Ameet Morjaria

Dr Morjaria joined the Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences faculty at Kellogg School of Management in 2015. He is a native of Tanzania. Prior to joining Kellogg, he was a Junior Scholar of the prestigious Harvard Academy's Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs and a Giorgio Ruffolo Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program at the Centre for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School. Dr Morjaria completed his PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. His research interests are in development economics, organizations and political economy across several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda). His current research focuses on understanding the role of commodity exchanges, changes in firm performance due to aquisitions, industrial policy in emerging markets, the impact of electoral conflict on firm operations, and the political economy of resource management in weak institutionalized economies.

He has worked for the World Bank Group as a Young Professional in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Energy & Infrastructure Unit, as a management consultant at Kaiser Associates and prior to graduate school worked on the Structured Derivatives desk at Deutsche Bank, London.

Education

• PhD, 2010, Economics, London School of Economics
• MRes, 2005, Economics, London School of Economics
• BSc, 2002, Econometrics & Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics, First Class Honours

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences, MEDS, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, 2015-2019
• Academy Scholar, Harvard University, WCFIA, 2011-2012, 2014-2015
• Visiting Associate, Economics and STICERD, London School of Economics, 2013-2014
• Giorgio Ruffolo Sustainable Science Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, 2010-2011

Professional Experience

• Young Professional, World Bank, 2012-2014
• Economist, Kaiser Associates, 2008-2008
• Analyst, Deutsche Bank, 2002-2003
• Summer Analyst, Deutsche Bank, 2001-2001
• Summer Analyst, Credit Suisse First Boston, 2001-2001

Awards

• EDI RA4 Research Grant: Mergers & Acquisitions in Rwanda, DFID
• IGC Country Award: Understanding Constraints to Value Addition in the Ugandan Coffee Sector, International Growth Centre
• IGC Country Award: Doing Business in Dangerous Places - Insights from Southern Sudan Beverages Ltd, International Growth Centre
• Harvard Junior Academy Scholar, Harvard University, 2014-2015 and 2011-2012
• IGC Research Award: Competition and Efficiency in the Rwanda Coffee Value Chain, International Growth Centre, 2010-2012
• Giorgio Ruffolo Science Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, 2010-2012
• iiG-CSAE, Oxford, 2008-2010
• Athletic Union Full Colors Award, London School of Economics, 2006-2010
• C J Modi - KR Narayanan Fellowship, London School of Economics, 2009-2010
• Tutorial Fellowship Award, London School of Economics, 2007-2010
• Full Scholarship for MRes and Ph.D., Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), 2005-2010
• CK Hobson Award, London School of Economics, 2003-2004
• Reeves Foundation Award, London School of Economics, 1999-2002