Povilas Lastauskas holds MPhil and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College and Faculty of Economics) and a diploma from the Advanced Studies Program in International Economic Policy Research at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He is currently a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund, where he specializes in macroeconomic research for development, with a focus on financial, trade, and climate policies. Additionally, he has been elected to a bye-fellowship in economics at Homerton College, University of Cambridge.
Prior to his role at the IMF, Povilas was an Assistant Professor in Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at Queen Mary University of London. Before that, he held a permanent directorship at the Center for Excellence in Finance and Economic Research at the Bank of Lithuania. He initiated economics education reform in Lithuania by creating a novel undergraduate degree (Quantitative Economics) and contributing to the Ph.D. program’s overhaul. He also co-founded the Baltic Economic Association, participated in the European Central Bank’s monetary policy review working group, and served as an expert on OECD missions. Earlier in his career, he was a director of studies in economics and an economics lecturer at several colleges within the University of Cambridge.
P. Lastauskas has secured significant research grants from the governments of Poland and Lithuania, the European Social Fund, the European Economic Area (EEA) States (Iceland and Liechtenstein), and Norway. His research examines the impacts of globalization, trade shocks, sanctions, and various economic policies on firms, households, and entire economies, with a particular interest in quantifying the spillover and spillback effects of these policies.
He serves as an Associate Editor for the Open Economies Review. His work has been featured in major media outlets and blogs, including VoxEU, LSE Business Review, centralbanking.com, El País, LSE's Research for the World, and IMF Research Perspectives. Additionally, his research has been published in respected journals such as the Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.
