Dr. Ana Helena Palermo Kuss
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D-10785 Berlin
Short bio
Ana Helena Palermo Kuss is the Scientific Officer of the President for Economic and Science Policy. Previously, she was advisor to the President at ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. She studied economics at the University of Freiburg and international relations at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil. Her PhD thesis at the University of Freiburg focused on redistribution preferences and the economic effects of a basic income. Her work focuses on German and international economic policy, climate economics, and tax and transfer systems.
CV
Since 2025 Scientific Officer of the President for Economic and Science Policy | WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2022 Fellow| Think Tank School 2022| German Council on Foreign Relations and Mercator Institute for China Studies
2020-2024 Advisor to the President | ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
2020 Doctorate (Economics, summa cum laude) | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg | Title: “Economic Effects of Basic Income and Formation of Redistribution Preferences: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation”
2017-2020 Associate member | Integrated Graduate College | Collaborative Research Centre 1015 Otium | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2017-2018 Adam Smith Fellow | Mercatus Centre (George Mason University)
2015 M.Sc., Economics and Politics | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2014-2020 Research Associate/ Doctoral Fellow of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation | Götz Werner Chair (GWP) of Economic Policy and Constitutional Economic Theory | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2011 B.A., International Relations | Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)