Biography
Nazish joined the Department of Political Economy as a PhD student in September 2025. Her research explores the political economy of public administration and governance reform, focusing on how incentives and institutional arrangements shape bureaucratic effectiveness and public service delivery.
Before starting her PhD, she has worked with the FCDO, World Bank and Asian Development Bank on public sector reform and policy design, spanning industrial development, investment, trade, taxation, social inclusion and women’s labour force participation. She has also taught economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Nazish holds an MPhil in Economics from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Bristol.
Research interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Development economics
- Public Policy
- Governance
Doctoral research
Governance and use of evidence in policy making
PhD supervisors
Professor Amrita Dhillon and Dr Maia King
Research
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Global South Research Group
The Global South research group brings together scholars engaged in research on international political and economic trends, non-European perspectives, and south-south comparisons.
Public Policy and Regulation Research Group
Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.
Research
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Global South Research Group
The Global South research group brings together scholars engaged in research on international political and economic trends, non-European perspectives, and south-south comparisons.
Public Policy and Regulation Research Group
Public Policy and Regulation (PPR) is the home for theoretically and empirically grounded research which analyses policy and regulatory responses to important political, social and economic issues, and (individual-level) responses to these policies.