Andrew Scruggs is a Ph.D. student at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. His research interests include economic development, productivity policymaking, international trade, economic statecraft, migration, policymaking under deep uncertainty, and how actors can catalyze the transformation of complex systems. Regionally, his work has mostly focused on Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Europe.
Prior to joining RAND, Scruggs was a consultant for the University of Fondwa (UNIF), the only rural university in Haiti. There, he coordinated the university's partnerships, aided in reforming the university's governing board, and designed and managed various projects. These projects included: managing a $1.3 million project to develop UNIF’s School of Veterinary Medicine, designing and implementing a socio-economic household survey of the village of Fondwa, analyzing Haitian rice consumer preferences in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, and analyzing the governance of organizations in developing countries in collaboration with Virginia Tech.
During his master's studies, he cofounded the Human Development Research Initiative (HDRI), a student-run policy think-tank operating out of Sciences-Po in Paris. Through this, he studied European systems of governance of migrants and asylum seekers, including how migrant populations in France are economically impacted by migration policy.
He has an M.A. in international development from the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences-Po and a B.A. in international economics from the University of Notre Dame.
M.A. in international development, Sciences Po Paris; B.A. in international economics, University of Notre Dame; Certificate in pure mathematics, Indiana University
French; Haitian Creole; Spanish; English
