Oliver is a senior researcher (Directeur de Recherche) at the French CNRS and a Chaired Professor at the Paris School of Economics. He obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics in 2012. In 2013-2014, he was a visiting research fellow in Princeton University. He is currently the co-director of the PSE master in Public Policy and Development. He has been the co-director of the Development Economics Research group at PSE. He will be the deputy director of research at PSE (starting in