Raul Sanchez de la Sierra is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy.
His research agenda is about economics of power and of the state, at the intersection of political economy, development, culture, also using tools of moral psychology. He co-teaches PhD-level Political Economy of Development with Eduardo Montero, and teaches Master-level Power and “Development.”
He is a research fellow at IGC, JPAL-CVI, and NBER (DEV, PE), CESifo distinguished fellow, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation distinguished scholar, and former Harvard Academy and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar.
His research is featured in documentary Congo Calling (The Guardian)
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