معرفی
Isabel Günther is Professor of Development Economics and Academic Director of NADEL at ETH Zurich. Her research examines empirical microeconomics with focus on poverty measurement, inequality, population economics, and evidence-based policymaking, primarily in African contexts.
Research areas include:
- Measurement of poverty and inequality
- Technologies for poverty reduction
- Fertility and demographic transitions
- Health system impacts of crises
- Intersectional inequality frameworks
Recent publications demonstrate methodological innovation in measuring multidimensional poverty, with regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Work addresses both theoretical frameworks for understanding inequality and empirical analyses of policy interventions in development contexts.
Leads research projects on COVID-19 impacts on health systems, fertility transition in Africa, and intersectional approaches to educational inequality. Collaborates internationally on development economics research with fieldwork in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.
