Maria Demertzis
Leader
Maria Demertzis is a Leader at ESF, The Conference Board Europe, former Senior fellow at Bruegel and part-time Professor of Economic Policy at the Florence School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute. She was Bruegel’s Deputy Director until December 2022. She has previously worked at the European Commission and the research department of the Dutch Central Bank. She has also held academic positions at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in the USA and the University of Strathclyde in the UK, from where she holds a PhD in economics. She has published extensively in international academic journals and contributed regular policy inputs to both the European Commission's and the Dutch Central Bank's policy outlets. She contributes regularly to national and international press and has regular column that appears twice a month in various EU newspapers and on Bruegel’s opinion page.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
The state of financial knowledge in the European Union: a new survey
Memo to the commissioner responsible for economic and financial affairs
Unite, defend, grow: Memos to the European Union leadership 2024-2029
Unite, defend, grow: EU policy for the next five years
Bruegel fellows' recommendations to the EU institutions for the 2024-2029 cycle
All work
Event
12 May 2025
Europe’s investment priorities in a changing world – featuring a conversation with Nadia Calviño
What are Europe’s investment priorities in an era of change?
External publication
23 October 2024
Podcast
04 September 2024
Unite, defend, grow: EU policy for the next five years
Bruegel fellows' recommendations to the EU institutions for the 2024-2029 cycle
Memo
04 September 2024
Book
04 September 2024
Podcast
28 August 2024
Through crises and their solutions – A farewell to Maria Demertzis
A fireside chat with Bruegel veteran Maria Demertzis on the past and future challenges in EU policymaking
Analysis
16 July 2024
On the digital euro holding limits
The plan for a retail digital euro holding limit, combined with a ‘waterfall approach’ to smooth transactions, sets up an apparent clash of objectives
Opinion piece
09 July 2024
Opinion piece
10 July 2024
Analysis
08 July 2024
The European Investment Bank can afford to take more risks
Significant reserves built up through decades of profit-making should enable the bank to absorb volatility of riskier investments