Clare Leaver

Clare Leaver is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Fellow of University College. 

Much of Clare’s research focuses on careers and incentives within the public sector. Her work spans different sectors and regions, from utility regulation in the United States, the judicial system in England and Wales, to education systems in sub-Saharan Africa and Brazil. In recent projects, she has studied management challenges facing education bureaucracies, including how to select and reward teachers, and how to obtain and use performance information in schools. She is currently working with the Government of Ghana on a study of delivery approaches in education districts and schools, and with the Government of Rwanda on reforms to teacher performance pay. Her research has appeared in leading economics journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Law, Economics and Organisation. 

Clare co-convenes the Economics course for Master of Public Policy students at the Blavatnik School. She also directs two of the School’s research programmes. She is Academic Co-Director of the DeliverEd Initiative, a FCDO-funded programme studying delivery of education reforms across four countries. She is also part of the multi-country RISE Programme, serving as Research Coordinator and member of the Research Directorate. Prior to joining the Blavatnik School she was Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Oxford and fellow of The Queen’s College.