Raúl Sanchez de la Sierra is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, and a research fellow at IGC, JPAL-CVI, NBER (PE), a distinguished fellow at CESifo, and was a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar and a scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He is one of the founders of Marakuja Kivu Research. His work in Eastern DR Congo is part of a documentary, Congo Calling.