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I am a Professor of Economics at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi . My research focuses on applied economics, particularly in the areas of political economy, the economics of conflict & terrorism. I am an Invited Researcher at J-PAL and a Research Fellow at RASTA - PIDE . I also serve as a Country Expert for the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) .
I hold a PhD in Economics from the Universities of Bologna, Hamburg, and Erasmus Rotterdam , awarded through the Erasmus Mundus fellowship as part of the prestigious European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) program. Before joining IBA in 2021, I served as an Assistant Professor at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad .
Research Fields: Political Economy, Economics of Conflict & Terrorism, Development Economics