Eva Vivalt

Eva Vivalt is an Assistant Professor (on leave) in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2011), an M.A. from Berkeley (2010), an M.Phil from Oxford (2007), and an A.B. from Dartmouth College (2005). Her research focuses on applied microeconomics, particularly cash transfer programs and improving evidence-based decision-making in policy contexts.

Her work includes groundbreaking studies on guaranteed income programs in the U.S., analyzing impacts on employment, health, political attitudes, and household finances. She also explores how policymakers weigh evidence and local expertise, emphasizing the importance of context in policy design. Vivalt has contributed to initiatives like AidGrade and the IDEAL consortium, promoting global repositories for impact evaluation data.

She is currently Director of the Global Priorities Institute at Oxford, expanding interdisciplinary research on decision-making under uncertainty, empirical methods, and global priorities. Her leadership includes mentoring early-career researchers and fostering collaborations across economics, philosophy, and psychology. She maintains affiliations with institutions like the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank through her policy-focused research.