Sonia Bhalotra

Sonia Bhalotra is a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. She holds a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford and has held prior faculty positions at the Universities of Bristol and Essex. Her research focuses on gender, health economics, violence against women, and early childhood development. She has been awarded prestigious fellowships including from the International Economic Association, UK Academy of Social Sciences, and the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for her work on violence against women.

• Education: DPhil (Oxford), MPhil (Oxford), BSc (University of Delhi).
• Affiliations: Fellow of CES-ifo Munich, IZA Bonn, and CEPR London.

Her research interests include the interplay of gender, health, and policy, with a focus on maternal and child health, mental health, and the political economy of public goods. She has led major grants, including a £7.7M ESRC Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC) and an NIH-funded study on maternal depression interventions in Pakistan.

Her awards include recognition for interdisciplinary work in health and human rights, and she serves on committees such as the Royal Economic Society’s Standards of Conduct and the Lancet Citizens Commission on India’s health system. Her work spans collaborations with law, public health, and psychology, addressing global challenges like domestic violence and mental health disparities.