Elise Huillery joined the Department of Economics at Sciences Po in 2009. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Paris School of Economics, a MA in Management from HEC and a MA in Philosophy from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Her research is mainly focused on development economics, economics of education and economic history, with a strong interest in inequalities and the constraints faced by poor countries and poor people to accumulate human capital. She is currently conducting field experiments on health, education and micro-entrepreuneurship in Niger, Morocco, Cameroun, Congo, Bulgaria, and France.