Matilde Ceron is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair for Politics & Gender, Diversity & Equality at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg. She is an affiliated researcher of the Activating European citizens’ trust in times of crises and polarization (ActEU) and Push*Back*Lash Horizon Europe projects. Previously she held postdoctoral positions in political economy (University of Pavia) and political science (Luiss University) and was a Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center of the European University Institute. She completed her PhD in Political Studies at the University of Milan (NASP) with a dissertation on the EU fiscal framework and the composition of public expenditures in the Member States. holds an MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University and an MA in Public Policy Analysis from the College of Europe. Her research interest clusters at the intersection of EU economic governance, fiscal policies, gender equality and representation. Her current project focuses on substantive representation and gender mainstreaming in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans.