I am an Economist at the World Bank in the South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab. Previously I was an Economist (Assistant Professor equivalent) at the ifo Institute and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, leading the Leibniz Junior Research Group on The Economics of Violence Against Women. I am a CESifo Research Affiliate, and an affiliate of the Center for Crime, Justice and Policing at the University of Birmingham in the UK. I am also affiliated with the World Bank's Center for Research on Women and Jobs and the Pakistan Data and Evidence Lab. At the World Bank, I am part of the Social Policy Department and the Data Talent Board. My research interests include violence against women and children, gender, development, and economics of crime and labor. The context of my research has been India, UK, El Salvador, Mozambique, and more recently Pakistan and Bangladesh.