Doctoral Advisees – Edward Miguel

Marion A.J. Richard

Completion DateJune 2024

DepartmentEconomics, Paris School of Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on conflict and spatial inequality in the Sahel

Initial PlacementUniversidade Nova de Lisboa

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/marionrichard/

David (Qihang) Wu

Completion DateMay 2024

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementHarvard Post-Doctoral Scholar & Georgia State University

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/qihangwu

Miguel Ortiz

Completion DateMay 2024

DepartmentHaas School of Business

Committee RoleMember

DissertationHate, Fear and Intergroup Conflict

Initial PlacementPrinceton Post-Doctoral Scholar & University of British Columbia

Websitehttps://miguelortizp.github.io/

Jedediah Silver

Completion DateMay 2024

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Productivity and Consumption Smoothing Under Imperfect Markets

Initial PlacementHebrew University of Jerusalem

Websitehttps://www.jedediahsilver.com/

Emily Aiken

Completion DateApril 2024

DepartmentSchool of Information

Committee RoleMember

DissertationTargeting Social Protection Programs with Machine Learning and Digital Data

Websitehttps://emilylaiken.github.io/

Emma Smith

Completion DateApril 2024

DepartmentPublic Policy, Harvard University

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementGeorgetown University

Websitehttps://sites.harvard.edu/emmasmith/

Nicholas Swanson

Completion DateApril 2024

Department Economics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementStanford Post-Doctoral Scholar & World Bank

Websitehttps://nicholasgswanson.github.io/

Pierre Biscaye

Completion DateMarch 2024

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationNatural Disasters and Livelihoods: Evidence from Pests, Floods, and Disease in African Countries

Initial PlacementCERDI Université Clermont Auvergne

Websitehttps://www.pierrebiscaye.com/

David Rhys Bernard

Completion DateSeptember 2023

DepartmentEconomics (Paris School of Economics)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationUsing experiments to evaluate non-experimental methods

Initial PlacementRethink Priorities

Websitehttps://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/bernard-david/

Joel Ferguson

Completion DateAugust 2023

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on Spatial Externalities of Agriculture in Low-Resource Settings

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral fellow, University of California Berkeley

Websitehttps://joelferg.github.io/

Eleanor Wiseman

Completion DateAugust 2023

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Role of Information in Development Economics, Trade and Political Economy

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral fellow, Stanford University

Websitehttps://aae.wisc.edu/faculty/wiseman/

Anirvan Chowdhury

Completion DateJuly 2023

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

DissertationReligiously Conservative Parties and Women’s Mobilization: Gender Norms, Political Participation and Democratization in India

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs)

Websitehttps://anirvanchowdhury.github.io/