Emanuela Cardia studied at the London School of Economics and earned her PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

She is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics. She has directed the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative (CIREQ) since 1999.

Her research mainly concerns understanding the origins of cyclical economic fluctuations in industrialized countries and the effects of policies.

Specialist in macroeconomic, public finance, international trade, international finance, as well as in Canada-US and Quebec-Ottawa relations.