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Research Projects

Our researchers design and conduct evaluations of programmes with a behavioural and/or psychological focus, targeting issues such as poverty, unemployment, and gender inequality.

Explore the projects our research team are working on, grouped into key themes below. To read working papers of completed research, please visit the Working Papers section of the website. 

  • Credit, savings and insurance
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Governance
  • Labour and enterprise
  • Physical and mental health
  • Welfare and Poverty
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Aspirational Videos and Women’s Empowerment in Kenya

Researchers partner with GiveDirectly to test whether a cash transfer or aspirational video can impact women’s control of household resources or experiences of intimate partner violence. 

Mahreen Mahmud
Emma Riley
Kate Orkin
Occupational Segregation and Gender Gaps in Nairobi

In Nairobi, Kenya, researchers use worker and firm surveys to examine the relative importance of beliefs and preferences of both firms and jobseekers, to explore the root causes of a pervasive gender gap in labour market outcomes.

Kate Orkin
Robert Garlick
Design and planning
Affiliated Projects

Explore research projects undertaken by our affiliates under our key themes.

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Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter,
Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1865 614 343

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