Development Economics Part 1
A growing list of dev econ people and organizations. Let me know if you would like to be added to the list! Don't forget to look at part 2.
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@cannoncloud.bsky.social
@lauraderksen.bsky.social
🇨🇦 development and health economist at the Frisch Centre in Oslo https://sites.google.com/site/lauraderksen
@jeffbloem.bsky.social
Research Fellow at @IFPRI.org. Development economist with research interests in agriculture, conflict, and psychology. Views are my own. Website: https://jeffbloem.com
@fredaubery.bsky.social
Development economist at the World Bank. Here to talk about informal apprenticeship training and other labor market topics. On top of that, I’ll make you a quiche. https://www.fredericaubery.com/
@eduglaze.bsky.social
Chief Research/Methods Officer at Innovations for Poverty Action, Washington, DC Applied (policy) research: development econ, econ of education/labor, RCT design, survey methods, measurement Dabble in psychometrics, Bayesian inference, machine learning.
@alenestour.bsky.social
Researcher in education at Unicef Innocenti. Development economist. Marseille, France.
@koppensteiner.bsky.social
Professor in economics, University of Surrey, IZA & J-PAL. Working on crime, education, and health. Advisor ETAP, Home Office & Secretariats of Public Safety & Health (Brazil) www.koppensteiner.info
@pbiscaye.bsky.social
AP at CERDI in France. Working in development, agricultural, labor, and environmental economics focusing mostly on African countries. Parenting most of the rest of the time. https://www.pierrebiscaye.com
@rajdevbrar.bsky.social
PhD student Ag&Resource Econ, UC Berkeley | Previously- World Bank, J-PAL, McGill University | 🇮🇳🇵🇭
@brunoferman.bsky.social
Professor at Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV Econometrics/Applied Micro/affiliate @JPAL MIT Econ PhD https://sites.google.com/site/brunoferman/home
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
Working on misinformation, political economy, and development. @ITAM_mx @JPAL and often revisiting @IASToulouse and TSE. Formerly at @Harvard. @MITEcon PhD.
@sudhirecon.bsky.social
Economist studying labor, development, gender, migration | The World Bank, U of R I Views are my own.
@roeldom.bsky.social
Economist and Research Fellow at Bruegel • Visiting Professor at Univeristy of Antwerp • Mostly public finance, tax and development
@vchengm.bsky.social
Lecturer in Public Policy at PAIR Southampton. PhD in PoliSci, LSE. MPA/ID, Harvard University. Bureaucracy Lab, World Bank. Economics, U del Pacífico. Limeña. www.vanessa-cheng.com
@arthurbraganca7.bsky.social
Senior economist at The World Bank | Environment and development | Personal views | Likes != endorsement | https://arthurbraganca7.github.io | 👦 👶 👼 🔺🎾 📈 🌳
@kbbolch.bsky.social
Economist at the World Bank. Formerly at UNDP and University of Oxford. Political economy, social policy, poverty, and inequality.
@gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social
Senior climate change economist @ World Bank, on leave @ UMass Amherst | Views are my own
@kaaninan.bsky.social
International Development, Economics, Politics, Basketball. Georgetown, Harvard Kennedy School - MPA/ID Alum. Ex-World Bank
@davidstadelmann.bsky.social
Professor Uni Bayreuth | #Political #Economics, #Policy, #Development, #Institutions | Editor Kyklos | Affiliate CREMA & IREF_EU & Ostrom_Workshop
@apuravbhatiya.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Economics, Birmingham; J-PAL (Invited Researcher) and CAGE (Affiliate); PhD Economics from Warwick'22. Areas: political economy, development economics, migration. https://sites.google.com/view/apuravbhatiya
@sarahkhan.bsky.social
DevEcon - University of Goettingen || Royal Holloway, University of London alumna || Previously, SOAS
@hsternberg.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Behavioral & Development Economics @TUM&FAU | MSc in DevEcon from Göttingen | Social Norms & Social Preferences | Guardian of the Kelp by night https://sites.google.com/view/henrikesternberg/about
@impingalina.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate in DevEcon @UniFAU | Interested in health and development | MSc in Econ from HU Berlin | https://sites.google.com/view/alinaimping
@danielspiro.bsky.social
Researcher economics at Uppsala U. Environment, Energy, Conflict, Development and Political Economics.
@dietmarfehr.bsky.social
Professor of Economics @unistuttgart.bsky.social Inequality // Political Economy // Economics & Psychology // Development Economics sites.google.com/site/dietmarfehr
@cscartascini.bsky.social
Head, Development Research Group, Inter-American Development Bank Leader, Behavioral Economics Group, IDB (Opinions are my own, and they evolve over time)
@asacarny.bsky.social
Associate Professor @columbiahpm.bsky.social. Also @nber.org & @j-pal.bsky.social. Economics & health policy. #econsky #healthpolicy #medsky 📈🚞🐈🗽🏳️🌈 http://sacarny.com Posts represent my views, not my employer's
@johannesmboehm.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute & CEPR. Growth, Trade, Productivity, Organization, Environment, South Asia. https://jmboehm.github.io/
@davidwuepper.bsky.social
Professor and Head of Land Economics Group at Uni Bonn (@land-economics.bsky.social) Website: https://www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/en/research/research-groups/land-economics Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3p-CJ1IAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
@hopecm.bsky.social
Development Economist. Ag econ. Associate Professor UIUC ACE Incoming co-editor, Food Policy (spring 2025)
@nkuschnig.bsky.social
Economics JMC (environmental economics and applied econometrics) at WU Vienna. Into deforestation, casual inference, and Bayesian stuff. Find out more at https://kuschnig.eu/
@juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgetown Formerly: Postdoc at Stanford and Ph.D. at UBC Political Economy, Development Economics, and EH #EconSky 📉📈 Website: https://www.juanfeliperiano.com 🇨🇴
@draliceevans.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at King’s College London Writing "The Great Gender Divergence" Substack: www.ggd.world
@seema.bsky.social
Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries. seemajayachandran.com
@tedmiguel.bsky.social
Economics Professor and Director Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California Berkeley (USA) http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu
@erikadeserranno.bsky.social
Economist. Bocconi University. On leave from Kellogg School or Management. (Development, Personnel, Organizational Economics)
@sandrarozo.bsky.social
Development Economist. Researcher on Forced Migration. Econ PhD from UCLA. Former USC, IDB. Currently WB Research Group.
@eeshani.bsky.social
She/her. Development economist. Gender, health, and nutrition. Currently at CGD. WB Research, Illinois, and Macalester alumna. Forever a Delhi girl. #econsky
@fgerard.bsky.social
Economist studying public policies in middle-income and lower-income countries. Dad, dog-lover, Brazilian wannabe
@cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at Université Laval. Ph.D. @ UofT. Applied micro economist with research interests in education and development economics. She/her.
@sandipz.bsky.social
Development economist \ potter \ cricket fan \ besotted father https://uva.theopenscholar.com/sandip-sukhtankar/
@novosad.bsky.social
Econ prof @dartmouth, founder devdatalab.org r2: a morass of disjointed streams of consciousness 🤷♂️
@carolinalopez.bsky.social
Research Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group
@slaszlo.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at McGill University. Research interests: development, labour, health and gender. Chionophile and coffee enthusiast. Proud purchaser of bagged - not canned - milk. https://sites.google.com/site/sonialaszlo/home
@cynthiakinnan.bsky.social
Development economist at Tufts University. I'm interested in direct and indirect effects of financial inclusion, risk, social networks & B2B networks in developing settings.
@laracockx.bsky.social
Development economist | food | agriculture | urbanization | migration Research Fellow @IFPRI Malawi
@juditvall.bsky.social
Professor (Catedràtica) @ Department of Economics, University of Barcelona. Working on Health, Labor and Gender Economics. https://www.juditvall.com
@lisaspantig.com
Development, Behavioral & Experimental Economics Current research: Financial Inclusion and Honesty AP @ RWTH Aachen & Uni Essex www.lisaspantig.com
@mdgordo.bsky.social
environment, development, economics. american in paris. AP at @PSEinfo
@joelferguson.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Stanford Remote Sensing + Machine Learning for Ag/Dev econ questions joelferg.github.io
@estebanjq.bsky.social
Development economist, demographer & social scientist. Currently - Senior Evaluator @3ie [previously - Mathematica, UW-Madison, IFPRI, FAO, AU, AmeriCorps NCCC & Tufts]. Anti-fascist + anti-racist in Chicagoland, 🇺🇸🇪🇨 & he/el. http://www.ejquinones.com/
@merfeld.bsky.social
Development, labor, and nerdy measurement stuff | Associate Professor, KDI School | IZA | J-PAL | insulin addict | dad of an awesome girl https://joshmerfeld.github.io/
@miweintraub83.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Universidad de los Andes. Director of the Center for the Study of Security and Drugs (CESED). I write about how to reduce crime and violence in Latin America. I like to randomize things. www.miweintraub.com
@proflivingston.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Bentley University. I do lab and field experiments in Behavioral Economics and the Economics of Education. Other interests: running, soccer, breaking toes playing soccer so I can’t run, Arsenal FC, dogs
@teevrat.bsky.social
Environmental and Development Economist at UCSD. Board of AERE, Editor at JAERE.
@cohodes.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy | co-editor Journal of Public Economics | affiliate NBER, J-PAL, and Blueprint www.sarahcohodes.com
@toddpugatch.bsky.social
education and development economist at University at Buffalo @ubuffalo.bsky.social, dad, Red Sox fan
@zainchaudhry.bsky.social
Economist @ DIME, World Bank. Behavioral and Development Economics. www.zainchaudhry.com
@andreaslink.bsky.social
Postdoc @unifau.bsky.social. Economic History, Development Economics, Political Economy https://sites.google.com/view/andreas-link/
@jedsilver.bsky.social
Development economist focusing on agricultural households + markets. Lecturer (AP) Environmental Economics and Management at Hebrew U. https://www.jedediahsilver.com/
@lnavarrosola.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at IIES, Stockholm University. Researching the provision of education for underprivileged populations, focusing on labor market returns to human capital and the role of educational technologies. www.laianavarrosola.com
@ardyn.bsky.social
Assistant prof. at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Empirical microeconomist and evaluation nerd doing research on education and development. Otherwise looking for excuses to get outdoors. 🚴♀️🏃♀️❄️🇨🇦
@annefitz13.bsky.social
Associate Prof @ Ohio State AEDE. Development economics, global health, education, RCTs, Buckeyes, gymnastics Views here are my own. https://sites.google.com/site/fitzpatrickanne/home
@falbav.bsky.social
AP Economics at Wake Forest University - Applied Microeconomist working on Labor and Health. Peruana 🇵🇪 Columbia Ph.D, PUCP BA https://fabiolaalbavivar.com/
@caitbrownecon.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof + Canadian Research Chair @ Université Laval. Development econ: poverty, intra-household inequality, gender & health. 🇦🇺-made, tell your dog I said hi.
@rbluhm.bsky.social
Development/ political economist at the University of Stuttgart www.richard-bluhm.com
@allanhsiao.bsky.social
Assistant professor @StanfordEcon | environment, development, IO, trade | allanhsiao.com
@timvogel.bsky.social
Researcher in the programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems" at the German Instiute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). Mostly trade and development research. Everything on here reflects my own views. #EconSky
@chrissommer.bsky.social
Researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). PhD from Heidelberg University. Development Economics, Financial System Development, SME Finance. Posts reflect own views.
@heidland.bsky.social
Econ prof studying migration, international finance, international economics, and their roles in development. @kielinstitute and @kieluni. RT ≠ endorsement.
@edbaker3.bsky.social
Data Scientist | Economics | Behavioural | Trade and Development | Politics. Views not my own. mastodon: @edbaker3@econtwitter.net
@gdeejay.bsky.social
Applied economist working in international development policy 🇹🇴🇸🇧🇻🇺🇫🇯🇦🇺🇲🇲 (etc), Mostly memes. Sometimes post about #publicpolicy, research, data science, #PFM and #Rstats Economist | Independent Consultant All views my own
@xenia-tsoukli.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Bamberg • economic history, gender, labor, development • she/her • 🇬🇷 in 🇩🇪
@descamillag.bsky.social
AP @econstandrews, economic history, labor, and development. ResAff @iza_bonn & @OxfordESH https://www.escamilla-guerrero.com/
@valerueda.bsky.social
Associate Prof at UoNottingham. Econ, History, Politics, & Development. I like chocolate and maps. Colombian & French enjoying the British sun. ☮️
@flavienm.bsky.social
“The rest of the nobility found a cheerful acceptance of slavery the smoothest road to wealth and office”. Tacitus, The Annals. Reposts are not endorsements. Opinions my own.
@princetondevo.bsky.social
Economics research on the causes and consequences of global poverty.
@mbosullivan.bsky.social
Development economist at World Bank’s Africa GIL. Burkina Faso #RPCV. Views my own.
@mukeshbishnoi.bsky.social
Ph.D student || IIT Roorkee || Visiting scholar @igidr_mumbai #FIRSTGEN Development Economics- Health & nutrition: #Childdevelopment #humancapital #WASHineq #IOP Grief is just love with no place to go https://sites.google.com/view/mukesh-punia/home
@vtuannguyen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Tsukuba. UW-Madison AAE Alumni. Working on development and environmental economics. https://sites.google.com/site/nguyendtvuong/
@glecaro.bsky.social
Econ PhD student at University of Michigan | Labor, IO, development and gender. From 🇵🇪. Prev. @EPoDHarvard @IPA_LAC.
@ulisas.bsky.social
Asst. prof in Economics at Kadir Has Uni. Development, agriculture, economic history, applied statistics/econometrics. Previously at LSE and Humboldt Uni Berlin. www.ulaskarakoc.com
@maja-marcus.com
Economist | Global Health & Aging | Postdoc @ Harvard Medical School & BWH & Charité | she/her
@guygrossman.bsky.social
Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com
@dmckenzie.bsky.social
Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group Development Impact blogger https://sites.google.com/site/decrgdmckenzie/
@pseudoerasmus.bsky.social
I bleat about the history of global economic development https://pseudoerasmus.substack.com/ https://pseudoerasmus.com https://medium.com/@pseudoerasmus
@justsand.bsky.social
Development economist. Senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. https://www.cgdev.org/expert/justin-sandefur
@jkerwin.bsky.social
Development Economist @ UW. Hawaiʻi born, Stanford alum, Michigan PhD. Views my own. My website: http://jasonkerwin.com
@ericverhoogen.bsky.social
Economist at Columbia (Econ & SIPA), studying firms & development. http://www.columbia.edu/~ev2124/
@tomwestland.bsky.social
it is a lovely morning in the village, and i am a horrible goose economic history of africa + southeast asia, comparative development, markets and industrialisation (he/him) tomwestland.com
@sberkouwer.bsky.social
Economics professor at Wharton (Penn) studying environment and development. NBER Fellow, JPAL Affiliate, BREAD Affiliate. PhD from Berkeley (ARE). They/them pronouns. From Holland and into biking, cheese, and being tall. https://www.susannaberkouwer.com
@alexeble.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University Development economist, enthusiast www.alexeble.com
@ckrafftc.bsky.social
Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Education/Labor/Development/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.
@dacemoglumit.bsky.social
Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
@joelcariolle.bsky.social
Researcher #econsky #devecon #digital @fondationferdi.bsky.social & @cerdi. Anti-anti-woke. Music lover, DJ. Currently interested in digital and cable-related stuffs. Views are personal. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/joelcariolle/home
@scepticalranil.bsky.social
I think you'll find it's a little more complicated than that. "Office-talking monster" - my 4 year old. Deputy Chief Economist (FCDO), DPhil (BSG).
@profpdabir-alai.bsky.social
🇪🇺, 🇵🇸 | Emeritus Professor of Economics @ Richmond University | Chief Editor - International Journal of Happiness and Development | Married to the Arsenal FC, but Brentford FC is my mistress | Amateur photography. Views mine. http://www.dabir-alai.com