Simone Lombardini is an Impact Evaluation Officer at the World Food Programme and a dual-career PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University.
Simone has experience conducting experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations in over 20 countries. Currently, he serves as an Impact Evaluation Officer at the World Food Programme, where he manages a portfolio of Randomized Controlled Trials focused on school meal programmes. His research interests are in using innovative data and methods to explore the intersection of social protection, labour, agricultural markets, and child wellbeing.
Before joining the WFP, Simone was the Impact Evaluation Lead at Oxfam GB. He also worked with the University of Oxford, Innovations for Poverty Action, Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, and the Mexican Migration Project. Simone holds an MSc in Development Economics from the University of Sussex and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Milan Bicocca.
For more information, visit: www.simonelombardini.com