Exciting and Unique Research in Economics and Data Analysis at University of Cambridge

Abstract

Kishen is pursuing his PhD in Economics at the University of Cambridge and his research is mainly based on Empirical Macroeconomics. He is involved in numerous innovative projects which require working with a lot of Data. In this episode we discuss the the exciting and unique research going on at University of Cambridge, the role data plays in economics research, and the quality of Data required to produce high level research outputs. Analysis of Data for rigorous results often comes with numerous problems that require clever solutions.

Kishen Shastry

Economist | PhD, University of Cambridge

Economist with a PhD from the University of Cambridge and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, working on development economics, the economics of religion and informal institutions, and digital technologies and platforms.