I received my Ph.D. in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, and I also hold a Master’s in Economics from the Paris School of Economics and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Management from MIT. 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, Oxford.

My research examines how behavioural, institutional, and organisational dynamics shape inclusive and sustainable forms of work, leadership, and innovation. I explore these questions using field experiments, quasi-experimental designs, and qualitative methods, often in collaboration with firms, governments, and NGOs primarily. Recent projects include studies on soft skills and youth employment, green entrepreneurial ecosystems in Africa, organisational innovations in supply chains and productivity effects of mid-management training. Much of this work is situated in emerging market contexts, where resource constraints and institutional pressures provide unique insights into how firms and ecosystems adapt while enabling more inclusive forms of growth. 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 using process methods. In related work, our study on a management training for female supervisors finds that such programmes can not only enhance career progression and gender equality, but also deliver tangible firm-level benefits in productivity and improved workplace culture. 

Before entering academia, I worked extensively in international development policy and practice. As Senior Economic Adviser for the Government of the Netherlands, I managed a €30 million portfolio focused on improving labor standards and working conditions in Bangladesh’s textile sector. I also worked with Innovations for Poverty Action, leading the design and implementation of large-scale randomised control trials (RCTs) in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Uganda.