Oeindrila Dube is the Philip K. Pearson Professor at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. Her research interest lies at the intersection of development economics and political economy. Much of her work focuses on understanding elements of the social fabric, including trust, religion and social conflict. She is a faculty affiliate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD). She also serves on the board of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), where she co-directs the Crime and Violence Initiative. Dube holds a BA in Public Policy from Stanford, MPhil in Economics from Oxford and PhD in Public Policy from Harvard.