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Claire Cullen

Claire Cullen

Principal Investigator, Botswana

Claire Cullen is the Head of Research and Innovation at Youth Impact, a youth and evidence-focused NGO headquartered in Botswana. She was previously a Researcher in Development Economics and Evidence-based Practice at Oxford University, and an economist at the World Bank and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs. Claire received her DPhil from Oxford University, and previously studied at Georgetown University, the University of Sydney, and the Australian National University.

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Working paper

Building resilient education systems: Experimental evidence across five countries
12 February 2026

Noam Angrist, Micheal Ainomugisha, Sai Pramod Bathena, Peter Bergman, Colin Crossley, Claire Cullen, Thato Letsomo, Moitshepi Matsheng, Rene Marlon Panti, Shwetlena Sabarwal and Tim Sullivan

India, Cross-country, Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Philippines
This working paper presents results from five randomised trials in India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, and Uganda to evaluate the provision of education in emergency settings. The findings reveal it is possible to strengthen the resilience of education systems and to deliver effective learning gains across contexts and with governments. Read more

Toolkit

Iterative A/B Testing Toolkit
17 December 2025

Noam Angrist, Amanda Beatty and Claire Cullen

Cross-country, General
This toolkit is a jump-start guide to embedding rigorous, rapid, regular A/B testing in your organisation​. Read more

Working paper

Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale
20 October 2025

Noam Angrist, Claire Cullen and Janica Magat

Botswana, Implementation science, Randomised trial
This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability. Read more

Insight note

A/B testing in education: rapid experimentation to optimise programme cost-effectiveness
22 October 2024

Noam Angrist, Amanda Beatty, Claire Cullen and Moitshepi Matsheng 

Botswana, Implementation science, Randomised trial
This insight note explores the practical benefits of A/B testing in education, highlighting its ability to optimise interventions quickly and at a low cost in low- and middle-income countries. Read more

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