Lorena Levano

Lorena Levano

Behavioral and political scientist

Lorena Levano Gavidia is a behavioral and political scientist that has been working with different Social LCR teams at the World Bank. She is currently working on innovative approaches to reduce gender-based violence and xenophobia. She is also a consultant for UNICEF, where she works as a behavioral researcher. Prior to joining the bank, Lorena worked as a specialist in school violence and GBV in the Ministry of Education of Peru. She is an affiliated researcher of the Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania and Coordinator of Decision Lab PUCP. She is also engaged in teaching activities as a professor of behavioral sciences and public policy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the National University of San Marcos