ACES Dissertation research Fellowship

The ACES Dissertation Research Fellowship, launched for the 2020-2021 academic year to encourage research on comparative economics supports an emerging scholar in the field with funding as they complete their dissertation. Applications for the 2027-2028 Fellowship will be accepted in Spring 2027.

The Fellowship was launched in 2020 as the Gerard Roland Fellowship to honor and recognize the fundamental contributions of Gerard Roland to the field. Fellows receive a payment to support research efforts, with typically one winner and two runners-up. A list of fellows and research award winners is below.

If you would like to help support the Fellowship---and other opportunities for young scholars in comparative economics---consider an annual membership or donation today.

current aces dissertation fellows

guillermo woo-mora

2026-2027 ACES Fellow

Guillermo Woo-Mora is a PhD candidate in economics at Paris School of Economics and EHESS. His research focuses on the political economy of development and social economics, investigating how historical inequalities persist across space and social groups. His work explores how colonial segregation shapes modern urban outcomes and how skin tone affects economic disparities. Prior to graduate school, Guillermo completed his BA and MSc at CIDE in Mexico

helene strandt

2026-2027 Research Award

Helene Strandt is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at LMU Munich. Her research lies at the intersection of political economy and organizational economics, with a focus on low-capacity states. She studies how state institutions interact with citizens’ incentives to sustain informal institutions, and how these interactions shape institutional policy and economic development. During her graduate studies, she was a visiting researcher at Yale University and the University of British Columbia. She holds a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Mannheim and an M.Sc. in economics from LMU Munich.

Olivia Tsoutsoplidi

2026-2027 Research Award

Olivia Tsoutsoplidi is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Sciences Po Paris, working in the fields of political economy, economic history, development, and labor economics. Her research examines the dynamics of social movements during periods of structural economic and institutional change, focusing on spillovers between the labor and women’s suffrage movements in modern France. She has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University and a fourth-year fellow at Aix-Marseille University. She holds an M.Res. in economics from Sciences Po and a B.Sc. in economics, politics, and international studies from the University of Warwick.

Current and Previous Fellows and Research Awardees

2026-2027

Guillermo Woo-Mora - Paris School of Economics

(research award) - Helene Strandt - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

(research award) - Olivia Tsoutsoplidi - Sciences Po, Paris

2025-2026

Matthias Weigand - Harvard University

(research award) Nancy Wang - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2024-2025

Miguel Fajardo Steinhäuser - London School of Economics

(research award) Jie Zhou - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2023-2024

Miguel Ortiz - University of California, Berkeley

(research award) Miguel Fajardo Steinhäuser - London School of Economics

2022-2023

Vitaliia Yaremko - University of California, Berkeley

(research award) Miguel Ortiz - University of California, Berkeley

2021-2022

Lukas Leucht - University of California, Berkeley

Lydia Assuoad - Paris School of Economics

(research award) - Awa Ambra Seck, Harvard University

2020-2021

Brian Wheaton - Harvard University

(research award) - Lydia Assuoad - Paris School of Economics

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