I am passionate about solving global inequality. I believe that one of the most important ways to address societal inequality is by creating access to good, safe and well-paid jobs or opportunities for entrepreneurial endeavours, especially in contexts where labor markets do not work efficiently or transparently such as in low- and middle-income countries.

As a labor and management scholar my research focuses on studying how national and organisational policies address labor market challenges through experimental and qualitative methods grounded in theories of economics and management. I look at diverse segments of populations such as low-wage workers in the garments supply chains, university graduates and migrant workers.in low- and middle-income countries. For example, using a randomized control trial, my co-author and I explore how soft skills and behavioural interventions can improve employment outcomes for Bangladeshi youth with our partners. Alternatively, in collaborative work we study the process by which private and public labor governance systems interact to create changes to working conditions for low-wage workers in Bangladesh’s garments supply chains.

I have extensive and diverse work experience in international development policy that enriched my research process. I worked as a Senior Economic Adviser for the Dutch government to implement the agenda on improving workers’ rights and access to safe and decent working conditions in the textile sector in Bangladesh. In this role, I collaborated closely with stakeholders in the Bangladesh government, civil society, and diplomatic communities. I also led the implementation of large-scale impact evaluations using Randomized Control Trials (RCT) while working with Innovations for Poverty Action in Bangladesh, Nepal and Uganda.

I am currently a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development at the University of Oxford and a Junior Research Fellow in Management at Jesus College. I completed my Ph.D. in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I also have a Master’s in Economics from the Paris School of Economics, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Management from MIT.