I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and a Research Fellow at the Trinity College Dublin, Dublin

My research interests are development economics,  public policy, and impact evaluation.

I hold a PhD from the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional, and Engineering Sciences at the University of Bonn working on the roles of socioeconomic conditions, cultural practices, and the food environment on the nutrition transition in low- and middle-income countries. 

I have over 6 years of work experience in evidence-based policy research within Think Tank organizations across Southeast Asia, including J-PAL SEA, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, FHI 360, and The SMERU Research Institute.

ORCID ID: 0009-0006-1339-7715        |      Google Scholar: Elza S. Elmira       |       CV: Elza S. Elmira