Dr. Edward Miguel

Biography

Edward Miguel is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and holds the Oxfam Professorship in Environmental Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been teaching there since 2000. Edward earned his S.B. degrees in Economics and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. His main research focuses on African economic development, exploring economic causes and consequences of violence, the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action, and the interactions between health, education, environment, and productivity among the poor. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and India, and has published over 120 articles and chapters in leading academic journals. His work has been cited more than 45,000 times. Edwards's involvement in professional organizations includes being a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the 2024 Frisch Medal from the Econometric Society and the 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. Edward is also recognized for mentoring graduate students and has co-founded several initiatives aimed at enhancing research transparency and supporting economic research in Africa.

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