Sophie Laurent
Economist, Southern Europe
Master in European Economics, Sciences Po Paris · BA in Economics, Université Paris-Dauphine
About Sophie
Sophie Laurent is a macroeconomist with 12 years of experience covering Southern European economies — Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta. Her research focuses on post-crisis macroeconomic recovery, sovereign debt sustainability, real estate investment dynamics, and the structural transformation of tourism-dependent economies into broader services and technology hubs.
Before joining Eunomist, Sophie spent five years as a research analyst in the Banque de France's European economics division, contributing to quarterly assessments of Southern European growth trajectories and the implications of ECB monetary policy for peripheral eurozone members. She subsequently joined a Paris-based investment research firm covering Southern European sovereign bonds and real estate investment trusts.
At Eunomist, Sophie brings a deep understanding of what the aggregate statistics conceal in Southern Europe: the difference between Greece's headline recovery and its persistent structural unemployment; the gap between Portugal's marketed lifestyle attractiveness and its real economic constraints; and why Italy remains simultaneously Europe's most frustrating and most irreplaceable large economy. She speaks French, English, Italian, and Spanish, and writes for an audience that needs precision, not optimism.
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