TIME Annual Lectures 2025 Professor Macartan Humphreys
Professor in Development Economics, Humboldt University and Director of the Institutions and Political Inequality Group at WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
The 2025 TIME Annual Lecture was delivered by Professor Macartan Humphreys on 26th November 2025 in the Joly Theatre in the Hamilton Building. Humphreys presented "The Impact of Development Impact Research". The lecture was introduced by Professor Selim Gulesci and was followed by an engaging Q and A session.
Professor Humphreys spoke about his own development research, from his work in Sierra Leone in the late 90s to other projects in the Congo. He advised fellow researchers to maintain an independent agenda: connecting impact evidence to more fundamental theories of development processes.
Professor Humphreys in an Honorary Professor of Trinity College Dublin and Humboldt University. He is also the Director of the Institutions and Political Inequality Group at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.