Ranjit Lall

Ranjit Lall is an Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, and a Fellow of St John's College. His research focuses on international cooperation, development, technological change, and methodological innovations in machine learning and missing data analysis. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and a BA from Oxford, and has been recognized with the Merze Tate Award and Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for his work.

• Education: PhD in Government (Harvard University), BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (University of Oxford)
• Affiliations: St John's College Fellow, Oxford's International Relations Network

His research explores how international institutions function, leveraging computational tools like MIDASpy for missing data imputation. Key interests include civil society influence on global governance, accountability mechanisms, and the political economy of technological change. He previously worked at the Bank of England and Financial Times before academia.

Recent Research Trends: Articles emphasize institutional performance metrics, pandemic-era voting behavior, and AI governance frameworks. His work bridges theoretical political science with practical computational methods.

• Awards: 2020 Leamer-Rosenthal Prize, 2018 Merze Tate Award
• Advising: Supervises six graduate students in international relations and political economy

Lall collaborates on open-source projects such as the MIDAS software for data imputation and actively contributes to debates on transparent social science research practices.