I am a doctoral candidate in Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. My research interests lie at the intersection of behavioral and development economics, with a particular focus on skills (incl. socio-emotional skills), AI and labor markets, and how humans integrate other people’s preferences in their decision-making.
During my PhD, I have worked closely with DIME AI at the World Bank on applications of generative AI for evidence synthesis, AI‑enhanced social science using synthetic personas, and causal prediction of treatment effects. Much of my doctoral research is conducted in collaboration with Tabiya, where I contributed to the open‑source job‑matching and recommendation engine designed for contexts with limited start‑up data, as well as the preference‑elicitation agent within the jobseeker‑facing platform Compass.
Prior to commencing my doctoral studies, I gained extensive experience in applied research through my role at the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics in Nairobi, where I led and managed field-based projects on cash transfers and educational migration. I also contributed to private sector development initiatives with the World Bank Group in Uganda and held a data science position at the World Data Lab, where I worked on global development metrics.
Early professional experiences at the European Commission and the Austrian National Bank cultivated a longstanding interest in evidence-based policymaking. I hold a B.Sc. in Socio-Economics from WU Vienna and an M.A. in Development Economics from Yale University, where I studied as a Fulbright Scholar.
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