Our Expertise
With a spotlight on global development, ending poverty, and ensuring dignity for all, Pulte Institute experts are available to speak on the topics below.
If you need more information about a team member or would like to connect, please contact communications director Kara Kelly.
Africa
Ellis A. Adams
Associate Disaster Risk Reduction of Geography and Environmental Policy
Region of Expertise: Sub-Saharan Africa
Katharina Anton-Erxleben
Evidence and Learning Senior Program Associate
Region of Expertise: Uganda
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Region of Expertise: East Africa
Tom Purekal
Innovation & Practice Program Director and SHARE Program Director
Region of Expertise: South Sudan
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Asia
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Region of Expertise: South Asia
Business & Global Development
Michael H. Morris
Professor of the Practice
Melissa Paulsen
Entrepreneurship & Education Program Director and i-Lab Administrative Director
Capacity Strengthening
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Michael H. Morris
Professor of the Practice
Tom Purekal
Innovation & Practice Program Director and SHARE Program Director
Region of Expertise: South Sudan
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Climate & Vulnerability
Ellis Adjei Adams
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy
Area of Expertise: Environmental policy, water
Krister Andersson
Notre Dame Professor of Sustainable Development
Area of Expertise: Environmental governance, sustainable development
Tracy Kijewski-Correa
William J. Pulte Director, i-Lab Academic Director, and Professor of Engineering & Global Affairs
Emily Grubert
Core Affiliated Faculty and Keough School Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Policy
Sisi Meng
Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics and Technology for Development
Area of Expertise: Climate change, natural hazards, geographic information systems (GIS)
Daniel C. Miller
Core Affiliated Faculty, Coordinator of the FLARE network, and Associate Professor of Environmental Policy
Area of Expertise: Environmental politics and policy, biodiversity conservation, forests, agroforestry
Paul Winters
Core Affiliated Faculty, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs
Development Effectiveness
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Tom Purekal
Innovation & Practice Program Director and SHARE Program Director
Region of Expertise: South Sudan
Michael Sweikar
Executive Director
Development Projects / USAID
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Michael Sweikar
Executive Director
Disaster Risk Reduction
Tracy Kijewski-Correa
William J. Pulte Director, i-Lab Academic Director, and Professor of Engineering and Global Affairs
Sisi Meng
Core Affiliated Faculty and Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics and Technology for Development
Tom Purekal
Innovation & Practice Program Director and SHARE Program Director
Education & Global Development
Katharina Anton-Erxleben
Evidence and Learning Senior Program Associate
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Michael H. Morris
Professor of the Practice
Tom Purekal
Innovation & Practice Program Director and SHARE Program Director
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
Sisi Meng
Core Affiliated Faculty and Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics and Technology for Development
Food & Hunger Issues
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Paul Winters
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs
Area of Expertise: Small-scale agriculture, inclusive and sustainable food systems, agricultural data
Gang Violence
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Gender Equality
Ellis A. Adams
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy
Area of Expertise: Gender, water, and sustainable development
Katharina Anton-Erxleben
Evidence and Learning Senior Program Associate
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Research Associate
Estela Rivero
Research Associate
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Global Health
Mushtaque Chowdhury
Visiting Fellow
Global Poverty
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Tracy Kijewski-Correa
William J. Pulte Director, i-Lab Academic Director, and Professor of Engineering and Global Affairs
Daniel C. Miller
Core Affiliated Faculty, Coordinator of the FLARE network, and Associate Professor of Environmental Policy
Area of Expertise: Poverty alleviation
Michael H. Morris
Professor of the Practice
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Michael Sweikar
Executive Director
Paul Winters
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs
Area of Expertise: Rural poverty and food insecurity
Health & Well-being
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Human Dignity & Flourishing
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Humanitarian Response
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Tom Purekal
Innovation & Practice Program Director and SHARE Program Director
Region of Expertise: South Sudan
Inequality
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Information & Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D)
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Just Systems & Effective States
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Michael Sweikar
Executive Director
Latin America
Krister Andersson
Core Affiliated Faculty and Notre Dame Professor of Sustainable Development
Region of Expertise: Latin America
TJ D’Agostino
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Region of Expertise: Northern Triangle
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Regions of Expertise: Mexico and Central America
Nancy Rydberg
Senior Technical Associate Director
Middle East, Europe, & Central Asia
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Migration & Resettlement
Tom Hare
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Paul Winters
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs
Area of Expertise: Migration and social protection programs
Monitoring & Evaluation
Katharina Anton-Erxleben
Evidence and Learning Senior Program Associate
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Paul Perrin
Evidence & Learning Director and Keough School Associate Professor of the Practice
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Frederick Rossi
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Paul Winters
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs
Area of Expertise: Impact evaluation
Social Demography and Populations
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director
Social Entrepreneurship
Michael H. Morris
Professor of the Practice
Melissa Paulsen
Entrepreneurship & Education Program Director and i-Lab Administrative Director
Sustainable Development
Krister Andersson
Core Affiliated Faculty and Notre Dame Professor of Sustainable Development
Daniel C. Miller
Core Affiliated Faculty, Coordinator of the FLARE network, and Associate Professor of Environmental Policy
Sustainable Energy Policy
Emily Grubert
Core Affiliated Faculty and Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Policy
Water Security & Management
Ellis A. Adams
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy
Area of Expertise: Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); water policy and governance; gender, water, and development
Danice Brown Guzmán
Evidence & Learning Associate Director
Lila Khatiwada
Senior Researcher
Estela Rivero
Senior Researcher and Central America Research Alliance (CARA) Co-Director