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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Designed and executed online laboratory experiments related to experimental methodology and education policy analysis. o Exploring the role of real-effort task complexity on subject confidence and effort. o Understanding the impact of ability tracking education policies on effort provision.• Undertook impact evaluation of the school management quality on education outcomes. o Large-scale data analysis of a nationwide education policy in Romania.… Show more • Designed and executed online laboratory experiments related to experimental methodology and education policy analysis. o Exploring the role of real-effort task complexity on subject confidence and effort. o Understanding the impact of ability tracking education policies on effort provision.• Undertook impact evaluation of the school management quality on education outcomes. o Large-scale data analysis of a nationwide education policy in Romania. o Two-way fixed effects and Goodman-Bacon Difference-in-Difference estimators of student outcomes before and after policy implementation.• Qualitative analysis of survey responses from bureaucrats in Pakistan. o Survey implemented across different levels of education bureaucrats within the Pakistan Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training. o Text-based analysis of the types of corruption which occurs at different levels of bureaucracy.• Developed leadership skills by mentoring and teaching key skills such as python coding, and research design techniques to other Ph.D. students (formally acknowledge in Ph.D. dissertations). • Student member of the School of Economics Research Ethics Committee, reviewing all ethics applications for projects within the School of Economics.• Organiser of the Ph.D. Informal Idea Workshop, helping students develop research ideas. Show less

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

• Designed and led seminar sessions – topics range from basic microeconomics and game theory to call/put options, identifying arbitrage and the Black-Scholes model.• Evaluated presentations of students on behaviour within business – e.g. decoy pricing structure and employee share-purchase options.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

• Cleaned and prepared a large dataset (1.2 million observations and 120 variables) for impact evaluation of a nationwide education policy.• Organised and led experiment sessions for the Laboratory for Economic and Decision Research (LEDR), data from which was used in multiple academic publications.• Led recruitment for the LEDR, including booking and setting up at events, organising several Ph.D. students and reporting to LEDR stakeholders.

• Represented over 5,000 Social Science Faculty (SSF) students.• Directly impacted the implementation of student surveys within SSF, leading to record response levels.• Held open meetings for students to air concerns, and reported meeting outcomes to students through lecture announcements.

• Organised and hosted the Student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC) in the School of Economics.• Chaired discussion between staff and students, ensuring all members had a chance to speak.• Petitioned for timetable changes based on student opinion, leading to changes in classes being timetabled past 5pm.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Designed and executed online laboratory experiments related to experimental methodology and education policy analysis. o Exploring.

Master’S Degree, Economics And Finance, Merit

Finance: • Debt-to-Equity Ratio and Firm Value (Group Work) - 70% Financial Econometrics: • Analytic Assignment on Norwich House Prices.

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics, 1St Class Honours

Activities and Societies: UEA Climbing Club Committee Member UEA Students'​ Union Social Sciences Faculty Convener for Engagement School.