凯伦·芒福德是一位专门研究应用劳动力经济学的教授。她在澳大利亚国立大学(ANU)获得博士学位。Karen的研究课题包括:工资谈判;培训;就业动态;旷工;歧视和妇女在劳动力市场的相对地位;在劳动力市场建立网络;工作满意度;以及用家庭作为分析单位的含义。 Karen has been the Chair of the Royal Economic Society (RES) Women's Committee, Convenor of the UK Work Pensions and Economics Group (WPEG), a Harkness Fellow and a Leverhulme Fellow. She is currently an elected Member of the RES Council, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She was appointed CBE for services to Economics and Labour Market Diversity in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List.

她于2004年2月加入IZA，担任研究员。