Lara Fleischer

Lara Fleischer heads the Well-being Data Insights and Policy Practice Team in the OECD Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) and provides member countries with strategic advice on developing the evidence base for more inclusive, sustainable and people-centred policies. This includes guiding technical work to develop and analyse data on economic, social and environmental outcomes ‘beyond GDP’, alongside advancing policy tools to improve well-being and support equal opportunities. Lara also leads the Centre’s in-depth work on promoting social connectedness and reducing loneliness, as well as on mental health. Prior to joining the OECD, Lara spent several years in Kenya and Sierra Leone, applying behavioural insights to emerging economy contexts. She holds an MPhil in Development Studies from Oxford University.