

Silvia Castro is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at LMU Munich. She is an applied economist interested in Organizational Economics and Development Economics. Her research uses field experiments in firms to study the role of speaking up in different contexts. Specifically, she is working on exploring how speaking up can tackle stigma or promote psychological safety within organizations and social groups. She is also the coordinator of the Predictive People Analytics team at LMU Munich, a Joachim Herz Fellow, and a mentor at the Academy of the United Nations.
Recent work by Silvia Castro
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Breaking the silence: Advancing health technology adoption through open discourse on menstruation
Engaging in open conversations about stigmatised topics like menstruation reduces the social barriers to health technology adoption, which increases access to welfare-improving menstrual products
Published 05.09.23