Lauren is an Australian civil servant with a background in foreign policy, trade and investment. Most recently, she worked at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission facilitating foreign direct investment in the technology sector and managing policy settings for an investment migration program that has attracted over $1 billion in new investment since reform in 2015. Lauren was previously a foreign service officer at Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where she worked on international sanctions law and WTO trade negotiations at headquarters in Canberra and undertook a three-year diplomatic posting to Malaysia focusing on Southeast Asia regional architecture, trade and environment issues and international security. Lauren hopes to use her time at Princeton to expand her understanding of international economic challenges and to deepen her quantitative skill set.