Working at the intersection of Practice and Academia
Themes: Development | Foreign Aid | Donor Allocation
Regional interest: Africa (specifically Anglophone West Africa)
Methods and Tools: Mixed Methods (R, NVIVO, Tableau, Excel, STATA)
I completed my PhD in Political Science at The Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) in June 2025 and currently work for the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) at CGIAR. My research is interdisciplinary and draws on concepts/methods from Political Science, International Development and Development Economics. The questions I am interested in are heavily rooted in and informed by ground-level development practice. Before the PhD, I worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation professional in Sierra Leone, Lesotho, South Sudan and DRC. I hold a Masters in International Economics and Conflict Management from Johns Hopkins University, SAIS and a Bachelors in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
I am very passionate about badminton and fitness! I also run a blog called Let's Talk Policy.