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Affiliation: Kellogg School of Management
Dean Karlan is a Buffett Institute Faculty Fellow and the Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at the Kellogg School of Management. His research focuses on microeconomic issues of poverty, typically employing experimental methodologies and behavioral economics insights to examine what works, what does not and why in interventions in sustainable income generation for those in poverty, household and entrepreneurial finance, health behavior and charitable giving.
Affiliation: Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Chris Udry is a Buffett Institute Faculty Fellow and the King Professor of Economics. He is a development economist whose research focuses on rural economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. His current research examines technological change, risk and financial markets, gender and households, property rights, psychological well-being and economic decision-making and a variety of other aspects of rural economic organization.
Research Analyst
hasan.ahamed@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
samuel.ampaw@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Analyst
svankita.arora@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
lasse.brune@kellogg.northwestern.edu
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Research Analyst
tommaso.crosta@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Senior Research Project Coordinator
navishti.das@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Manager
isabel.onate@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Analyst
mike.feng@kellogg.northwestern.eduResearch Analyst
liam.frolund@kellogg.northwestern.eduResearch Analyst
srishti.gupta@kellogg.northwestern.eduResearch Analyst
mika.inoue@kellogg.northwestern.eduResearch Analyst
ejin.kim@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Analyst
jeanbaptiste.koadima@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Administrative Assistant for Dean Karlan
annabel.lang@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Project Coordinator
javier.madrazo@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Project Coordinator
elise.mitchell@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Manager
Phone number: 847-491-5480
a-nickow@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Senior Research Project Coordinator
erin.ntalo@kellogg.northwestern.eduResearch Analyst
finley.ong@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Analyst
amol.raswan@kellogg.northwestern.eduPostdoctoral Scholar
julius.ruschenpohler@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Research Manager
lauriane.yehouenou@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Senior Program Associate
Affiliation: Innovations for Poverty Action
ebates-jefferys@poverty-action.org
Research Analyst
Affiliation: Innovations for Poverty Action
ykashlan@poverty-action.org
Professor-Researcher
Affiliation: Universidad del Pacífico
matthew.bird@northwestern.edu
Regional Director
Affiliation: Innovations for Poverty Action
bpkasina@poverty-action.org
Research Manager
Affiliation: Innovations for Poverty Action
sstephen@poverty-action.org
Program Associate
Affiliation: Innovations for Poverty Action
jwatt@poverty-action.org
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