Oeindrila Dube
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Email: odube@uchicago.edu
Welcome! I am the Philip K. Pearson Professor at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy.
I study forces that shape the political and economic development of society. I am broadly interested in understanding elements of the social fabric – one such element is conflict; another is trust; and a third is religion, which critically shapes how members of society relate to one another.
In a recent conflict project, I leverage a large-scale RCT with the Chicago Police Department to study cognitive biases as a driver of police misconduct. In a recent religion project, I leverage terabytes of digital trace data to develop a new measure of Islamic religious adherence, and use it to examine how economic shocks shape religious behavior in Afghanistan.
My research affiliations include the NBER, CEPR, BREAD, and J-PAL, where I serve on the Board as co-chair the Crime and Violence Sector.
I completed my PhD at Harvard University, my MPhil in Economics at Oxford University and my undergraduate degree at Stanford University. I was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship in 2002.
You can find a link to my google scholar profile here. Thanks for visiting!
*** Please note that I am on academic leave over 2022-2023 ***