Associate Economist

• Feb 2021 - Present

Analyst

• Mar 2020 - Feb 2021

• Drafted responses to UK Government’s Consultation on Freeports, combining individual desk research with inputs from various private and public sector stakeholders. • Led the development of a Proposition Paper on a Freeport in the East Midlands, UK. • Carried out detailed modelling of different scenarios of Freeport models, including site selection, institutional design and incentives structure, that maximise the economic and wider benefits to the East Midlands and the UK • Led on the development of a socioeconomics and statistical analysis on an Express Lanes project in Maryland, US and contributed to the development of traffic and revenues forecasting. • Contributed to the development and delivery of two webinars covering offset markets, aimed at helping a private sector company define its emissions reduction strategy. • Worked on the development of a guidebook commissioned by the World Bank to assess the suitability of different carbon pricing policy instruments against their jurisdictional circumstances and priorities.

International Development Intern

• Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

• Contributed to the development of Expressions of Interest and Bidding proposals, financed by the EC and DFID; • Drafted ad hoc sections of a wide range of proposals for Technical Assistance projects in the field of social protection, telecommunication, financial inclusion and private sector development and edited content to improve readability and create one voice. • Coordinated active tenders, including keeping schedules, collating administrative and regulatory documents, taking meetings minutes, overseeing logistics, and facilitating communication between the parties involved. • Contributed to the preparation of competitive budgets in line with EU financial proposal templates. • Conducted background research for upcoming projects on issues related to the SDGs including renewable energy, water resources management and forestry in developing regions (particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, ACP countries and MENA region). • Major bids I worked on include: “Long-Term Technical Assistance to the Enhancing Participatory Democracy in Namibia”, (3 million EUR); “Mainstreaming of Climate Smart Planning and Implementation Approaches into the Productive Safety Net Program IV (PSNP4) in Ethiopia”, (8 million EUR); “Provision of expertise for justice in conflict and transition” (2 million EUR); “Technical Assistance for the Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa (PRIDA)” (2,5 million EUR). • Conducted business development research including seeking new business opportunities and undertaking competitor analysis. • Identified partners and subcontractors and recruited international experts in line with the Terms of Reference.

Research Assistant

• Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

• Assisted Dr. Marie Juanchich in creating scientific psychological study designs. • Developed web-based surveys and configured questionnaires via Qualtrics and Inquisit Millisecond software. • Oversaw data collection, quantitative coding and data management. • Conducted a systematic literature review and acted as de facto administrator of a database of scientific articles, ensuring fit-for-purpose data entry. • Collated, cleaned and conducted statistical analysis on structured data, using SPSS and Excel. • Coordinated a research project run as part of a multi-laboratory experiment. • Provided support to staff and students as required with the design, execution and evaluation of research projects. • Disseminated research results to technical and non-technical audiences via social media and oral presentations. • Gathered impact evidence of the research undertaken within the department between 2000 and 2016 and prepared the impact evaluation forms for submission to the Research Excellence Framework 2020.