Sofia Andreou completed her undergraduate studies in Economics at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (2004) and received her MSc in Economics from the University of Essex (2005) and her PhD in Economics from the University of Cyprus (2011). Previously, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Officer (2011-2013) and as a Research Associate (2014-2020) at the Economics Research Centre of the University of Cyprus, and as a Visiting Lecturer (2013) and Adjunct Lecturer (2011-2012 and 2014-2018) at the Department of Economics of the University of Cyprus. From September 2020, she holds the position of Special Teaching Staff at the Department of Finance, Accounting and Management Science of the Cyprus University of Technology. Her research interests are in the area of applied economics and econometrics with emphasis on public and welfare economics.