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Welcome to my personal webpage!

During my career, I have worked from either side to connect research with practice and policy spheres in the pursuit of data-driven and impact-based solutions to global problems and in particular ambitions to end extreme poverty in all its forms. 

I am currently working as a senior economist at the World Bank, Washington D.C. Based in the Development Economics group, my work is centered on the World Bank's role as a custodian of the global poverty and inequality figures. This includes research as well as dissemination of key trends related to the fight against extreme poverty.

Previously, I've worked more than a decade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark in various positions related to the Danish engagement with African countries, including the prioritization, allocation and implementation of Danish ODA.

I hold a PhD in Economics from the Department of Business and Economics at the University of Southern Denmark. My thesis was titled The microeconomics of household behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experimental and quasi-experimental evidence. Part of the PhD was an impact assessment of village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) in northern Malawi which was published in The Journal of Development Economics.

On this page, you will find information about my research interests, past publications and teachings.

You can also find me on LinkedIn here.