Ema Talam is currently finishing her Master’s level studies at Faculty of Economics of University of Ljubljana, majoring in Economics. She holds Bachelor’s degree in the field of management from School of Economics and Business of University of Sarajevo. During the studies, Ema was involved in numerous extra-curricular activities and attended large number of educational programmes such as: summer schools (at University of Oslo in 2014, at University of Graz in 2013, at University of Ljubljana in 2012), seminars and workshops in the domain of economics and business. Main fields of interest include: economic growth and development, econometrics, labour market economics, transition economies (with special interest in the economies of the Western Balkans) and economic integration (with special interest in European integration).