Mathilde Col
Mathilde Col

PhD Candidate

University of Bordeaux

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I am a PhD student at the Bordeaux School of Economics, under the supervision of Tanguy Bernard (BSE) and Denis Cogneau (PSE). I am interested in education in Africa, and especially the languages of instruction issue. I will be visiting the NOVAfrica department in Lisbon from September 2024 to June 2025.

I will defend my thesis in December 2025, and I am actively looking for a post-doc starting in January 2026. I will be based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) for the 2026 calendar year.

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Publications
Caitlin Hemlock, Emanuela Galasso, Ann M. Weber, Tsirery Christian Randriamiarisoa, Mathilde Col, Maria Dieci, Lisy Ratsifandrihamanana, Lia C.H. Fernald (2024). Integrating early child development into an existing health and nutrition program: evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health.
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Emanuela Galasso, Lisy Ratsifandrihamanana, Ann M. Weber, Caitlin Hemlock, Mathilde Col, Maria Dieci, Norotiana Rakotomalala, Valerie Rambeloson, Lia C. H. Fernald (2022). Integrating early stimulation and play at scale: study protocol for “MAHAY Mikolo”, a multi-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health.
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Work in progress
Mathilde Col (2025). N m’a faamu. Boosting Learning Through Bilingual Education: Evidence from Mali. Working Paper.
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Mathilde Col, Magona Sande, Juliette Crespin-Boucaud (2025). Strengthening the Implementation of a Bilingual Education Reform in Mozambique. Funded by an IGC SPF (January 2025).
Project
Mathilde Col, Luc Behaghel, Simon Briole, Quentin Daviot (2024). Improving Student Learning in Remote Areas with Digital Tools, A Randomized Experiment in Rural Senegal. Ongoing follow-up data collection.
Mathilde Col (2024). Unveiling the global determinants and effects of bilingual education policies in Africa. Working Paper.
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Teaching
  • 2024: Econometrics of causality (Univ. of Bordeaux - Master 1)