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Research leadership

Research Programme Directors

The Research Programme Directors lead the IGC's Research Programme, each focusing on one of the IGC’s four research themes.

Firms

David Atkin

Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stefano Caria

Professor of Economics, Univeristy of Warwick, IGC

Namrata Kala

Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eric Verhoogen

Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics, Columbia University

State

Oriana Bandiera

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Michael Callen

Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Katherine E Casey

Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University

Anders Jensen

Associate Professor, Harvard University

Cities

Gharad Bryan

Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Edward Glaeser

Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Nick Tsivanidis

Nick Tsivanidis

Assistant Professor, University of California - Berkeley

Energy

Clare Balboni

Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

Michael Greenstone

Milton Friedman Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Mar Reguant

Professor of Economics, Northwestern University

Nicholas Ryan

Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University

Lead Academics

The Lead Academics provide research leadership for IGC's in-country programmes.

Vittorio Bassi

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern California

Laura Boudreau

Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School

Stefano Caria

Professor of Economics, Univeristy of Warwick, IGC

Katherine E Casey

Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University

Ali Cheema

Associate Professor of Economics, International Growth Centre

Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs, Yale University

Jonas Hjort

Professor of Economics, University College London

Asim Khwaja

Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Pramila Krishnan

Lead Academic, Ethiopia, University of Oxford

David Lagakos

Professor of Economics, Boston University

Rocco Macchiavello

Professor of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Professor of Economics, Yale University
Sandra Sequeira

Sandra Sequeira

Associate Professor of Development Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Chris Udry

Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
Pedro Vicente

Pedro Vicente

Professor of Economics, Nova School of Business and Economics

Eric Werker

William Saywell Professor in International Business, Simon Fraser University

Thematic Initiatives

These advisors and academic leads provide research leadership for IGC's policy initiatives.

Responsive Policy Advisors

Christopher Adam

Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford

Michael Callen

Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Nada Eissa

Associate Professor, Georgetown University

State Fragility initiative

Tim Besley

Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Paul Collier

Director, IGC and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford

Adnan Khan

Professor of Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Hans Peter Lankes

Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Keith Palmer

Senior Research Fellow, International Growth Centre

Ian Porter

Researcher