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Cleo's research focuses on how economists categorize inequalities, distinguishing between legitimate differences and unjust discrimination. She explores how this distinction has evolved since the late 19th century in the history of economics. She is also interested in the intertwined nature of epistemic, political, and ethical values, particularly how the concept of value-free knowledge is strategically used in court and in policy.
Cleo is currently writing on the history of gender and racial discrimination in the United States (1940-2000); the history of equal pay in the United Kingdom (1870-1970), and on the history of labour economics (since the 1970s).
Prior to joining the LSE, Cleo worked at the University of Bologna, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Lausanne. She obtained her PhD from the University Paris 1- Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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2025
‘Economics is Not a Men’s Field’: A History of the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession, with B. Cherrier and J. Singleton. History of Political Economy, 57(4): 641–675.
'Modelling Intervention: Barbara Bergmann’s micro-to-macro simulation projects, with Aurelien Goutsmedt. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 32(3): 342-362.
2023
'Contested Values: Economic Expertise in the Comparable Worth Controversy, USA, 1979-1989'. Economy & Society, 52(3): 475-505.
'The Computerization of Economics. Computers, Programming, and the Internet in the History of Economics', with M. Boumans, P. Dechaux and F. Sergi, OEconomia, 13(3).
2022
'Women and Economics: New Historical Perspectives', with E. Forget and J. Singleton, History of Political Economy, annual supplement, 54(S1).
2021
'Sentiment and Prejudice: Francis Ysidro Edgeworth on Wage Determination', with A. L. Cot. History of Political Economy, 53(5): 799-832.
‘"There Is Nothing Wrong about Being Money Grubbing!" Milton Friedman’s Provocative ‘Capitalism and the Jews’ in Context, 1972-1988', with N. Vallois. History of Political Economy, 53(2): 313–345.
2020
'Economists Entered the ‘Number Games’: Measuring Discriminations in the U.S. Courtrooms, 1971-1989'. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 42(2): 229-259.
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