Marya Hillesland

Bio

Marya Hillesland currently holds a Research Officer post at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford.  She is an economist specializing in gender analysis and development with interdisciplinary training, who has a strong background in social inequality research focused on the Global South and extensive experience in policy.  Drawing from both quantitative and qualitative methods, her research focuses on agricultural households; measurement and statistics; intrahousehold dynamics; women’s empowerment and agency; time poverty; water and food insecurity; livelihoods; and asset and wealth inequalities. Marya has worked with FAO, CGIAR, UNWomen, USAID, and the World Bank. She has field experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from American University, Washington, D.C., M.A. from the School of International Service at American University, and a B.S., Applied Mathematics from University of Colorado – Boulder.