Steering Committee Member, IWWAGE
Dr Farzana Afridi is a Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, Visiting Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and Research Fellow at IZA, Bonn. Her research focuses on development and labour economics, with particular interests in gender and social identity, human capital, and governance.
She has collaborated with governments, non-profits and businesses on field-based research, using administrative data and randomized experiments to study issues including social protection, health and learning outcomes, and women’s participation in the labour market. She currently heads the Digital Platforms and Women’s Economic Empowerment programme, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which examines ways to empower women on digital labour platforms.
She has taught economics at institutions including the University of Michigan, Syracuse University, Delhi School of Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute, National University of Singapore and the University of Toronto. She is a recipient of the National Mahalanobis Memorial Medal, conferred by the Indian Econometrics Society for contributions to quantitative economics.