Espen Beer Prydz

I'm an economist who uses data to understand and explain how our world is changing, especially in terms of 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.  Accounting for the roles of family structures, gender, and age is a key part of my work. 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, supported by a research fellowship at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

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.