Dr. Ana Helena Palermo Kuss
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D-10785 Berlin
Short bio
Ana Helena Palermo Kuss is the Scientific Officer of the President for Economic and Science Policy. Previously, she was advisor to the President at ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. She studied economics at the University of Freiburg and international relations at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil. Her PhD thesis at the University of Freiburg focused on redistribution preferences and the economic effects of a basic income. Her work focuses on German and international economic policy, climate economics, and tax and transfer systems.
CV
Since 2025 Scientific Officer of the President for Economic and Science Policy | WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2022 Fellow| Think Tank School 2022| German Council on Foreign Relations and Mercator Institute for China Studies
2020-2024 Advisor to the President | ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
2020 Doctorate (Economics, summa cum laude) | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg | Title: “Economic Effects of Basic Income and Formation of Redistribution Preferences: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation”
2017-2020 Associate member | Integrated Graduate College | Collaborative Research Centre 1015 Otium | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2017-2018 Adam Smith Fellow | Mercatus Centre (George Mason University)
2015 M.Sc., Economics and Politics | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2014-2020 Research Associate/ Doctoral Fellow of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation | Götz Werner Chair (GWP) of Economic Policy and Constitutional Economic Theory | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2011 B.A., International Relations | Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Selected Publications
Press and Policy Articles
Fuchs-Schündeln, N./Palermo Kuss, A.H. (2025): Junge und künftige Generationen in der Wirtschaftspolitik mitdenken. Wirtschaftsdienst, 105(5), S. 314–315.
Palermo Kuss, A.H./Wambach, A. (2024): Klima muss sich lohnen: Ein Aufruf für volkswirtschaftliche Vernunft. Deutschland und Europa (Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg), 88, November.
Iglesias, S. G./Krpata, M./Palermo Kuss, A.H. (2024): Zwischen „strategischer Autonomie“ und „Zeitenwende“: Die Bedeutung des Handels zwischen der EU und Mercosur. IW-Policy Paper 8/2024.
Krpata, M./Palermo Kuss, A.H. (2023): EU-MERCOSUR-Abkommen: Ein unlösbares Trilemma zwischen Wettbewerbsregeln, normativen Ambitionen und der Diversifizierung der Lieferketten. Briefings de l'Ifri, Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), 03.10.2023.
Palermo Kuss, A.H./Rodríguez, F. (2023): Brasilien nach dem Regierungswechsel: Welthandel oder Klimaschutz? Tagesspiegel, 03.01.2023.
Oliveira, C./Palermo Kuss, A.H. (2022): Wahl in Brasilien: Wendepunkt für die Klimakooperation? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 19.09.2022.
Palermo Kuss, A.H./Wambach, A. (2022): Suche nach robusten Brücken zu China. bpö (blog politische ökonomie), 27.07.2022.
Academic publications
Palermo Kuss, A.H./Thomaschke, R. (Working Paper): The impact of personality, framing and self-interest on preferences for basic income: A survey experiment.
Desai, M./Palermo, A.H. (2023): Some Effects of Basic Income on Economic Variables. In: Torry, M. (ed.): Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income (2nd ed.). Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Palermo Kuss, A.H. (2019): Testing preferences for basic income and its time allocation effects in the German context: A lab experiment. CEN Paper No. 01-2019.
Palermo Kuss, A.H./Neumärker, K. J. B. (2018): Modelling the Time Allocation Effects of Basic Income. Basic Income Studies, 13(0), S. 159283.
Palermo Kuss, A.H. (2017): Barriers to climate adaptation in urban areas: The case of water crisis in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, 5(2), S. 76–107.