A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2007, Sonia Laszlo is Full Professor in the Department of Economics at McGill University.

Since September 2025, she is Associate Dean, Research and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Faculty of Arts at McGill University.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Toronto, specializing in applied microeconomic analysis in economic development. Her current research is primarily focused on the microeconomics of social policies and their effects on women and women's economic empowerment.

She is co‐founder and an executive member of the Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG), which groups both academic and policy development economists in Canada.