About Sapienta Economics Ltd
Sapienta Economics Ltd is based in the Republic of Cyprus. The company produces analysis and research on the economies of south-eastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean for international and local clients.
We are committed to independent analysis and have no ties to any government or political party, either in Cyprus or abroad.
The company’s director, Fiona Mullen, has been providing economic analysis and research to an international audience for over 15 years. Her knowledge of the Cyprus economy is unrivalled. She has been the economic advisor to the UN in the Cyprus peace negotiations since the preparatory phase began in April 2008 and she served as a UN staff member (P4) from March 2009 to April 2010. She is a former Senior Europe Analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit in London, where she produced political and economic analysis and forecasts on eastern and western Europe. She was the Director of the flagship Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports until late 2001. She was the Senior Analyst from 2002 until 2006 at the Financial Mirror, Cyprus’ only financial newspaper. She has also produced in-depth economic analysis on a wide range of Middle Eastern countries.
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Press articles
Sapienta Economics has been cited in the Financial Times and Dow Jones. Fiona Mullen has written regularly on economic matters in the Cypriot press and in October 2008 was invited to write a guest column in the Financial Times. For a text-only version of the article right-click here. For the (subscription-only) article on FT.com click here.
Publications
*'Cyprus in the Global Financial Crisis', published in the peer-reviewed journal, South European Society and Politics, Vol 14, No. 1, March 2009
*The Day After II: Reconstructing a Reunited Cyprus, By Praxoula Antoniadou-Kyriacou, Ozlem Oguz and Fiona Mullen, PRIO Cyprus Centre, January 2009. To download, right-click here.
*Intra-island trade in Cyprus: Obstacles, oppositions and psychological barriers, By Mete Hatay, Fiona Mullen and Julia Kalimeri, PRIO Cyprus Centre, December 2008. To download, right-click here.
*The Day After: Commercial Opportunities Following a Solution to the Cyprus Problem, By Fiona Mullen, Praxoula Antoniadou-Kyriacou and Ozlem Oguz, PRIO Cyprus Centre, January 2008