Amal Ahmad

Amal Ahmad

Assistant Professor, Economics

Wageningen University

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor at the Development Economics Group at Wageningen University. I study the microeconomics and political economy of development, with a focus on South Asia and West Asia. I am particularly interested in how rural populations cope with information and resource constraints, as well as in how states navigate conflict and influence development prospects. To this end, my research combines microeconomic theory with a range of applied methods. I also teach microeconomics and political economy at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Interests

  • Microeconomics of development
  • Political economy of development
  • Conflict, cooperation, and games

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2015-2021

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • MSc in Development Economics, 2013

    SOAS, University of London

  • BA in Economics and Black Studies, 2012

    Amherst College

Work in progress

Water user associations and collective action in developing countries (with Leonard Krapf and Sebastian Vollmer).

Teaching Experience

Average student reviews 4.9/5 (available upon request).

 
 
 
 
 

Instructor

Wageningen University

Sep 2023 – Present
  • Graduate political economy of development
  • Undergraduate microeconomics
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor

University of Goettingen

Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
  • Graduate quasiexperimental economics and R Lab
  • Graduate interdisciplinary studies of modern India
  • Graduate health economics
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
  • Graduate mathematics camp
  • Graduate econometrics camp
  • Undergraduate microeconomics

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