Nirvikar Jassal

Nirvikar Jassal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His research focuses on criminal justice systems, police/judicial accountability, and mechanisms to enhance equity and transparency in governance, particularly in South Asia. He collaborates with law enforcement agencies and bureaucrats to design equitable policies.

• Education:
• B.A., Columbia University (2010)
• M.Sc., University of Oxford (2012)
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2020)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (2022)

Before academia, he worked at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and served as an aide to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He maintains an active engagement with policymakers and practitioners to bridge academic research and real-world implementation.

His work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to criminal justice reform, leveraging qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze systemic challenges and propose evidence-based solutions.