Luzia Halter joined the Study Center Gerzensee in March 2011 following her graduation with a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Bern in 2010. After completing her studies, she worked as a teaching and research assistant at the chair of Macroeconomics at the University of Bern and participated in the Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics 2010. She is currently writing her PhD-Thesis in the field of International Macroeconomics.