Espen Beer Prydz

I'm an economist who uses data to understand how our world is changing, with a focus on income and consumption. Much of my work focuses on global poverty and inequality, aiming to measure well-being consistently over time and across different places, both in theory and in practice. I study challenges of turning data on income, consumption, and wealth into comparable measures of well-being.  Always passionate about data, I enjoy exploring new methods and tools to analyze living conditions and human development in various fields.

I have spent over a decade at the World Bank, working extensively on global poverty, inequality, and child malnutrition. Before that, I worked with the OECD, UNDP, and the MIT Poverty Action Lab. Currently, I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Oslo.

I hold a master's degree from Harvard University, a bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics, and an International Baccalaureate diploma from United World College of the Adriatic. In what might be signs of a midlife crisis, I spend a lot of time running and perfecting the art of making pizza and cappuccino.