Rodrigo R. Soares is Lemann Professor of Brazilian Public Policy and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is also the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor of Economics at Insper - São Paulo, Brazil and a Research Fellow at IZA. His research centers on development economics, ranging...

Matt Lowe is an Assistant Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics of the University of British Columbia. Matt uses field and natural experiments to study topics in behavioral, development, and political economy. He received his PhD in Economics from MIT.

Heather Schofield is an Assistant Professor at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University. Her two primary ongoing areas of research include the role of health human capital in economic productivity, cognitive function, and decision-making; and the role of financial and social...

Antara Rao Yadavalli is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she works on the Targeted and Flexible Microfinance project in Tamil Nadu. Her work focuses on expanding access to credit for urban self-employed households, with responsibilities spanning data management and field operations to...

Bridget Terry Long is the Dean and the Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on the transition from high school to higher education and beyond, and she examines the impact of factors such as affordability and academic preparation...

Arun Chandrasekhar is a Professor in the Economics Department at Stanford University. His research focuses on development, social networks, and econometrics.

Michael Callen is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics. His recent work uses experiments to identify ways to address accountability and service delivery failures in the public sector, working primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Susanna Loeb is a Professor of Education at Stanford University and director of the National Student Support Accelerator. Before returning to Stanford, she was the Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Education at Brown...

James is the Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. His primary research interests are in development economics and political economy, with a focus on identifying constraints to improving education and health outcomes in low...