Summary
Ray Duch is a senior research fellow and founder-director of the Centre for Experimental Social Sciences at Nuffield College, Oxford, who has built and led parallel experimental social science centers in Chile, China, and India. He applies experimental methods and behavioral economics to real-world problems in politics, finance, health, and public policy, publishing in top journals including PNAS and Nature Medicine. As co-Director of the Candour Project he convenes a global team to tackle complex health-policy questions using data analytics and field experiments, and he routinely advises governments, international organizations, and industry. He holds long‑standing visiting appointments at leading institutions such as Stanford and IAST‑Toulouse and has secured funding from NSF, ESRC, FONDECYT, and SSHRC. Beyond research, he has shaped the profession through leadership roles in major associations and editorial positions, combining deep academic rigor with practical policy impact.
9 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Honours, Political Science, B.A. Honours, Political Science at University of Manitoba
Ph.D., Political Science, Ph.D., Political Science at University of Rochester
English, French, Spanish