Anand Shrivastava

Anand Shrivastava is an Associate Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, and a Faculty Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Employment. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, alongside an MPhil, Graduate Diploma in Economics from Cambridge, and a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras.

His research focuses on the Economics of Conflict, Labour Economics, and Networks, with recent work exploring intersections between religion, politics, and economic outcomes. He has highlighted how social identities like religion and caste influence political preferences and labor market dynamics in developing economies.

• Featured as an IEA Featured Economist (April 2022)
• Research spans theoretical and empirical work on conflict economics, labor market structures, and computational modeling approaches
• Advocates for broader theoretical frameworks beyond behavioral economics, emphasizing agent-based modeling and complex systems

Active in promoting south-south academic collaboration, he advises young scholars to prioritize in-person networking in global institutions despite existing geographical disparities in research networks.