Rate My Professor Sami Stouli

Sami Stouli served as Associate Professor of Econometrics in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, at the University of Melbourne from 2023 to 2025. He earned his PhD in Economics from University College London in 2015, with a thesis titled “Essays in Theoretical Econometrics,” supervised by Professors Andrew Chesher and Lars Nesheim. His earlier education includes an MPhil in Economics from the European University Institute in Florence (2008), a Master of Sciences Po from Sciences Po Paris (2006), a Master of Research in International Economic Relations from Sciences Po Paris, and a Magistère d’Humanités Modernes in Econometrics and Sociology from Ecole Normale Supérieure (2006). Prior to his appointment at Melbourne, Stouli advanced through positions at the University of Bristol School of Economics: Lecturer from 2013 to 2020, Senior Lecturer from 2021 to 2022, Associate Professor from 2022 to 2024, and Professor in Economics from 2024 to present. He holds affiliations as an Associate Member of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and an Associate of CeMMAP.

Stouli's research focuses on theoretical econometrics, policy evaluation under model uncertainty, distributional impact analysis, semiparametric estimation, structural functions in nonseparable models, and treatment effects identification. Notable publications include “Gaussian Transforms Modeling and the Estimation of Distributional Regression Functions” with R. H. Spady (forthcoming, Econometrica); “Heterogeneous Coefficients, Control Variables, and Identification of Multiple Treatment Effects” with W. K. Newey (Biometrika, 2022); “Control Variables, Discrete Instruments, and Identification of Structural Functions” with W. Newey (Journal of Econometrics, 2021); “Semiparametric Estimation of Structural Functions in Nonseparable Triangular Models” with V. Chernozhukov, I. Fernandez-Val, W. Newey, and F. Vella (Quantitative Economics, 2020); “Dual Regression” with R. H. Spady (Biometrika, 2018); and “Cross-Validation Selection of Regularisation Parameter(s) for Semiparametric Transformation Models” with S. Sokullu (Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2017). As Principal Investigator, he has led grants such as the UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee for Policy and Treatment Evaluation under Model Uncertainty (PoTEMU, 2023–2028, £1,248,881) and the ESRC New Investigator Grant for Policy Evaluation Beyond Averages: Distributional Impact Analysis (2019–2023, £298,974). His honors include Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2019), Junior Fellowship of the Royal Economic Society (2011–2012), IFS/CeMMAP PhD Scholarship (2008–2011), and Bourse Lavoisier (2006–2008). At Melbourne, he directed the Econometrics 3 Honours unit in 2024.