Research network
The researchers behind the Lab
The Policy Preferences Lab brings together a global network of researchers and policy partners to study how people understand and respond to economic policy.
Assoc. Prof. Anders Jensen
Harvard University
Dr. Ben Waltmann
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Assoc. Prof. Benoit Decerf
University of Namur
Dr. Cassandra Merritt
University of Notre Dame
Prof. Catherine Eckel
Texas A&M University
Dr. Diana Contreras Suárez
University of Melbourne
Edward Bond
TaxDev (Institute for Fiscal Studies, ODI Global)
Dr. Filip Jolevski
World Bank ECA Chief Economist's Office
Prof. François Gerard
University College London
Jacob Dominski
University of Maryland
Kingtau Mambon
University of Papua New Guinea
Prof. Lisa Cameron
University of Melbourne
Dr. Mahvish Shaukat
World Bank Research Group
Prof. Mathias Sinning
University of International Business and Economics (Beijing)
Matias Strehl-Pessina
University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Nurina Merdikawati
Australian National University Indonesia Project
Assoc. Prof. Olivier Sterck
University of Antwerp, Oxford University
Dr. Pierre Bachas
World Bank Research Group, Paris School of Economics
Revocatus Paul
University of Cape Town
Ruggero Doino
Sciences Po, World Bank
Assoc. Prof. Russell Toth
University of Sydney
Dr. Saad Imtiaz
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Dr. Terence Wood
Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
Assoc. Prof. Yong Suk Lee
University of Notre Dame
Founder and Director
Christopher Hoy
Christopher Hoy is an applied microeconomist specializing in measuring and understanding people’s beliefs and preferences about economic policies. His research has been published in leading journals, including the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, featured in top media outlets, such as the New York Times, the Economist, and the BBC, and cited around 2,500 times.