems, Education and Agglomeration across the EU"), she accepted a position as Skills Employment Board Economist at the Greater London Authority (GLA) and then morphed into a similar position, Labour Market Policy Manager, at the London Development Agency, a quasi-government organization focused on public policy strategy within the GLA for the City of London under the auspices of the Mayor of London. In 2013 she became a Senior Project Officer at the GLA.