The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
Our affiliated professors are based at over 120 universities and conduct randomized evaluations around the world to design, evaluate, and improve programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty. They set their own research agendas, raise funds to support their evaluations, and work with J-PAL staff on research, policy outreach, and training.
Associate Director of Research, J-PAL Europe
Adrien Pawlik is the Project Director of the Innovation, Data, and Experiments in Education (IDEE) programme. Adrien also acts as J-PAL Europe’s Associate Director of Research.
IDEE is an 8-year government-funded initiative aimed at supporting the development of experimental research in education in France.
Adrien is an economist and has been working for more than a decade on impact evaluations of public policies and development projects. Prior to joining J-PAL Europe in 2020, he was the Research Manager (J-PAL SA/LEAD) of the Behavioral Development Lab based out of Chennai, India, and worked as a Research Coordinator for IPA Francophone West Africa in Burkina Faso. Adrien holds an MA in Development Economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.