People

The faculty, staff and fellows of Evidence for Policy Design form the hub of a research and capacity-building network that reaches around the world. If you are interested in joining that network, please visit our Jobs and Opportunities page. 

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Leadership

EPoD is led by HKS Faculty Rema Hanna & Teddy Svoronos as well as Training Director Charlotte Tuminelli. 

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Faculty Director, Evidence for Policy Design
Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Teddy
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Faculty Director of Training, Evidence for Policy Design
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Charlotte
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Director of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) Training
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Faculty Affiliates

EPoD faculty are researchers at Harvard University who produce cutting-edge research evidence to tackle some of the world’s most pressing policy challenges.

Faculty
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Bruce A. Beal, Robert L. Beal, and Alexander S. Beal Associate Professor of Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan Public School of Health
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Juan E. Saavedra
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Professor of Economics, University of Southern California’s Center for Economics
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Anders
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development
Director, Center for International Development
Eliana La Ferrara
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Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Dan
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Global Health Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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Assistant Professor of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Michael Walton
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Senior Lecturer of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Staff

EPoD has a team of experienced staff that work together to strategically support the activities and goals of the program. Each staff member brings specific expertise to EPoD based on their various backgrounds.

Victoria Barnum
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Program Coordinator and Faculty Assistant
Christine Dziuba
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Faculty Assistant
Amelia Knudson
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Senior Research & Training Manager
Lisa Korte
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Area Administrator & Faculty Assistant
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Research Manager
Anahita Sahu
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Communications Intern
Alexa Weiss
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Senior Research Manager
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Fellows

EPoD seeks out top candidates with advanced data analysis skill sets to be Research Fellows for our many in-country engagements. 

Seokmin Oh
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Research Fellow
Marcus Sander
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Research Fellow
Siew Ng
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Research Fellow
Karan Makkar
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Gerrit
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Becky Scurlock
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Minsoo Kang
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Frank K
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Todd Lewis
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EPoD Post-Doctoral Fellow
Kaicheng Luo
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EPoD Research Fellow
Bennet Smith Worthington
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Wendy W
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
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EPoD Fellow Alumni

Kamil Kouhen
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Former Research Fellow
Florian Blum
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Former Research Fellow, EPoD
Amanda Dahlstrand-Rudin
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Research Fellow Alumni, EPoD
Mehmet Seflek
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Research Fellow Alumni, EPoD
Ismail Khan
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Former Research Fellow, EPoD
Tyler Hoppenfeld
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Former Research Fellow, EPoD
Lydia Kim
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Research Fellow
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Zoë Hitzig
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Research Fellow
Karrar Hussain
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Raahil Madhok
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Former Research Fellow
Patrick Agte
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Former Research Fellow
Hisham Esper
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Former Research Fellow
Louise Paul-Delvaux
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Former Research Fellow
Alex Domash
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Former Research Fellow
Muhammed Zia Mehmood
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Yusuf Neggers
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Mohammed Alyami
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Zeina Ali Siam
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Postdoctoral Fellow Alumni, EPoD
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Luma Akkad
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Research Fellow Alumni
Leena
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Former Research Fellow
Jawaher Al Sudairy
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Yaser
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Former Policy Research Fellow
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow
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Anca Balietti
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Jonas Bergan Draege
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Postdoctoral Fellow Alumni, EPoD
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Aaron Berman
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Research Fellow Alumni, EPoD
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Senior Research Associate
Former Research Fellow
Aditi Bhutoria
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Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, IHEID
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Mayara Felix
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Nikita Kohli
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Nikhil Kumar
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Gabriela Lecaro
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Research Fellow Alumni
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Research Associate
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Germán Orbegozo
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Ana Franco
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Daniela Paz
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Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Cong Peng
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Landin Smith
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Senior Fellow, Advisor
President & CEO of the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
Marrit Teirlinck
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