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Dr. Sutanuka Roy serves as a Senior Lecturer at the Research School of Economics, Australian National University (ANU), holding the John Mitchell Fellowship while maintaining affiliations as a Research Scholar at the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute and Fellow of the World Inequality Database (WID). She is additionally an invited Researcher at J-PAL under competitive funding initiatives and affiliated with the University of Chicago's Weiss Fund.
Academic credentials include a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, where she received the prestigious Clarendon Scholarship for academic excellence. Her research bridges behavioral and cultural economics through advanced structural econometrics and reduced-form empirical methodologies.
Core research domains encompass:
- Behavioral Economics
- Economic History
- Economics of Culture
- Econometrics
- Labor Market Theory
- Economic Development
Her work demonstrates significant real-world applications in early childhood development, Indian socioeconomic contexts, riot dynamics, and pandemic economic impacts. Publications appear in premier journals including the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Economic Growth.
Major recognitions include:
- John Mitchell Fellowship
- World Inequality Database Fellowship
- Becker Friedman Institute Research Scholar position
As Principal Investigator for the IFMR Mother's Compliance Project (2019-2021), Dr. Roy demonstrated leadership in development economics research. Current and future work continues to explore cultural determinants of economic behavior with implications for policy design in emerging economies, supported by her multi-institutional academic network.
