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Gabriela is a PhD Candidate in the Department of International Development. Her research relies on theories from the field of economics, education, and psychology, and uses applied micro-econometrics to address two main topics. First, she investigates the barriers to human capital accumulation, particularly those imposed by the prevalence of violence and restrictive social norms. Second, she explores the role of incentives and non-pecuniary sources of motivation on bureaucrats’ performance.
Prior to Oxford, she worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Oxford Policy Management. She also worked on the design and evaluation of policy reforms at Apoyo Consultoria in Peru. Gabriela holds a Master on Public Administration from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad del Pacifico in Peru.
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Email: gabriela.smarrelli@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Personal website: https://www.gabrielasmarrelli.com/
Twitter: @Gabriela_LSC
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Gauri is a DPhil candidate at the Blavatnik School of Government. Her research is in the field of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy. She works on policies focussed on tackling online misinformation, as well as on scalable interventions for behaviour change towards sustainable development.
Prior to starting at Oxford, she worked at the Marshall Institute, London School of Economics, conducting empirical research on the factors underlying ethical consumerism, and has experience in the social development sector, having worked at Becoming I Foundation in collaboration with Teach for India.
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Email: gauri.chandra@bsg.ox.ac.uk
Desmond is currently working as a research assistant for the Mind and Behavior Research Group, based at the Blavatnik School of Government. Desmond has a Bachelor of Science Honours in Mathematics from the University of Cape Town and an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics. After a brief detour into the world of Category Theory he is back to his true calling in Development Economics. His research interests lie in behavioral and labour market interventions to increase human capital.
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Winnie is studying for a PhD in Economics at Queen Mary University of London under the applied microeconomics research group. Her research interests are in behavioural and development economics.
Previously, she worked a research assistant in the Mind and Behaviour Research Group at the Center for the Study of African Economies (CSAE). She worked on a project that investigates whether psychological interventions can impact the take-up of preventative health investments, in particular water chlorination, and the related health and economic outcomes. She holds an MSc International Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a Bachelor of Social Science (Economics) from the University of Malawi, Chancellor College
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w.mughogho@hss22.qmul.ac.uk
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Clémence Pougué Biyong is a DPhil student in Economics at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne. She is currently a visiting student at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and the Mind and Behavioural Research Group. Her research focuses on health economics and public policies. Her current projects investigate how information and behavioural biases alter the decision to invest in preventive health. Most recently, she has been working on a project in Côte d’Ivoire on drug adoption, economic uncertainty and risky health behaviour. Previously, she worked as a research assistant on decolonization land inequalities at the Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique and the French Embassy in Nairobi (Kenya). She has also worked as a policy analyst at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in the Africa unit of the Centre of Development.
She holds an MPhil in Development Economics (2018) from the Université Paris-Dauphine/PSL, and an MPhil in European Law (2017) from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Rennes).
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Muhammad is a development economist based at the University of Oxford, where he holds a joint position between the Department of International Development and the Centre for Islamic Studies. In his research, Muhammad is interested in the effect of equity-like financial contracts — involving, for example, shared ownership of fixed assets, sharing of revenue streams, or profit sharing — on the investment and growth of small firms. He has conducted fieldwork in Pakistan, Kenya and Bangladesh. Prior to academia, Muhammad worked as a trader in the financial markets, for Bank of America in London and Deutsche Bank in Singapore.
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Email: muhammad.meki@qeh.ox.ac.uk
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Ashley is a DPhil in Economics student at the University of Oxford and the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE). Her research sits at the intersection of development, behavioural and labour economics, with projects in Colombia, Bangladesh, India and Malawi. Her research interests concern how beliefs and imagery (mental simulations) shape economic decision making and whether they can be fostered through interventions. She also investigates the role of frictions in online job matching and the effects of artificial intelligence on labour markets in the service sector.
Ashley previously obtained a MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and a BCom in Philosophy, Politics and Economics with an Honours in Economics from the University of Cape Town.
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Email: ashley.pople@economics.ox.ac.uk
Jennifer Opare-Kumi’s research and policy interests are geared towards generating evidence and connecting with policy makers to interpret relevant evidence and improve their decision making.
Jennifer is a DPhil student at the Blavatnik School of Government. Her research focuses on ways to improve education and mental health outcomes for young people in the Global South through government and non-governmental interventions and policies. Prior to Oxford, she worked as a Research Manager and Program Manager at Youth Impact (formerly Young 1ove), spearheading the national scale-up of Teaching at the Right Level in Botswana. She has also worked with the UN Migration Agency (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
She holds a BA in international relations from the University of Pretoria, South Africa and a Masters in Health Economics from the University of Queensland, Australia.
jennifer.opare-kumi@exeter.ox.ac.uk
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Dr Christian Johannes Meyer is the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development at the University of Oxford. At the University, he is also affiliated with the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and the Mind & Behaviour Research Group.
Christian’s research interest lies at the intersection of development, labour, and behavioral economics. Most of his work uses laboratory and field experiments in close cooperation with partner organizations, combined with original data collection.
Before joining the Oxford Martin School, Christian was a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College and the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining the University, Christian worked with the World Bank, the Center for Global Development, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. He holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute.
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Email: christian.meyer@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
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Abigail is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Oxford, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Center for Economic Performance. Her research sits within Applied Microeconomics, often focused on the econometrics of consumer and family choice. Abigail's current research concerns the identification and estimation of consumer preferences when a) not all options are available (consideration set models; inattention); b) individuals have a ‘preference for flexibility’ (menu choice; decision making under ambiguity).
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Email: abi.adams@economics.ox.ac.uk
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