Joined WUR's Information Technology Group (0.2 FTE), contributing to AIM for Scale's AI for Agriculture innovation package (Nov 2026) • Presenting at the Nederlandse Economendag (NED'26) (Oct 2026) • Awarded an NWO SSH Open Competition XS grant (2026) • Organising EAAMO'25 Oxford Local (Oct 2025) • Invited talk at NetSci'25: Network Science for Development (Jun 2025) Joined WUR's Information Technology Group (0.2 FTE), contributing to AIM for Scale's AI for Agriculture innovation package (Nov 2026) • Presenting at the Nederlandse Economendag (NED'26) (Oct 2026) • Awarded an NWO SSH Open Competition XS grant (2026) • Organising EAAMO'25 Oxford Local (Oct 2025) • Invited talk at NetSci'25: Network Science for Development (Jun 2025)
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Michelle González Amador

Postdoctoral Researcher
Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group | Information Technology Group
Wageningen University & Research

About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University & Research, with concurrent appointments in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group and the Information Technology Group. I study how social and economic networks, algorithms, and behavioral interventions shape the way young people learn and make educational choices, and how to design policies that reduce inequality and expand opportunity. My work combines econometrics, machine learning, and field experiments, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

I joined the Information Technology Group on 1 November 2026. In this role, I contribute to developing AIM for Scale's AI for Agriculture innovation package for low- and middle-income countries.

Affiliations. I am currently affiliated to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Network Science Society (NetSci), the Dutch Development Economics Network (DuDe), and EAAMO-Bridges, where I am a project co-organiser. I co-founded and co-organise the Verano Internacional de la Ciencia (Summer of Science), a mentorship program for indigenous women in scientific research.

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I obtained my PhD from UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. Previously, I collaborated with the World Bank on governance of higher education, the International Labour Organization on youth aspirations, and with Stanford’s Equitable Access to Education Lab on school choice.