Elise Huillery is a Professor at the University Paris-Dauphine in Paris (France). She is affiliated with J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab), LIEPP (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d'Evaluation des Politiques Publiques at Sciences Po), and EUDN (European Development Network). She currently serves as a member of the Conseil d'Analyse Economique attached to the Prime Minister.

Her research interests are development economics, education and health, and economic history.