Tommie Yeo Thompson

I'm an applied economist working in development policy, behavioral economics, and applied microeconomics. My research interests include conflict, governance, the political economy of development, causal inference, and field experiments.

I am currently a Quantitative Researcher at the Charter Cities Institute, an organization working to build effective governance in Global South cities to alleviate poverty. Before this, I worked as a Research Specialist at the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, where I managed behavioral experiments on financial access, health, and conflict in East and West Africa. I also have a background in running large-scale field experiments of government programs. I received an AB in Political Science from the University of Chicago and an MPP from Georgetown University.

I grew up in the Philippines, and I have since lived in Paris, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, and Baltimore. My friends say my hobby is collecting cookbooks.