Timothy Köhler

Tim is an applied development micro-economist focused on labour markets, social protection, and policy evaluation in lower-income countries. He’s currently a Junior Research Fellow at the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a research affiliate with the Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP) unit at Stellenbosch University. He earned his PhD from UCT in 2024. He’ll be a Visiting Scholar at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland in 2025. He regularly conducts economic advisory work for several multilateral organisations and South African government departments. His research has been published in World Development and Energy Economics, among other outlets. More information on Tim’s work can be found here: https://timothykohler.github.io.