Eva Vivalt is a faculty affiliate with the Inclusive Economy Lab. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto and Director of the Global Priorities Institute at the University of Oxford. Dr. Vivalt’s main research interests are in investigating stumbling blocks to evidence-based policy decisions, including methodological issues, how evidence is interpreted, and the use of forecasting.
She is a principal investigator on several guaranteed income RCTs and has other interests in labor economics and development. Dr. Vivalt holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an M.Phil. in Development Studies from the University of Oxford.