Dr. Vesall Nourani

Biography

Vesall Nourani is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, he served as the Director and Lead Researcher at the Development Innovations Lab, as well as a Senior Research Associate in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. In 2021, he was based in Uganda as a Visiting Lecturer at Makerere University’s School of Economics. His research primarily explores the roles of knowledge and learning in economic activity within sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining the University of Chicago, Nourani completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Cornell University, and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina.

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