Laura Zimmermann holds a joint position as tenured Associate Professor in the Departments of Economics and International Affairs (Political Science) at the University of Georgia in the United States. She is also the Labor Economist and International Migration Expert at the Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO), a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), and a Fellow at the Global Labor Organization (GLO). She received her BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford, and her MA and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.
Her work focuses on capacity building in science policy, studies the political and economic impacts of large government policies in developing countries, and analyzes how households deal with shocks, particularly with respect to poverty reduction, job opportunities and labor trafficking. It has been published in top journals in economics and in the leading interdisciplinary development outlets.
The page was updated in October 2025.
