People
Senior Management
Elie Kabue Ngindu
Co-Founder, General Manager, and Director of Human Resources
Jonathan Weigel
Co-Founder and Scientific Director; Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Augustin Bergeron
Deputy Scientific Director; Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Espoir Malu Malu Ntumba
Legal Advisor
Jean-Freddy Kabasubabo Tshimanga
Senior Advisor and Quality Control Lead
Raphaël Fiston Mukendi Tshisanga
Logistics and Finance Manager
Junior Ntambue
Quality Control Officer
Gilbert Tshiebue
Coordinator
Jacques Kazadi
Coordinator
Senior Enumerators
ODEKA’s senior enumerators play a central role in supervising data collection, training field teams, and ensuring high-quality implementation of research projects.
Albert Muanza Tshidiapa
Enumerator
Andre Kapumbu Kayembe
Enumerator
Benjamin Badibanga Kapena
Enumerator
Bernard Mankinda Katembue
Enumerator
Constantin Tshimanga Mukendi
Enumerator
Esther Dikebele Kabue
Enumerator
Gregoire Ntumba Lobo
Enumerator
Max Mbosho Konshi
Enumerator
Mireille Kanyanga Mukengeshayi
Enumerator
Moise Katenga Katanga
Enumerator
Samy-Délice Tshitala Nkongolo
Enumerator
Serge Nseya Wakadipenyi
Enumerator
Théodore Kalamba Muepu
Enumerator
Scientific Advisory Committee
ODEKA’s Scientific Advisory Committee provides guidance on the organization’s scientific strategy, research design, and long-term development.
Marina Ngoma Mavungu
Nathan Nunn
Gabriel Tourek
PhD Students
ODEKA works closely with doctoral students who contribute to our research projects and field activities.
Clotaire Boyer
Sarah Danner
Eva Davoine
Arthur Laroche
PhD Student
Nicolas Wicaksono
Research Associates
ODEKA works closely with research associates who contribute to our research projects and field activities.
Matthew Adams
Research Associate
Maia Correrella
Research Associate
Gabriela Santana Tavera
Maria Gabriela Scarano Pereira
Research Interns
ODEKA works closely with research interns who contribute to our research projects and field activities.
Marina Djekinnou
Research Intern
Past PhD Students
We are grateful to the PhD students who contributed to ODEKA’s work over the years.
Marina Ngoma Mavungu
PhD student, 2020-2022
Placement: World Bank
PhD: Tufts University
Past Research Associates
We are grateful to the many research associates who contributed to ODEKA’s work over the years.
Manon Bellot
Predoctoral Research Associate, 2023-2025
Next position: PhD Student, UCL
Previous position: MSc Development Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Adèle Somat
Research Associate, 2023-2025
Next position: Project Officer, LoGRI
Previous position: MPhil Inernational Political Economy, King’s College London
Zacharie Quiviger
Research Associate, 2023-2024
Next position: Researcher, SOAS University of London, then PhD in International Relations, Columbia University
Previous position: MPhil Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University
Robin Benabid Jegaden
Predoctoral Research Associate, 2022-2024
Next position: Research Engineer in Economics, CNRS
Previous posititon: MSc Development Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Dylan Reich
Research Associate, 2022-2023
Next position: Research Assistant, Oxford University
Previous position: MSc Development Management, Applied Development Economics, LSE
Adrien Foutelet
Predoctoral Research Associate, 2021-2023
Next position: PhD in Economics, Brown University
Previous position: MSc Analysis and Policy in Economics, ENS Lyon
Jean-François Coté
Predoctoral Research Associate, 2020-2022
Next position: Consultant, CPCS
Previous position: Economist, Treasury Board of Canada
Arthur Laroche
Predoctoral Research Associate, 2019-2021
Next position: PhD in Economics, UCL
Previous position: MSc Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées
Past Research Interns
We are grateful to the many research interns who contributed to ODEKA’s work over the years.
