Günther, Isabel

Biography

Isabel Gunther was appointed Assistant Professor of Development Economics in October 2008. Her research team is part of the Center of Development and Cooperation (NADEL) and the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences. She was born 1978 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2007 she gained her PhD in Economics from the University of Goettingen, Germany. Isabel Gunther held positions as a Postdoc at the Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, USA and as a research associate at the Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa and at the Institut de Recherche de Développement, Paris, France. Isabel photo Isabel Günther has been Professor of Development Economics and director of NADEL since July 2014. From October 2008 to June 2014 she was acting as Assistant Professor for Development Economics at ETH Zürich. She had previously been research associate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Göttingen for three years and at the Harvard School of Public Health for one year. Her main research interest is in empirical microeconomics with a particular focus on measurement of poverty and inequality, population economics, technologies and policies for poverty reduction, and effectiveness of development aid. Isabel Günther has carried out most of her research in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.

Research Interest

Measurement of Poverty and Inequality; Population and Urbanization Dynamics; Technologies and Policies for Poverty Reduction; Effectiveness of Development Aid; Sub-Saharan Africa.