Caroline Perrin is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center. She works as a postdoctoral researcher involved in the RE-WIRING project funded by the European Commission, and a visiting postdoctoral researcher at the London School of Economics. Her research primarily focuses on gendered policies and their impact on women’s access to economic opportunities, particularly examining representation in political, corporate, and judicial sectors across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition, Caroline is a member of the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law team, where she analyzes the effects of gendered laws on female economic outcomes. She also contributes to discussions on economic policy and gender equality as a member of BSI Economics.

Caroline holds a PhD in finance from the University of Strasbourg, where she completed her thesis titled “Gender, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship” under the supervision of Laurent Weill, and an MSc in research in economics and finance from EM Lyon, University Lyon II, and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.