Dr. Sheba Tejani

Biography

Sheba Tejani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Development at King's College London. Her research focuses on the distributional consequences of international trade and structural transformation in developing countries, examining the effects of technological upgrading, automation, and gender segregation on workers and the future of work. Sheba has studied labor market inequalities in the context of structural change and export-oriented industrialization in Global South countries. Her ongoing research program investigates the political economy underpinnings of development in India. Sheba holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The New School for Social Research in New York and has previously held an Assistant Professor position in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School and the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. Additionally, she has served as a Consulting Economist in the Gender, Trade, and Development section of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, consulting for various international organizations, including the ILO, World Bank, UN Women, and UNDESA. Sheba’s teaching includes courses on Global Labour Development and Feminist Economics, where she supervises PhD students on projects related to Global value chains and development inequalities.

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