Prof Kunal Sen
Professor of Development Economics

Biography
BA Economics and Mathematics, MA Economics, PhD Economics
Director, UN University (UNU Wider):
Prof Kunal Sen in the Director, United Nation University - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and Professor of Development Economics in the Global Development Institute, the University of Manchester, UK (on leave). He is also Research Fellow of IZA, Bonn.
Previously, he has been a member of faculty in the University of East Anglia in the UK, Massey University in New Zealand, the Australian National University, and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research in India.
His principal areas of research are political economy, macroeconomics, international trade, and the analysis of labour markets in developing countries.
While the principal region of his research is India, he also works on East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
External positions
Member, ESRC Peer Review College
2015 → 2019
Council Member, European Association for South Asian Studies
2015 → 2018
Research Fellow, IZA Bonn
2012 → 2019
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Working paper
Student Theses
UoM administered thesis: Unknown
UoM administered thesis: Unknown
UoM administered thesis: Phd