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Neha Prashar is a Research Fellow at the Enterprise Research Centre and Lecturer in Economics and International Business at Aston Business School, Aston University. Her research focuses on development economics, labour economics, and policy analysis with a particular emphasis on SMEs, scale-ups, and high-growth firms. She previously contributed to crime policy research at the University of Birmingham and holds a PhD analyzing affirmative action policies in India and their socio-economic impacts.
Her teaching portfolio includes microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics with development applications, political economy, and topics in development economics. She is affiliated with the Aston Centre for Growth, Centre for Business Prosperity, and serves as an External Associate at the Centre for Police, Crime and Justice.
Key research themes include the impact of local social capital on entrepreneurship, policy misdirection in small firm growth debates, and the role of ethnic minority firms in UK economic activity. Her work frequently engages with policy evaluation and programme analysis in both economic development and crime prevention contexts.
Professional memberships include The Economics Network and Royal Economics Society. Prior roles included research assistantships with UK police forces and teaching assistantships across multiple institutions.
