Participated in the summer school "Applied Econometrics for Spatial Economics", held at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management from 8 to 11 July 2024.  The training covered a range of advanced empirical methods in environmental and spatial economics. Topics included an introduction to spatial data and spatial regression models within spatial econometrics, as well as the theoretical foundations and estimation techniques of discrete choice models grounded in the random utility framework. 

Poster Presentation: Climate Change, Migration, and Borrowing: Insights from Tanzania, the first paper of my PhD thesis, at the Royal Economic Society Easter Training School 2025 (Environmental Economics: Macro and Micro Perspectives), 7th April 2025 

Team Captain, University of Southampton – 26th Econometric Games, Amsterdam, 9–11 April 2025. Selected to lead a team of students representing the University of Southampton in this prestigious international econometrics competition involving 31 top universities worldwide.  

Early Careers Workshop on Excellence in Economics Teaching, held at the University of Loughborough on 30 April – 1 May 2025. 

The workshop included sessions on assessment design, student engagement, marking and feedback, and integrating technology and interaction into teaching. It also featured specialised sessions on communicating with diverse audiences, personalised teaching feedback, and voice and presence training led by a Royal Shakespeare Company-trained actor. The program is aligned with the Professional Standards Framework and supports progress toward Advance HE fellowship status. 

Paper presentation: Climate Change, Migration, and Borrowing: Insights from Tanzania, 2nd Verona Early Career Workshop in Economics, University of Verona . 

Participant: Annual SWEETS Workshop – The Future of the Economics Degree: Who? What? How? University of Bristol (13/05/2025)– Regional workshop supporting collaboration and innovation in economics teaching; sparked my interest in pedagogical approaches and economics education research. 

Paper presentation: Climate Change, Migration, and Borrowing: Insights from Tanzania, 14th Summer School in Development Economics, Prato, Italy, 22–24 June 2025 

Discover Economics Champion, Royal Economic Society – Delivered outreach presentations to promote diversity in economics, including a talk at Oshwal Academy Mombasa (Kenya), aimed at encouraging students from under-represented backgrounds to consider economics as a field of study. 

Head of Postgraduate, University of Southampton Economics Society (current) – Responsible for planning and organising academic and social events, including pub quizzes and economics-themed discussions (e.g. on the UK budget), while supporting the broader aim of creating an engaging and inclusive academic environment for all the students. 

Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, University of Southampton – Awarded for outstanding academic performance during MSc studies. 

Best Teaching Assistant Award, University of Southampton – Awarded for the academic year 2023/2024 in recognition of outstanding support and contribution to teaching. 

Award for Exceptional Teaching (Early Career Category), European Economic Association, 2025 – Recognised for excellence in teaching and pedagogical contribution as an early-career academic. 

Best Teaching Assistant Award, University of Southampton – Awarded for the academic year 2024/2025 in recognition of outstanding support and contribution to teaching. 

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