Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

Oxford Department of International Development

Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

OPHI Staff

Sabina Alkire
Director
ophi@qeh.ox.ac.uk

John Hammock
Co-Founder and Research Associate
john.hammock@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Jose Manuel Roche
Research Officer
jose.roche(at)qeh.ox.ac.uk

Suman Seth
Research Officer
suman.seth@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Gaston Yalonetzky
Research Associate
gaston.yalonetzky@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Diego Zavaleta
Research Officer
diego.zavaleta@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Sebastian Silva-Leander
Research Associate
sebastian_silvaleander@yahoo.com

Maja Henriette Jakobsen
Research Assistant
maja.jakobsen@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Paddy Coulter
Director of Communications
paddy.coulter@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Joanne Tomkinson
Research Communications Officer
joanne.tomkinson@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Tery van TaackTery van Taack
Project Coordinator
tery.vantaack@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Tery van TaackLaura O’Mahony
Project Assistant
laura.omahony@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Heidi Fletcher
Web Manager
heidi.fletcher@qeh.ox.ac.uk

OPHI Assistants

Sarah Valenti
Research Communications Consultant
sarah.valenti@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Moizza B Sarwar
Research Communications Assistant
moizza.sarwar@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Matthew Lowe
Research Assistant
matt.lowe@lmh.ox.ac.uk

Gisela Robles
Research and Administrative Assistant
gisela.roblesaguilar@spi.ox.ac.uk

Mauricio Apablaza
Researcher
mapablaza@gmail.com

Indrajit Roy
Research Assistant
indrajit.roy@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Felix Stein
Research Assistant
fs343@cam.ac.uk

Christian Oldiges
Research Assistant
christianoldiges@yahoo.com

OPHI Research Associates and Advisors

James Foster
Research Associate
james.foster@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Maria Emma Santos
Research Associate
maria.santos@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Emma Samman
Research Associate
emma.samman@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Conchita D’Ambrosio
Research Associate
conchita.dambrosio@unibocconi.it

Severine Deneulin
Research Associate
S.Deneulin@bath.ac.uk

Mark McGillivray
Research Associate
mark.mcgillivray@deakin.edu.au

Kim Samuel-Johnson
Policy Advisor

Advisory Committee

Sudhir Anand
Advisor
sudhir.anand@economics.ox.ac.uk

Tony Atkinson
Advisor
tony.atkinson@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Amartya Sen
Advisor
asen@fas.harvard.edu

Management Committee

Valpy FitzGerald
Advisor
edmund.fitzgerald@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Ian Goldin
Advisor
info@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

Barbara Harriss-White
Advisor
barbara.harriss-white@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Visiting Fellows

Masood Awan
Research Fellow
awan811@hotmail.com

Yele Batana
Visiting Fellow
Yele.maweki.batana@umontreal.ca

Casilda Lasso De La Vega
Visiting Fellow
Casilda.lassodelavega@ehu.es

Xiaolin Wang
Visiting Fellow
Wangxl2060@163.com

Jiantuo Yu
Visiting Fellow
yujt@cdrf.org.cn

Previous staff and associates

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