Vincent Pons is an assistant professor of business
administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit and
a faculty affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). He
studies questions in political economy and development.
Pons’s research examines factors that explain people’s
failure to register and vote, and how institutions and political campaigns
affect these factors. This work led him to write
Porte à porte: Reconquérir la
démocratie sur le terrain
, about François Hollande’s field
campaign for the French 2012 presidential elections. It has resulted in
mentions and opinion pieces in media outlets including
Le Monde,The
Huffington Post, and Slate. In his development research, he concentrates on
health systems and policies.
Pons received his Ph.D. in economics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds a Master's in economics from
the Ecole Normale Supérieure (joint with the Paris School of Economics
and ENSAE) and a Master’s degree in political philosophy from Université Paris
1, Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School