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Animesh Jayant

PhD Candidate in Economics; Job Market 2026/27
About

About

Animesh is a PhD Economics candidate in the Department of Economics. His primary research interests lie in environment and development.

He is on the job market in 2026/27.

Before joining the programme, he held research and policy positions at EPIC University of Chicago and J-PAL South Asia.

Animesh holds an MA in Research Methods from the University of Chicago, and a BTech in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Supervisors
Oriana Bandiera
Robin Burgess
Rocco Macchiavello 
Daniel Sturm