Isabelle Cohen

Isabelle Cohen is an Assistant Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley in 2021. Her research focuses on innovations and their potential to change the implementation of governmental and non-governmental activities and services in developing countries, using large-scale randomized control trials to rigorously evaluate new technologies and organizational methods. Her work also touches on many other important issues, including  taxation, women’s empowerment, and digital identification. She has done research in a variety of countries, including Uganda, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Peru, and Greece.