Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
University College London
Total years of experience :3 years, 8 Months
Provide tutorial instruction for “Applied Economics” module (first year undergraduate, BSc):
∗ Prepare and present classes in an exciting and engaging manner
∗ Find creative solutions to students' problems and questions
∗ From such work, I have developed strong presentation, organisation and time-management skills, as well as the ability to thrive under pressure and working towards deadlines
Assist the business branch of ARC in promoting social cohesion and commerce in Sri Lanka by suggesting possible strategies to bring together the North and South of the county
Furthered and contributed towards Professor Christian Dustmann's (and others') research:
- Project on Return Migration and Outmigration:
∗ Create detailed reference files on over 100 academic papers relating to outmigration and
return migration (work acknowledged on page 1 for excellent research assistance in
Dustmann and Gorlach (2014): Selective outmigration and estimation of immigrants)
- Project on Seasonal Birth Effects:
∗ Deliver empirical evidence from academic papers regarding seasonal birth effects to see
whether the theory holds in practice
- Project on Education and Health outcomes:
∗ Produce an extensive and detailed panel data set on 28 developing nations, to tackle issues
on education, poverty and health
Master of Research (MRes) in economics (equivalent to first year PhD). My areas of interest are: labour economics, the economics of migration, the economics of education and applied/statistical economics.
Master's in Science (MSc) in Economics. Thesis focused on the impact that remittances have on agricultural technology adoption in developing countries.
Bachelors of Science (BSc) in economics