Ambika Roy is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Calcutta. She completed her Masters in Economics from University of Calcutta and her B.Sc. from Asutosh College. Her research interests lie in political economy, development economics, and the economics of institutions, with a particular focus on ethnicity, discrimination, cultural norms and political processes. Her doctoral research examines how caste-based violence gets affected around election periods in the presence of ethnic clientelism and political power of parties that represent minority interests and the impact this has on voter turnout. She also explores how climate shocks intensify cultural norms and influence violence against marginalized communities, especially against the Dalit community in India.