Pallavi Roy

Associate Professor – SOAS, University of London

Fragile States Working Group Co-Chair

Pallavi Roy is a Professor in Political Economy at SOAS University of London. Her research is on the application of institutional economics and in particular the political settlements framework to governance and anti-corruption, and the political economy of late development. She is Co-Director of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) £6 million Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) research partnership consortium working primarily in Bangladesh and Nigeria. She is also the Co-Principal Investigator on an FCDO-funded programme on generating evidence for fostering inclusive growth in Nepal. She has worked across sectors and developing countries and has extensive experience of working with funders and research organizations like the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, World Bank, UNESCAP, Agence Francaise de Developpement, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (Bangladesh) and is a visiting faculty member at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Laxenberg, Austria.