Anastasia Litina

Anastasia Litina is an Associate Professor at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece, and a Research Fellow at the University of Luxembourg. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Macedonia and has conducted research as a visiting scholar at Brown University and a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg. Her research examines the long-term factors influencing economic growth, cultural economics (such as corruption, religiosity, and environmental attitudes), the social implications of population aging, and how historical events shape contemporary socio-economic outcomes. Her work has been published in journals including the Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economics Letters, Journal of Comparative Development, and others, as well as the Harvard Business Review. According to IDEAS rankings, she is among the top 3% of female economists globally based on publications over the last decade. She has led research projects funded by Greek, Luxembourgish, and European Union programs and has been involved in organizing academic conferences and workshops in her field.