The WIDER Board
The Board of the Institute, comprised of economists, policy makers, and social scientists from different regions of the world, seeks to ensure the highest level of intellectual and scientific excellence, advising on UNU-WIDER’s research programme and activities. The advisory Board is entrusted by the UNU Council.
Chairperson

Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School, MA, USA
Senior Advisor Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), MA, USA
Members

Director of the Development Evaluation Unit
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, Finland
Prof Ann Harrison
Dean of Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Prof Justin Lin
Dean of Institute of New Structural Economics
Peking University, Beijing, China
Dr Jo Beall
Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Prof Miguel Urquiola
Dean of Social Science and Professor of Economics
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Prof Haroon Bhorat
Director, Development Policy Research Unit
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Ex Officio
Prof Kunal Sen
Director, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland