Judy Jemutai is a PhD student in economics at the University of Embu, Kenya. Her rsearch interest are in environmetal, development economics and public economics with partucluar interest in how natural capital can promote inclusive growth and environmetal sustainability. I have experience in academic research having gone through thesis writing and publications and also university teaching. The AMIE mentorship programme will help strengthen my analytical skills, expand my network and interact with professionals

Debanjan Das is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), India. He also works as a Research Associate at IIM Ahmedabad. Before his Ph.D., he completed a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Extension from the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute. His research interests lie in development economics and applied microeconomics, with a focus on rural enterprise development, financial and managerial constraints, behavioral economics, and survey experiments. Debanjan is also actively involved in teaching courses such as Impact Evaluation, Field Experiments for Social Policy, Applied Data Science, and Causal Machine Learning.

Ifeoluwa Osungbure is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at Middle Tennessee State University. Her research lies at the intersection of health economics, labor economics, family policy, and political economy. Her work examines how policies related to reproductive health, contraceptive access, and paid family leave influence women's labor market outcomes, economic mobility, and well-being. She is particularly interested in applying causal inference methods to address policy-relevant questions and contribute evidence for informed policymaking.

Shweta is a PhD candidate in Economics at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. Her research examines food consumption patterns and the drivers of diet quality in India through an empirical, microeconomics-based approach. Her broader research interests include sustainability, gender, and inclusion in food systems undergoing urbanisation and structural transformation.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Delaware. My research lies at the intersection of development, gender, and health economics, with a particular focus on family institutions, and household decision-making in low- and middle-income countries. My current work examines how reforms to marriage, divorce, and inheritance laws affect marriage markets, women’s welfare, and household outcomes in South Asia.

I am a doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the Chair of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, and a recipient of the CeMIS PhD Fellowship. My research interests broadly lie in Development Economics and Applied Microeconomics, with a particular focus on education, inequality, health and political economy.

My current projects examine the distributional effects of affirmative action in higher education at the sub-caste (jati) level, the role of international migration policies in shaping marriage markets in India, and the impact of climate change and agricultural practices such as stubble burning on health outcomes.

Before my PhD, I worked as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and as an Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI) on projects related to caste disparities in learning outcomes and the Right to Education Act. I have also worked on research initiatives at IIT Kanpur, BHU Varanasi, and Panjab University, focusing on women’s safety, decision-making, and the dynamics of handloom industry clusters. I hold an M.A. in Economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Beyond research, I am passionate about photography, reflective writing, and wide reading.

Tanya Jain holds an M.A. in Economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Delhi. She has also served as a guest professor at Sri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.

Currently, Tanya is pursuing her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Delhi, with her research focusing on social capital. Her broader research interests include development economics, macroeconomics, and behavioral economics.

Sayan Chakravarty is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Jadavpur University, India. His research focuses on Industrial Organization, with particular interests in competition policy, network industries, technology licensing and digital markets. Using game theoretic models, he studies how firms' strategic interactions and market structures shape economic outcomes and inform policy. Alongside his theoretical research, he is interested in expanding into empirical and experimental approaches. His long-term goal is to build a research program that combines rigorous economic theory with policy-relevant questions while contributing to teaching and academic collaboration.

Angelica Maisuh is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Delaware whose research examines household finance, financial inclusion, and community economic development. Her work investigates how access to financial services, consumer credit, and banking infrastructure influences economic opportunity for households and local communities. Originally from Ghana, she is dedicated to producing policy-relevant research that addresses barriers to financial inclusion and supports more equitable economic outcomes.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, Angelica taught and conducted research at the University of Cape Coast, experiences that strengthened her commitment to applied economics and mentorship. She aims to pursue a career that integrates rigorous empirical research with public policy, contributing to evidence-based solutions that enhance economic well-being.

Abiodun M. Musbaudeen is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Binghamton University (SUNY). His research uses structural and causal econometric methods to study firm behavior, productivity growth, AI and digital technologies, and labor share dynamics. His primary research interests include empirical industrial organization, production economics, efficiency estimation, and applied microeconometrics.