I am an Assistant Professor at the Development Economics Group at Wageningen University.
I study how political power and distributive conflict shape institutions and inform development, as well as how rural populations in developing countries cope with various constraints. To this end, my research combines microeconomic theory with a range of applied methods. I also teach political economy and microeconomics at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
In addition to my academic work, I contribute regularly to public scholarship particularly on Palestine. You can find my papers and other writings on this page.
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
Israel’s no-state solution and the endurance of Palestine (2024), New Arab.
The PA’s revenue structure & Israel’s containment strategy (2023), Palestinian Policy Network. العربية
Organisational deficiencies in developing countries and the role of global surgery (2021), in Alaaeldin Ahmad and Aakash Agarwal (eds) Early onset scoliosis: Guidelines for management in resource-limited settings, Routledge.
70 years of Nabka: Where can Palestinians go from here? (2018), Palestinian Policy Network.
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Beyond the binary: Two states, one state, failed state, no state (2017), Palestinian Policy Network. العربية
Palestinian democracy denied (2016), Palestinian Policy Network. العربية
Reflections on Palestinian strategy (2016), Palestinian Policy Network. العربية
How Israel gets to cut off Palestine’s revenues (2015), The Hill.
The customs union and Israel’s no-state solution (2014), Palestinian Policy Network. العربية
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