Gallen. She received her M.A and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zurich. Between 2010 and 2011 was a research fellow at the Harvard Kenedy School, Cambridge. Proir to this she served as a research assistant at the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. Her research interests include; Political economy, public economics, behavioral economics and media economics. 15th Agenda Setting Conference