Mikael Homanen is the head of Scientific Research, Innovation, and Partnerships at The Upright Project. He was previously head of Product Research and Innovation at PRI. He is also a visiting lecturer at Bayes Business School in London and was previously a Bradley Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Homanen previously was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and at Singapore Management University. He also worked as a consultant at the World Bank’s Development Economics Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Research team.