About

I am a Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Economics at Lancaster University Management School, where I am completing my second PhD in Economics. I hold a PhD in Economics jointly awarded by the University of Milan and the University of Pavia (2024).

I am an applied development economist working on how trade policy, transport networks and climate shocks shape firm productivity, women’s labour-market outcomes, industrial development, foreign investment and the spread of violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income countries. I combine firm-level census and survey data with modern causal-inference methods and geospatial tools, including GIS, satellite imagery and geocoded data. My job market paper shows that road connectivity determines whether women benefit from trade liberalisation in Ethiopia. My ongoing work also examines how road expansion affects the spread of organised violence.

My research has been funded by competitive grants on which I served as Principal Investigator, from the International Growth Centre (IGC), Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) and ReCIPE. I have presented it at venues including the Oxford Development Economics Workshop (OxDev). I also bring extensive undergraduate teaching experience from the UK and Ethiopia.

I am on the 2026/27 academic job market, seeking positions in development economics, international trade, applied microeconomics, and spatial economics.