Sophie von Russdorf

Research Analyst, Young Lives

Sophie joined the Young Lives Team as a Quantitative Research Assistant in 2022. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Global Business Management from the University of Augsburg and a Master’s degree in Development Economics and International Studies from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Her Master's thesis explored the impact of road infrastructure on smallholder Costa Rican farmers using household and geospatial data.

While completing her Master’s degree, she worked as a research assistant at the FAU’s Chair of Development Economics. She also completed internships at the British Consulate General with the Department of International Trade, development NGO Germanwatch, and worked with a Hungarian NGO fostering economic development of rural youth.

02 August 2023

Caught in the crossfire: understanding the impact of conflict on young people’s lives in Ethiopia

Initial findings from a Young Lives pilot survey highlight the devastating impacts of the conflict in Ethiopia on young people – and the importance of longitudinal research in tracking and understanding these.

08 March 2023

Food for thought? How Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme benefits children's foundational cognitive skills

New research from Young Lives on foundational cognitive skills provides ground-breaking evidence that children from households benefitting from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) have better long-term memory and implicit learning skills.

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