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Una Osili

Philanthropy Chair, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University

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Dr. Una Osili is the Efroymson chair in philanthropy at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. She's also the associate dean of research and international programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world’s first school of its kind. Dr. Osili has pioneered new approaches to using data to improve the understanding of trends in economic development and philanthropy. Her research is focused on household financial behavior across low-income and high-income environments. She has studied remittances from international migration, charitable giving, private transfers, and education. Osili also leads the research and publication of the Global Philanthropy Tracker and the Global Philanthropy Environment Index.