The Social Change Career Podcast E14S8: A Career as a Policy Researcher with Economist Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya
“If you have privilege, use it to do good” is just one of the many tips that came out of an amazing conversation with poverty and development researcher Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya.
Soumya’s research focuses on poverty and development challenges in Asia and Africa at the nexus of water, food, health and energy. Her methods include program evaluation, micro-econometrics and non-market valuation. Her lenses through which she does her work are gender, equity and the environment.
In Episode 14 of Season 8, learn about Soumya’s middle class Indian upbringing and how she couldn’t become a volcano expert so she became an economist instead. Soumya reflects on her amazing research career after her PhD from Duke University; how she uses research to inform policy, works with diverse stakeholders including governments and civil society, and to course-correct ongoing investments and programs.
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***Episode recorded on April 12th, 2021
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