Assistant Professor, Hobby School of Public Affairs

Expertise: Public economics, urban economics, housing policy

Career Highlights: 

Valentine Gilbert is an assistant professor at the Hobby School of Public Affairs with expertise in applied microeconomics. His research is in urban economics, with a focus on housing policy topics such as gentrification, residential segregation and the impact of new housing supply on affordability for low- and middle-income households.

Gilbert teaches undergraduate economics and policy analysis. He received his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University. Before his doctoral studies, he was a researcher at the University of Chicago Crime Lab in New York.