
Dr Devika Dutt
Lecturer in Development Economics
Research interests
- Economics
- International development
- Politics
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Biography
Devika joined the Lecturer in Development Economics as a Lecturer in Development Economics in June 2022. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a specialization in International Finance, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, and Development. Her research is focused on the political economy of foreign exchange intervention, central bank swap agreements, the political economy of development policy (especially as it relates to international financial institutions), and macroeconomic policy in developing economies.
She is on the Editorial Board of the Review of Radical Political Economics and is a co-Founder of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ). Her previous affiliations include the Berggruen Institute and University of Southern California, the International Labour Organization, and the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University.
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- International Finance
- Economic Methodology
- Heterodox Economics
- Development Economics
Teaching
Undergraduate
- 4YYD0003: Economic Analysis of Emerging Economies
- 6YYD0034: Decolonising Economics
Postgraduate
- 7YYDN058 Political Economy of Development in Emerging Markets
- 7YYDW004: Research Methods for International Development
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Research

Global Production, Finance and Labour research group
A multidisciplinary research group that explores inclusive and sustainable growth.
Global Capitalism, Power & Uneven Development research group
We study the many ways in which the world-system unevenly constrains and drives development everywhere, with its persistent structural hierarchies, dependencies, contradictions, and unequal power relations between classes, ethnicities, genders, races, and states.
Events

Unity in Diversity? The Future of Development Studies
Workshop to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Association of Research and Training Development Institutes (EADI).
Please note: this event has passed.
Research

Global Production, Finance and Labour research group
A multidisciplinary research group that explores inclusive and sustainable growth.
Global Capitalism, Power & Uneven Development research group
We study the many ways in which the world-system unevenly constrains and drives development everywhere, with its persistent structural hierarchies, dependencies, contradictions, and unequal power relations between classes, ethnicities, genders, races, and states.
Events

Unity in Diversity? The Future of Development Studies
Workshop to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Association of Research and Training Development Institutes (EADI).
Please note: this event has passed.