Leonarda Srdelić
Researcher with years of experience in climate risk modeling, analytics, and econometric tool development for the financial sector and public institutions.
Special interest in climate policy, public finance, and the macroeconomic impact of climate change.
Work Experience
Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb | Feb 2024 - PresentResearch Fellow
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ATD SOLUCIJE, d.o.o. | 11/2023 - 1/2024
Climate Risk Modeling Advisor
Croatian National Bank | 7/2020 - 10/2023
Analyst
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Education
PhD in Economics | Feb 2022Facoltà di Economia "Richard M. Goodwin", Siena
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MSc Economics | 2017
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb 🔗Web
BSc Economics | 2016
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
Professional Trainings
IMF, Washington DC (2025)
Climate in Macroeconomic Frameworks (on-site)
Climate in Macroeconomic Frameworks (on-site)
GARP (2024)
Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) certificate
Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) certificate
IMF Institute, JVI, NASBA, DataCamp (2019–2025)
Online trainings in climate finance, macroeconomics, econometrics, and programming
Online trainings in climate finance, macroeconomics, econometrics, and programming
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IMF Institute for Capacity Development (ICD), Online Courses (2025):
Irina Panovska, Croatian Science Foundation
Joint Vienna Institute (IMF), Online Courses (2020–2022):
- Inclusive Growth - Fiscal Policy
- Projecting Public Debt - The Public Debt Dynamics Tool
- Green Public Finance
- Climate Risks for the Financial Sector
- Economics of Adaptation
- Transitioning to Net-zero
- Mitigation Strategies
- Science, Economics, and Policies
Irina Panovska, Croatian Science Foundation
Joint Vienna Institute (IMF), Online Courses (2020–2022):
- Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics
- Macroeconomic Forecasting
- Foreign Direct Investment Policies
- Macroeconomic Diagnostics
- Econometric Modelling and Forecasting
- Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design
- Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis
- Learning VBA in Excel
- Learning the R Tidyverse
- Introduction to Data Science
- Programming Foundations: Fundamentals
- Python Essential Training
Conferences
Point Zero Forum | Zurich, May 5–7, 2024GFTN & Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance
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Ekonomski susreti | Rijeka, Nov 15–16, 2024
Scientific Society of Economists
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15th Young Economists Seminar to the 28th Dubrovnik Economic Conference | Dubrovnik, 2022
Croatian National Bank
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Scholarships
PEGASO Scholarship for Research | Nov 2017 - Jul 2020Funded by Universities of Siena, Florence and Pisa.
Scholarship for the Best Full-Time Student-Parent | 2016
Funded by the Croatian NGO 'Hrvatska može bolje'.
Skills
Programming: Python, R, VBA Excel, LaTeX, Git, GitHub, Jekyll
Data analysis: Analytical and econometric methods
Data: Work with macro, micro, and firm-level datasets
Languages: English, Italian
Selected Publications
Srdelić, L., Davila-Fernandez, M. (2025): Demographic transition and economic growth
Srdelić, L., Barišić, R. (2025): Does economic growth reduce or increase pollution?
Srdelić, L. (2025): Energy price subsidies and the green transition
Srdelić, L., Švaljek, S. (2024): EU ETS market trends analysis
Srdelić, L. (2024): Environmental taxes in Croatia and the EU
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Srdelić, L. (2024): Climate macroeconomic modelling handbook
Srdelić, L. (2024): Transition risks of climate change
Srdelić, L. (2024): Climate macroeconomics in Croatia
Srdelić, L., Davila-Fernandez, M. (2024): International trade and economic growth in Croatia
Selected Projects
LIFT: Leveraging Inter-Firm Transactions, OECDAnalysis of VAT transaction networks for monitoring supply chain shocks and targeting economic policy.
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