Jelena Reljic is an economist specialising in labour market transformation, technological change, innovation systems, and industrial policy. She is currently Assistant Professor of Economic Policy at Sapienza University of Rome, where she teaches Economics of Innovation.

She holds a PhD in Economics and has extensive experience in applied, policy-oriented research, contributing to the European Commission’s Social Situation Monitor, conducting studies for the International Labour Organization, and collaborating with various national and international organisations. Her research has been published in international peer-reviewed journals, including Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Surveys, Economics Letters, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, and Industrial and Corporate Change.