Mahreen
Mahmud
Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Exeter
Collaborators

About

Mahreen is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at the University of Exeter Business School Department of Economics.  

Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Development Economics with the Mind and Behaviour Research Group at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. 

Her field of research is development and behavioural economics.

Contact

Email: m.mahmud@exeter.ac.uk

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Ongoing research projects
Behavioural Activation Therapy Using Digital Tools in Uganda and South Africa

Researchers partner with the organisations BRAC and MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit to develop and study a way to treat or prevent depression among adolescents in low-resource settings.  

Julia Ruiz Pozuelo
Alan Stein
Kate Orkin
Mahreen Mahmud
Cash and Aspirational Videos in Kenya

Can a psychological intervention enhance the known positive economic effects of cash transfers ?

Mahreen Mahmud
Kate Orkin
Stefan Dercon
Aspirational Videos and Women’s Empowerment in Kenya

Researchers partner with GiveDirectly to test whether a cash transfer or aspirational video can impact women’s control of household resources or experiences of intimate partner violence. 

Mahreen Mahmud
Emma Riley
Kate Orkin