Rene Marlon Panti is managing the Philippines Socioeconomic Panel Survey (PSPS) and is leading an educational intervention program that delivers simple math instruction via mobile phones. He also managed an impact evaluation of the conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government and a study on Philippine financial interoperability. Previously, he worked on evaluations of three justice reform programs by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Before joining IPA, he was a lecturer at the Department of Economics of the Ateneo de Manila University, a Research Associate at the Human Development Network Philippines, and a Field Coordinator for the Behavioural Insights Team. He holds an MA in Economics from the University of the Philippines.