University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/a><\/strong>, in the United States. He enters the program in September 2025, with research focused on applied econometrics and causal inference.<\/p>\r\nStephen belongs to the first cohort of the Inawa Skoon Fellowship, the Institute’s professional immersion in research assistance, working alongside Delphine Hounye, Kawsar Gounou and Ivan Houngbo.<\/p>\r\n
This move into doctoral study reflects the purpose of the program: preparing young researchers for demanding academic and professional paths. The Institute congratulates \u201cthe tallest from Inawa<\/strong>\u201d and will follow the next stage of his career with interest.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Inawa Institute is pleased to highlight the career of Stephen Ezin, a recipient of the 2024-2025 Inawa Skoon Fellowship. Holder of a Master’s degree in Mathematics, Economics and Statistics,…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,154],"tags":[156,160,42,159,158,157,155,161],"class_list":["post-2151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-updates","category-skoon-fellowship","tag-alumni","tag-applied-econometrics","tag-benin","tag-doctoral-studies","tag-economics","tag-phd","tag-skoon-fellowship","tag-university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign"],"yoast_head":"\n
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