Mehdi is an Economist at the Government Outcomes Lab. His work involves enhancing the economic research in social policy by promoting robust economic evaluation methods such as cost-effectiveness and decision analysis. He also works on value for money analysis, pricing, and impact measurement. Prior to joining the GO Lab team, he worked as a post-doc research fellow in health economics. Other experience includes directing a research programme of an entrepreneurial company, Happening Technologies, in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, which familiarised him with designing research projects and building research capabilities in coalition with the public sector. He also has ample teaching experience and has worked with UNDP as well as a number of consultancy firms in the past.
Experience
2019–present
Economist, Government Outcomes Lab
2020–2021
Economics Seminar Leader, Blavatnik School of Government
2014–2018
Teaching Assistant, Universities of Dundee & St Andrews
2016–2018
Director of Research, Happening Technologies
2018–2018
Post-doc Fellow, University of Dundee
2015–2015
Visiting Fellow, UNDP
Education
2018
University of Dundee, PhD in Economics
2013
Paris School of Economics, M.Res. (M2), Empirical and Theoretical Economics
2013
University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, M.Sc., Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics
Publications
2021
The Luxury of Lockdown, The European journal of development research
2018
Climate Change Induced Inter-Province Migration in Iran, University of Aberdeen Discussion Paper No 18-2
2018
Climatic Conditions and Internal Armed Con icts: An Empirical Study, University of Aberdeen Discussion Paper No 18-8
Grants and Contracts
2015
small academic grant to conduct research with the UNDP
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Royal Economic Society
2013
PhD Studentship
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Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE)