PhD Students

Research focus and supervisors of the Research Students within the Applied Microeconomics Research Group.

Current PhD students

Ms Mariama Kamara

Mariama Kamara is supervised by Prof Alice Mesnard and Dr Dagmara Celik Katreniak. Her research focuses on development economics, applied microeconomics, and the economics of education, particularly emphasizing the relationship between quality of education and poverty alleviation.

Ms Kiran Tariq

Kiran Tariq is supervised by Prof Saqib Jafarey and Dr Clement Minaudier. Her research areas are labor economics and gender economics. Her research focuses on the effect of infrastructure on labor force participation in Pakistan.

Mr Joachim Bukenya

Joachim Bukenya is supervised by Dr Alejandro Riano and Dr Clement Minaudier. He is interested in international trade and focuses on the evolution of trading patterns in sub-saharan Africa.

Mr Alireza Mahmoudi

Alireza Mahmoudi is supervised by Dr Lena Hassani-Nezhad and Prof Alice Mesnard. He is interested in labour, migration, and family economics. His research investigates how immigration laws reshape marriage markets and, through this channel, immigrants' socio-economic integration.

Mr Haotian Luo

Haotian Luo is supervised by Dr Agne Suziedelyte and Prof Alice Mesnard. He is interested in health, migration, and environmental economics with a particular focus on the effect of displacement on mental health.

Mr Yossi Apeji

Yossi Apeji is supervised by Dr Maria Cubel and Dr Victoria Serra-Sastre. His research examines the impact of legislation to reduce workplace violence, its implications for health, and includes an experimental component to understand risk and attitudes from perpetrators and employees.

Mr Sifat Ishty

Sifat Ishty is supervised by Dr Bansi Malde and Dr Maria Cubel. His research interests are in development economics, financial innovation, and experimental economics. His research focuses on the role of Earned Wage Access on the wellbeing of workers in the ready-made garment industry in Bengladesh.