She received her PhD from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in June 2017. From December 2015 until October 2016, Stefanie worked as Economist for the Research Departement at the European Central Bank. Her research focuses on macroeconomics, macro-finance, real estate markets, housing bubbles, and macro-prudential policy. Much of the work is applied theory. The theoretical predictions are either supported by real or lab generated empirical data.