People

 

 

 Core ESRC GPID Research Network
   Professor Andy Sumner (Principal Investigator)
 

Andy is a Professor of International Development in the Department of International Development, King’s College London. He is director of the ESRC Global Poverty & Inequality Dynamics (GPID) Research Network.

Twitter: @andypsumner 

   Professor Arief Yusuf (Co-Investigator)
 

Arief is a Professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia and the Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs Center) of Padjadjaran University.

Twitter: @anshory72

   Professor Kunal Sen (Co-Investigator)
 

Kunal is Professor of Development Economics in the Global Development Institute, the University of Manchester, UK. He is also the Joint Research Director of the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre and a Research Fellow with IZA, Bonn.

Twitter: @kunalsen5

   Dr Lukas Schlogl (Research Associate)
 

Luke is a Research Associate with the ESRC GPID Research Network at King’s College London. He works on structural change, digital transformation, and political behavior in developing countries.

Twitter: @LukasSchlogl

   Andrea Espinoza (Research Assistant)
 

Andrea is a doctoral candidate at the Department of International Development, King’s College London. Her research discusses gender violence and legal pluralism in the Ecuadorian Andes. Before joining King’s, she worked as a journalist for Diario El Universo.

Twitter: @andreaespcar

  Gabriela Ferreira (Research Assistant)
 

Gabriela joined King’s College London in 2016, as part of the joint degree PhD programme between the King’s College London and the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Gabriela works on the strategic internationalisation of Higher Education.

  Fanxi Liu (Research Assistant)
 

Fanxi is a doctoral candidate at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. Her research adapts mixed methods to study the intergenerational transmission of poverty in China.

  Kyunghoon Kim (Research Affiliate)
 

Kyunghoon is a PhD candidate at the Department of International Development, King’s College London. He works on state capitalism and structural transformation in Southeast Asia. Before joining King’s, he was a research fellow at Samsung Economic Research Institute, Seoul.

Twitter: @Kyunghoon_Kim_

  Diding Sakri (Research Assistant)
 

Diding Sakri is a PhD candidate at the Department of International Development, King’s College London, researching intergenerational income mobility in IndonesiaHe holds Joint European Master of Arts (MA) in Comparative Local Development from Trento University and Regensburg University, and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Institute Technology of Bandung.

Twitter: @mythobeme

 

ESRC GPID Research Network Advisory Group
  Professor Armida Alisjahbana, Padjadjaran University
Professor Armida Alisjahbana is a Professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, and was the State Minister of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia.
  Professor Nicola Phillips, King’s College London
Professor Nicola Phillips is Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London, as well as Vice-President and Vice-Principal (Education) at King’s College London.

Twitter: @phillipsnicola1

  Professor Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
Professor Ravi Kanbur is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University.
  Professor Nora Lustig, Tulane University
Professor Nora Lustig is Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics and Director of the Commitment to Equity Institute (CEQ) at Tulane University.

Twitter: @noralustig

  Professor Frances Stewart, University of Oxford
Professor Frances Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford, and was Director of ODID and the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE).

Twitter: @Some0172

  Professor Kate Pickett, University of York
Professor Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.

Twitter: @ProfKEPickett

  Dr Francisco H. G. Ferreira, World Bank
Dr Francisco H. G. Ferreira is a Senior Adviser in the World Bank’s Development Research Group, where he oversees the Bank’s research programs on poverty, inequality and agriculture.
  Professor Laura Camfield, University of East Anglia
Professor Laura Camfield is Professor of Development Research and Evaluation at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia.
  Chiara Mariotti, Oxfam
Chiara Mariotti is a development economist and Inequality Policy Manager at Oxfam GB, where she leads policy work and thought leadership on solutions to inequality, including advocacy with the IMF and support to Oxfam Southern country offices.

Twitter: @chiaramariotti

  Ben Phillips, #FightInequality alliance
Ben Phillips is the Launch Director of the #FightInequality alliance, member of the UNDP Civil Society Advisory Committee, and Rockefeller Bellagio Fellow.

Twitter: @benphillips76

  Professor Terry McKinley, SOAS
Professor Terry McKinley is Director of the Centre for Development Policy and Research (CDPR) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and Professor in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS.
  Dr Andrew Fischer, ISS
Dr. Andrew M. Fischer is Associate Professor of Social Policy and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague.