TEAM
PROFESSOR MUSHTAQ KHAN
Professor Mushtaq Khan is a senior academic at the Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, and a leading thinker on anti-corruption, governance, economic development, industrial policy and political settlements.
Mushtaq has led multidisciplinary and multi-country research teams, including UK aid’s three-year Governance and Growth Research Programme, and has been a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration and the World Bank’s Panel of Experts on Policy Implementation. He has spoken widely on topics such as rent-seeking, corruption, governance reform and economic development.
Mushtaq is the Executive Director of SOAS-ACE.
DR PALLAVI ROY
Dr Pallavi Roy is a Professor in International Economics at SOAS. She brings multi-sector experience to issues of rent-seeking, economic development and political economy research.
She has overseen over 11 research projects, including leading an international research project on multilateralism and the United Nations with Professor Thomas G Weiss of the University of New York. Prior to academia, Pallavi was a financial journalist in India, covering politics, infrastructure and metallic commodities.
Pallavi is the Research Director for SOAS-ACE.
DUNCAN EDWARDS
Duncan is a consultant, facilitator, and researcher with over twenty years of experience designing, engaging in, and delivering learning and knowledge generation processes to improve development practice.
In his career, he has led The TAP Room consultancy, served as Director of Global Initiatives and Impact at Publish What You Pay, and managed Making All Voices Count’s Research, Evidence, and Learning component at the Institute of Development Studies. In 2016, he co-edited the IDS Bulletin Journal “Opening Governance”, which reflected the current state of practice, opportunities and challenges facing the open government movement.
Duncan is the Programme Manager for SOAS-ACE.
